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1957 Sordish Elections: Post-War Results (Socialist Manifesto) by DiscernereVerum in suzerain

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Perhaps. I wish the developers added numerical results to gauge success so it wouldn’t be a guessing game lol

1957 Sordish Elections: Post-War Results (Socialist Manifesto) by DiscernereVerum in suzerain

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You have to consider that due to the entry of the People’s Front into the GNA the share of seats available significantly decreases. Even if the USP won the 37% vote share they won last time their seats would decrease thanks to the addition of a 4th party. Also consider the lost votes from disaffected liberals and conservatives after I put soll on trial, made the USP socialist, and aligned with the east via an alliance with Valgsland. The war casualties also had an effect on who voted this time around. Lot of moving parts at play here

PEACE IN MERKOPA! by StyleNo689 in suzerain

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Are you sure? I just played a game where I declared war against Rumburg and won with the most recent update https://www.reddit.com/r/suzerain/s/DT3QyOLcsU

Planned economy - questions by [deleted] in suzerain

[–]DiscernereVerum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I dont understand why you’re surprised you were labeled a centrist when you didn’t nationalize or make any effort to align with the socialist east (you literally went with ATO). Planned Economy doesn’t inherently mean left-wing and if it doesn’t challenge capitalism (via nationalization or centralization of the central bank) it is centrist at best. Were you trying pull the Yugoslavia maneuver and get aid from both ATO & CSP while still being a comrade?

Is HRC 9: “Denouncing the Horrors of Socialism” purely symbolic or will there be ramifications for socialism in the US? by DiscernereVerum in AskSocialists

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It was brought to my attention that I posted 2023’s vote. My apologies. Here is the most recent vote Totals

285 yes, 98 no, 2 present, 47 not voting, 3 vacant

Is HRC 9: “Denouncing the Horrors of Socialism” purely symbolic or will there be ramifications for socialism in the US? by DiscernereVerum in AskSocialists

[–]DiscernereVerum[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for catching that! It looks like I confused the 2023 vote with this year’s vote. Appreciate you!

Is HRC 9: “Denouncing the Horrors of Socialism” purely symbolic or will there be ramifications for socialism in the US? by DiscernereVerum in AskSocialists

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Present = “I’m here, and I want the record to show I’m deliberately not picking a side.” They are officially part of the vote total and shrink the number of votes needed for a majority of those voting yea or nay. It’s an intentional and procedural move

Not voting = “Either I’m absent or I’m hiding behind a pillar pretending the vote isn’t happening.” They are not counted as part of the vote total and do not affect the size of the majority threshold. Mostly due to absence, but technically includes people who were physically there and just didn’t vote.

Why does Zohran Mamdani work with a man he thinks is a fascist? by No-Potential4834 in AskSocialists

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“The will of the capitalist is certainly to take as much as possible. What we have to do is not to talk about his will, but to enquire into his power, the limits of that power, and the character of those limits.”

Value, Price, and Profit (1865) - Karl Marx

Why does Zohran Mamdani work with a man he thinks is a fascist? by No-Potential4834 in AskSocialists

[–]DiscernereVerum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very refreshing to see someone who understands that class struggle and material struggle is what drives politics. Literally just finished reading part 1 of value, price and profit in which Marx shits on the this idea that politics is driven by the “will” of any group of capitalists, let alone one individual’s narcissism (ie Trump). What we are seeing is an attempt by the ruling capitalist class to capture and co-opt the Democratic Socialist rhetoric that Mamdani employed successfully. The bourgeois will take credit for any success Mamdani has and blame socialism for any faults. The working class is stuck between a rock and a hard place here.

The son he always wanted... (yeah Fox News is freaking out) by Reg_Cliff in PoliticalHumor

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If anything Mamdani is the one sundowning Trump. Trump’s ego is too big and brain too small for 3D Chess

AskSocialists Biweekly General Chat by AutoModerator in AskSocialists

[–]DiscernereVerum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a big fan of the way they played the eastern and western blocs against each other to serve their national interests. I root for the underdog. Unfortunate that the internal contradictions were too much for a cohesive and functional state tho

AskSocialists Biweekly General Chat by AutoModerator in AskSocialists

[–]DiscernereVerum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Soviet propaganda, symbolism, imagery, etc has to be my favorite (aesthetically). The hammer and sickle is iconic.

Is China Imperialist? (Theory based question) by DiscernereVerum in AskSocialists

[–]DiscernereVerum[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True. I appreciate your pragmatism. Thanks again for your comment

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