Ada Palmer@bookstodon @ergative @HistoPol
It’s a TV quote (Firefly)
In my book I use it for a moment during a revolution in Milan when the Ghibellines suddenly betrayed the Guelphs, inevitable because it replayed an old factional pattern inescapable in the region over 300 years, but sudden b/c that specific political switch (suddenly supporting the attacking force) was sudden & caught everyone by surprise. Thus Milan’s republic fell suddenly but inevitably like so many neighbrs
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