All empires, by definition, are bumbling, shambolic, bullying, bureaucratic affairs, as certain of the rightness of their cause in infancy, as they are corrupted by power in their dotage.
Tous les empires sont, par définition, des institutions bureaucratiques maladroites, chaotiques, tyranniques. Aussi certains de la justesse de leur cause, dans leur jeunesse qu'ils sont corrompus par le pouvoir dans leurs vieux jours.
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