@il__Cortegiano@benshapiro They are equivalent; the category error is the assumption that Xenia, in any form, applied to the military trick of the Wooden Horse. Odysseus may feel guilty for giving Agamemnon the key to Troy, knowing the destruction that would ensue, but it has nothing to do with the Xenia.
@JonForest09@MartinDochert12 This, exactly; not to mention the fact that Northern Rock was the Gov “approved” economic model for banking - borrowing on the short term markets for long term loans, what could possibly go wrong. Everyone seems to think GB is a hero, however.
@SteveSmith_cam@LukeTryl You’re forgetting that 10 of those 14 years was spent sorting out the 1997-2010 shit show, capped off with a global shut down.