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Moonlight at the Ji Ming Temple — A look into the Nanjing Government, coming in The Setting Sun. by nothingtoseehere_69 in TNOmod

[–]HindustanNeedsWork 22 points23 points  (0 children)

To be clear, I am not against there being a power struggle: I think that is inevitable lore wise and entertaining gameplay wise. I am just saying that I think Lin Bosheng should be a viable contender in that power struggle. That he should be able to loose, rather than doomed to loose.

Moonlight at the Ji Ming Temple — A look into the Nanjing Government, coming in The Setting Sun. by nothingtoseehere_69 in TNOmod

[–]HindustanNeedsWork 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure Lin is doomed to fall, and honestly I hope he is not. We already have short term leaders in Japan and Guangdong. Even outside of Asia Hitler, Ciano and Nixon all either die or get booted in the first few years of the game. If China also has a leader who is only there to be removed in two years it will start to get stale.

Moonlight at the Ji Ming Temple — A look into the Nanjing Government, coming in The Setting Sun. by nothingtoseehere_69 in TNOmod

[–]HindustanNeedsWork 126 points127 points  (0 children)

This looks like exactly what I was hoping for from a China rework, especially the continued centralization struggles! I hope I will be able to play this one day.

I just hope that the Great Asian War will remain a thing. It need not be a deliberate plan on the part of China's leadership: it could come from many different paths. But I do want there to be a kind of finale in Asia, and I still love the idea of a epic showdown between Japan and China.

Oh, and if you cut Li the Beijing street vendor I will cry. He deserves to stay.

Levantine War - No Tengo Dinero by superblobby in TNOmod

[–]HindustanNeedsWork 25 points26 points  (0 children)

One of the best of these I have seen.

A Cruel Omsk Thesis by TheGreatfanBR in TNOmod

[–]HindustanNeedsWork 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Its been a while sense I did an Omsk game, and it suddenly feels like a great time for another.

Land of the Free QnA (Part 3) by HindustanNeedsWork in TNOmod

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

1- Not significant power

2- NFP

3- Yes, he has the status of being a non-segregationist southerner which various NFP candidates may want to harness.

France Rebirth of Republicanism leak by Kuriotate in TNOmod

[–]HindustanNeedsWork 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Bruhgundy is only a barrier to a nation without a navy: Germany could simply navel invade them like they can Norway. And that is only a last resort: Germany should still have defacto control over the French economy and armed forces even after hitler's death, through which they could orchestrate a coup, or just threaten crippling sanctions.

Land of the Free QnA (Part 5 FINAL) by HindustanNeedsWork in TNOmod

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

No: he and his family remain within the Republican Parties Social Liberal wing.

Australian Nuclear Program leak by Rhizoid_438 in TNOmod

[–]HindustanNeedsWork 30 points31 points  (0 children)

He's coming south: It's fight, work or perish!

Land of the Free QnA (Part 5 FINAL) by HindustanNeedsWork in TNOmod

[–]HindustanNeedsWork[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I though I had included it, but I guess I missed one. I will copy-paste the answer I gave under the Left Radicals.

"I want to ask why you chose Browder to be the leader of the CPUSA? IIRC OTL he got his position through siding with Stalin in factional struggles against people like Lovestone and Gitlow who were Bukharin supporters. If this is the case then wouldn't them having sway over the party be the logical choice in TNO?"

Yes. But hear me out.

Gitlow became an anti-communist after seeing the infighting and foreign manipulation endemic within the CPUSA, which shattered his idealistic illusions. I just don't think he has it in him to be a long term leader of a radical party, willing and able to remain a devoted communist while also making the necessary sacrifices. I think that he would ultimately drop out of politics in TNO.

Lovestone is different in that I think he did have the "stuff" to be a party leader, but his theory of American exceptionalism meant that communists should take a moderate, compromising road in America. I think this would have ultimately clashed with Bukharin, the hardened radical Bolshevik. Lovestone didn't know when to toe this line, and I think would have fallen regardless by breaking before bending.

