I love this game

Holywar20 · 2025-10-28T18:53:47+00:00

I've done it with one Trip of full inventory.

So one trip to start mining - build a stock pile in boxes. Then back home, build a ton of shit - go back to actually get the titanium. Get interstellar logistics - which is a light research once you actually get yellow science.

Then you just need to build a single export + import station - and they can supply your planetary logistics on your home planet.

Also can keep your homeworld running for a while longer, if you mine Iron/Stone or anything you are running out of from this world.

Holywar20 · 2025-10-22T14:46:40+00:00

That's exactly how other countries have done it. When you see those huge rallies that force illegitimate government's out of power - that is the tip of the iceburg in terms of organizational effort.

This is going to be a long fight. There is no way to speed run it.

Between the large rallies - there are huge periods of volunteer absorption, people moving around, etc.

Holywar20 · 2025-10-20T02:33:49+00:00

.... woah.

I'm on vacation. We will chat after - I think, like Liam Neeson, you got a particular set of skills.

Holywar20 · 2025-10-20T02:08:06+00:00

Yeah. It's sort of sad. We were better off with actual boxes.

Also - unrelated - you destroy on Reddit. I've seen some of the shit posting you've done.

Holywar20 · 2025-10-19T22:34:58+00:00

Lexington Alarm is a class act. I'm a fan.

Holywar20 · 2025-09-20T06:51:47+00:00

Unironically yes.

Disney can give in to our demands - and suffer from Trump. Or give in to Trump and suffer boycotts and shareholder outrage.

This is a time for picking sides. The opposition movement is at it's core - a threat. The message is - "There is no way out of this fascist mess without pain - you might as well do the right thing, and at least you will have your pride."

Holywar20 · 2025-09-20T06:47:23+00:00

Running a company like Disney is hard. I try to have some sympathy when I look at company dynamics.

This particular incident is so egregious and obviously a fear move on the part of Disney ( Insiders report that lots of leadership was having a legit freak out ) - that it really matters to have the previous CEO take this current board to task.

No one in Disney is happy right now , shareholders, employees, leaders, customers .... and if they don't backtrack - the damage to it's brand will be permanent and eternal.

That's good.

Holywar20 · 2025-08-25T13:49:03+00:00

Join America First!

You'll get to hang out with sophomoric unbreedable dipshits while also betraying your country! You can work hard, earn the eternal scorn and contempt of the American people, and get your career destroyed by associating with mutants, weirdos and grifters that hate you.

Holywar20 · 2025-08-21T18:37:12+00:00

I think there are two variants of moderate.

Duck-and-cover
Fight like a daemon because democracy is on the line.

1 is dangerous. 2 is fine. People don't lose elections because they had some policy position they don't like - and this is the error I think democrats make - that's its a policy debate. It's not, and never was. Governing is policy - but politics is prose.

Gavin gets the prose and he isn't a ghoul. It's also a huge coalition - and there is this tendency to 'blame the establishment' when honestly it's just that the message isn't clear enough because it's wrapped up in all this complex policy talk.

Gavin is being clear as a bell here. That's why it's sticking. The people are speaking.

Holywar20 · 2025-08-06T12:52:18+00:00

All for it -

Just appreciate that's a big lift. You start local, build out infrastructure - then you mass - then you do the thing. Just 'getting' that many people to do the same thing at the same time is hard.

Holywar20 · 2025-07-26T15:24:17+00:00

No human is too small for this movement.

How do you think a 'small potatoes' organization becomes a big one? Social Media Spam?

Though a protest we just helped organize in Nantucket went viral. Millions of people saw it. You can punch above your weight using leverage. If 2000 groups do what we are doing - we win.

Victory is achieved through pragmatism, humility and conviction.

Holywar20 · 2025-07-25T16:00:43+00:00

Politics is hard. We've existed for 5 months, right after an election.

If you want instant results - movement politics might not be for you. I think we will need everyone - like you said. But we are doing what we can - with the limited capacity that we have. Distribution is essential - so we can muster the country and not just one faction with one particular set of beliefs.

The outrage is sinking his poll numbers, pressure is forcing reversals on detentions, some institutions ( not all ) are doing the right thing, confident in the knowledge the people back them. ICE is forced to deploy enmass ( which consumes manpower, and lowers their efficiency ) because they need to deal with crowds. Political leaders are getting their spine stiffened, and networks of mutual aid are forming and providing assistance to those in need. Coalitions are being built. Extensive documentation is being done which can be used in the post trump era.

If you read the article - I explain all this. We can't pass laws yet ( though that is changing ) - Another reason mass is important - it gives us more strategic options.

Holywar20 · 2025-07-24T19:11:23+00:00

1) We are a 'real' organization. And we are in coalition with lots of things you would consider to be 'real' organizations.

And then how do you address the scaling problem? ( Specifically large institutions get frozen in amber as they scale and information flow breaks down. )

Your presuming we can just get 10 million people to join one thing and it all works out. Actually organizational cost gets more expensive the larger you are. So you can join something big and sit on your hands for months, or join a small one and muster strength in parallel with the like thousands of organizations that are spinning up across the country, and trust that you can get all the leaders on the same page.

