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I mean, if we're talking about the things Cromwell did wrong in life I'd put this pretty far down the list below all the mass murder.

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You're probably thinking of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell and not https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell.

No, I was not. While Oliver certainly killed more, the reformation and crackdown that Thomas led claimed enough victims that I'm comfortable calling it mass murdr.

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