Frederick the Great discussion post 15

[cahn]

...I have nothing clever to say here, just really pleased this is still going :)
rheinsberg

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Re: Ch 11-13

[mildred_of_midgard]

and spare yourself the years of confusing politics and endless frustration, for it won't get better when FW2's son FW3 ascends to the throne, either.

I'm going to second this recommendation. I think I made the right call to continue, but the politics were confusing even for *me*, and the frustration was definitely frustrating. I don't see you getting a whole lot out of it that we can't summarize.

What impressed me there, too, was that on the one hand, he helps French émigrés, but on the other, he still keeps an open mind about revolutionary France per se, and its goals.

Yeah, same.

It's also interesting to watch Fritz go, "Previous monarch was a micromanaging autocrat, which I think is an awesome way to run a country," and Heinrich go, "Previous monarch was a micromanaging autocrat, which I think is the WORST way to run a country." Part of it is, of course, do you personally get the benefits of the micromanaging autocracy or not? But I think part of it is personality, much like Charlotte and Anna Amalia as parents. "Well, that sucked, I will now do exactly the same thing/the exact opposite."