TheLastHero [he/him]

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  • Contradictorily I wish x-com or Xenonauts toyed more with unique geopolitical situations, specially the latter with the cold war. It would make a lot of sense for different countries to have very different reactions to alien contact in general for cultural, geopolitical, economic reasons in any context

    Terra invicta is an in-dev game that focus more on this aspect, but the geopolitics kind of drop off mid game in favor of space colonization being more powerful, which is a shame because imo the early game political maneuvering is more fun than the rest of a campaign right now. There's only a 2022 start now but supposedly a cold war start is planned.




  • TheLastHero [he/him]tocanadayou're getting annexed lol
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    13 days ago

    take back control of the Arctic to keep Russia and China out

    bruh, its not them you need to worry about. Alaska is right there and the US sure as hell ain't paying you leafs any transit fees when the Northwest passage starts becoming commercially viable. You are going to have the USS Ronald Reagan sailing down the St Lawrence dunking on you when you try to cite international sea law



  • gulag

    though seriously, you need to hit the funding sources. In this century, it's all about the Benjamins. American soft power ain't what it used to be with their old VoA crap. These color revolutions now get organized off of people being paid extremely lucratively in USD compared to your weak local currency. You can't allow people's full time job to be overthrowing you. Bust up their NGOs and drown them in lawfare. There's a reason all these post-Soviet States are throwing temper tantrums over "Putinist foreign agent laws": they work. In a capitalist economy the people are always going to feel aggrieved and American agents will exploit that and twist it to liberal ends, "anti corruption" movements are the classic slogan. What they don't tell you is that the plan is to just privatize and outsource the corruption, not eradicate it.

    Furthermore, give yourself output legitimacy by increasing the standard of living among the population however you can, that's part of the deal of being long time government leader. Conveniently, socialist policies are a sustainable way to accomplish that, though you will have to subdue your domestic bourgeoisie first which is easier said than done under imperialist pressure. Cutting a deal with them may be easier but dangerous long term.

    just don't borrow from the IMF. You and your minions can be corrupt but not lavishly so evrart Make examples of those who overstep and abuse their power, and pay your internal security well.










  • I don't even blame them. Genocide Joe and the other democrat "supporters" are most likely tacitly supporting this no name bureaucrat in blocking this. Thank God! now we don't have to do any work, but we can still stay we "tried" and some forgettable scapegoat can all the heat for it. The perfect liberal policy!

    Watch her get a sweet private sector "consulting" gig in a couple years as quid pro quo. If they actually wanted this they would just run her over, literally if necessary.



  • TheLastHero [he/him]tochapotraphouseVerily
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    1 month ago

    I saw this first hand during the pandemic time when quietly Ukraine was one of the freest countries in the world. Quietly is the key! You just do your thing, escaping notice of Political Mordor.

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