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

  • @SilverFlame@lemmy.world
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    132 years 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
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      42 years 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.