On a side note, thirty years ago I read "A Short History of Byzantium" by John Julius Norwich. That began my life long fascination with all things Byzantine, and by extension, Venice. 1000 years of Game of Thrones. What an incredible civilization.
This is giving Musk A LOT of credit. I think it's more likely just the DOGE dog meme. After all, Elon is a 12 year old boy stuck in a 53 year old body.
Definitely the latter. Musk has spent years promoting Dogecoin, which has the dog from the meme as its logo.
That said, I can't help noticing that the Venetian word "doge" is equivalent to the modern Italian "duce," aka the title Mussolini gave himself. Not intentional I'm sure, but it's apt
I think hes lying about his asperger. It is completely self diagnosed hes using it as a cover to make himself seem innocent and innocuous. Hes neither of those things
I highly recommend the John Julius Norwichs' books on the history of Venice and History of Byzantium. He writes for the average history buff and the scholar alike. Solid history plus all the little anecdotes and racy scandals of the times. Think Gibbon with a touch of National Enquirer. 😉
I thought that was a bizarre coincidence myself. Those doges had power, yet at least they had to be chosen by a large committee, and nepotism by the doge was forbidden.
Think I may experiment with ‘shopping one of those pointy hats onto musky’s pointy head. 🙃
Well of course he does. I've come to realize the man is retarded. Used to think him quite brilliant, but then I started realizing that basically all he ever does for the most part is say "Why can't we do that?" and strip everything down until it stops working and then have his engineers add 'em back
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I was the nerdy kid. 😂
That said, I can't help noticing that the Venetian word "doge" is equivalent to the modern Italian "duce," aka the title Mussolini gave himself. Not intentional I'm sure, but it's apt
Think I may experiment with ‘shopping one of those pointy hats onto musky’s pointy head. 🙃