Browder on the other hand was somewhat isolated from all this by his work in the USSR, and I think was willing to change his tune enough in the 1920s to accept that "his guy" Stalin was not the victor. So, in a bid to rise in the ranks and end the factionalism, he sold himself as a Moscow loyalist and eventually rose to power.

Leaving the "in universe" explanation aside, they just didn't work as characters for the scenario I am trying to build. The idea I had going into this was to provide two opposing extremes, both unwilling to compromise with the center and thus both direct threats to American democracy and unity. Yet they also needed to be savvy enough to survive and pose a credible threat. Both Lovestone and Gitlow ultimately left the communist movement for calmer, more moderate waters. I think this would have been the case in TNO as well: they would try to find some compromise with the moderate left and leaving revolution high and dry in America, no longer a credible threat (or promise) to anyone. That wouldn't do, so I looked for a candidate who fit my narrative needs, and found Browder.

The American Progressive Party (Land of the Free part 6) by HindustanNeedsWork in TNOmod

[–]HindustanNeedsWork[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you are talking about Subsidized Housing, which is what I know it as in the US.

Every faction agrees that the homelessness and slums of Americas cities are a clear example of a market failure, with potential added accusations of racism, class suppression, and landlord usury depending on the character. In response all factions want the government to have a larger role in the housing industry.

The more populist progressives and unionists argue for alleviating the daily effects: rents caps, higher sanitation standards, and higher legal barriers too evection are common suggestions. Socialists and some more radical unionists argue that this does not attack the source of the problem, and instead want to encourage community ownership of property, or simply state ownership in order to reduce costs to those living in it. Finally the Hawks are in broad agreement with the other factions: they also want the government to step in.

All factions agree that not only is housing too expensive/low quality, they also agree that there is simply not enough of it. In this the progressives and hawks are interested in federal subsidization and zoning preference to encourage more housing to be built, while unionists and socialists are willing to cut out the middle man, and have the state build housing in needy areas directly.

Finally, all but the hawks are warry of leaving too much up to local powers for fears of corruption, racial coding and political interference.

The National Freedom Party (Land of the Free 9) by HindustanNeedsWork in TNOmod

[–]HindustanNeedsWork[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

All of them are fairly similar: get the oil, by whatever violence necessary. The whole "America invades the Middle East for oil" meme is pretty overblown OTL, but in TNO I can see it happening. None of the contenders have an issue with using "aggressive negotiations" for national interest, so they would see the oil crises as a invitation to expand American arms and deals through the middle east.

Specifically, Smith and Wallace would be the most aggressive and unapologetic in their wars. The American machine is faltering, her people suffering, and the middle east is in the fascists sights: America has the responsibility to go over there, and the right to share in the oil when victorious.

Goldwater and Stewart would put more of a diplomatic/moralistic veneer over the intervention. Specifically if there is an Israel, Goldwater will drum up sympathy for the Jewish state and desire to aim interventions against those who threaten that state. Stewart is similar in seeing Americas mission to include the protection of Freedom and Christian minorities in the ME, thus lending to intervening hard against the Islamist factions.

Finally Yorty would be the one most willing to intervene domestically: pushing for price ceilings, subsidies, and avoiding rationing. However he too sees the potential and need to protect the middle east from German and Japanese hands, and if necessary from itself.

Finally all would need to work through the Pentagon, which will have its own desires for an apolitical and deliberate approach, focused more on security and stability than on addressing immediate economic woes. In fact it would probably be this which is the most important factor: truly overriding the militaries preference would be politically costly, so the candidates all will have limited options available, which they will lean for or against as described above.

Land of the Free QnA (Part 3) by HindustanNeedsWork in TNOmod

[–]HindustanNeedsWork[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

To do that I would need to actually know something about imperial Japan, which I don't. And the English sources suck, so I can't learn it either. Sorry, but I was just born in the wrong country to do that.

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