Fwiw I wrote right upfront that it's of course terrible. But the assumption was that now that we've acknowledged that we can also look at other aspects. I get the revulsion though, sorry!
It’s interesting history and good analysis but the whole framing just seems ill-conceived. “Business operational lessons from the great bloodthirsty marauders of history” works as a parody or when you’re intentionally edgy (as with War Nerd), here it’s reads as tone-deaf.