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Loss in terms of money or efforts. Could be recent or ancient.

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[-] SilverFlame@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

Their blunder was using disgruntled Chinese labor to build their ships. It turns out that conquering people makes them rather upset.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 11 months ago

It turns out that conquering people makes them rather upset.

It can, but sometimes they hated the old bosses even more than your imperial ass.

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