Just listened to the Empire podcast about Catherine the great. Turns out the twat she was married to was the kinda idiot that managed to get everyone against him, so when the two came to blows everyone he tried to recruit was already sworn to her. Didn’t go well for him. Then Catherine’s son was exactly the same as his father and when she died, his own children joined in on the coup against him. The point being, if you piss off everyone by being an absolute ass, then their dislike of you will force them to join forces against you.
Just listened to the Empire podcast about Catherine the great. Turns out the twat she was married to was the kinda idiot that managed to get everyone against him, so when the two came to blows everyone he tried to recruit was already sworn to her. Didn’t go well for him. Then Catherine’s son was exactly the same as his father and when she died, his own children joined in on the coup against him. The point being, if you piss off everyone by being an absolute ass, then their dislike of you will force them to join forces against you.