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Damn... he's right... (infosec.pub)
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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

or an empire.

Let me introduce you to Emperor Norton

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Emperor" and "empire" mean different things. Like "gamer" and "game".

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

In the sense that you can't have one without the other, yes. So if we accept emperor Norton as an emperor, which many do, it stands to reason he had an empire.