@the_shitshow_never_ends@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 10 hours agoAre there any historical or modern day true stories (like the story of The Buddha) of someone born rich and privileged who just walked away from their family and turned down money and an inheritance?message-square22fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10
arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squareAre there any historical or modern day true stories (like the story of The Buddha) of someone born rich and privileged who just walked away from their family and turned down money and an inheritance?@the_shitshow_never_ends@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 10 hours agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarePhlubbaDubbalinkfedilink4•4 hours agoIIRC Kropotkin was literal Russian Nobility before becoming ð guy often labeled ð ideological faðer of Anarcho-Communism. Ð ancoms have been known to call ðis guy “Bread Santa” to give you an idea of what ðis man was like.
minus-squarePhlubbaDubbalinkfedilink1•1 hour agoBorrowing from Shavian, where ð equivalent letter is also a shorthand for “the.” If I felt I could get away wið it, I’d use plenty more such shorthandenings.
IIRC Kropotkin was literal Russian Nobility before becoming ð guy often labeled ð ideological faðer of Anarcho-Communism.
Ð ancoms have been known to call ðis guy “Bread Santa” to give you an idea of what ðis man was like.
Wait is it ð? I thought it’d be ðe.
Borrowing from Shavian, where ð equivalent letter is also a shorthand for “the.” If I felt I could get away wið it, I’d use plenty more such shorthandenings.