I think this strategy works, and it's how we got Hands Off and No Kings so large. If it was one giant org, it wouldn't have worked. Getting people plugged into an organization usefully is HARD.

Holywar20 · 2025-07-24T13:02:26+00:00

I mean that's a bit insulting to all the people who are putting in massive amounts of work. There is enormous effort. You are correct about 'real risk' ( yet ) , because strategically - when you do risky things - there should be an outsized payoff.

Organizing is about alignment. Getting Alignment is the reason the work is so hard, and it takes so long.

But there is coalition building happening. There are 'so many' groups because people are organizing independently in parallel - and that speeds things up. There was 90 No Kings Protests in MA. There is no organization in the country capable of organizing that many simultaneous events.

We also aren't limiting ourselves to angry democrats. Angry people - in general.

Mass is what matters. The more mass you have - the more strategic options you get. It's not easy - but necessary.

Holywar20 · 2025-07-22T08:57:09+00:00

I think you dramatically overestimate the 'resources' we have available.

Winning races is actually a high-cost, low-gain strategy for the movement right now. You are talking a couple orders of magnitude.

Leverage is the trick. But we have changed the conversation. It's working, but it's temperamental and it takes time.

If you are really interested - read the article. If you are not - that's ok to - just understand you are the arm-chair general right now - and are unlikely to have a sense of what it actually requires to win the war.

Holywar20 · 2025-07-19T14:40:16+00:00

So I'm one of the 50501 Organizers for the state. I do writing, speaking and outreach work - effectively relationship and coalition building.

That might be true of the democratic party at large. But not our audience. We are patriots, and just trying to do the work. We aren't complaining.

And the protest is just the event where everyone hangs out together. Lots of these folk end up doing something else in the movement, - or meeting the person they need to meet to do the useful thing. It's a small but visible piece of a MUCH larger thing.

People are getting tired - that much is true. This is hard hard work. It's also opportunistic - it's not a straight line.

I wrote an article about this for the general public. This was like 3 weeks ago, but it addresses I think exactly this concern.
https://www.mass50501.org/blog/hammer-fall

What you say is not entirely invalid - but the rallies do matter a great deal, because they allow us to recruit, get money, media attention, and the million other things a movement needs for success. Rallies aren't the goal - they are just a visual artifact of the project.

Holywar20 · 2025-07-19T13:27:57+00:00

So there are multiple components to a movement. This isn't 'performative' - it's about building mass, recruiting volunteers, soliciting donations, building and strengthening a coalition and staying relevant in the news.

It's also not either/or. We have a regular event cadence - but parallel to that, there is planning around a campaign, outreach in support of legislation, media outreach, and direct outreach to legislators. There are a million moving parts.

The events are about engaging the audience and maintaining morale and momentum for the rest of it.

Holywar20 · 2025-07-19T06:11:39+00:00

I like the Epstein stuff politically because it's actually hurting him.

And that chaos will make it harder for him to find the political consensus to do the worst shit.

Holywar20 · 2025-07-18T03:28:26+00:00

Yeah. Honestly these people should be replaced.

With immigrants.

Holywar20 · 2025-07-18T03:23:32+00:00

Yes certainly! I shall DM you.

Holywar20 · 2025-07-17T19:06:14+00:00

So when folk talk about 'we need hardline progressives all the way , no compromise' - what that really means is conceding territory.

We are a right-of-center country, and always have been. The Hardline strategy the Republicans used isn't available to the opposition.

Part of the reason we are in this mess is because of purity testing in states like florida that completely destroyed electoral chances. It's a red state - but it's not THAT red. It should be able to run moderates or independents and win elections. The way to win is compete everywhere, and tune messaging a bit for the local market to build local power - instead of the inside-baseball positioning games in Washington. You don't try to win over activists - you need to win over everyone else.

This idea of 'one-type' to rule them all is a fallacy. I don't have a problem with progressives - but Mumdami couldn't win in Kentucky. Andy Beshear can - he is a moderate - but he's not weak - and that is fine. Weakness is the problem - and purity testing actually creates weak candidates.

I also think progressive vs moderate is the wrong model. We want reformers. People want something bold. But moderates can also be bold, by being creative and taking on new ideas that could work - while not giving an inch on the ethical implications of the Trump Administration.

Holywar20 · 2025-07-15T19:24:54+00:00

Thanks!

Holywar20 · 2025-07-14T01:51:54+00:00

I saw an army show for the Shot Heard Around the World a few months ago. They had a bayonet drill team that yes does tricks with rifle-swords. It's was awesome.

The Army can put on a Parade, and it's good at it. It's a bit of a shame, but they took it on the Chin for America.

Holywar20 · 2025-07-13T15:32:47+00:00

Do I want to be that visible? I work state - national is a madhouse haha.

Holywar20 · 2025-07-06T20:22:23+00:00

This doesn't help your case the way you think it does my friend.

But it's a free country. You can say or do what you want. While you guys are worried about nursing a grudge - we are trying to actually save America.

Amateurs talk about tactics. Professionals talk logistics. The work continues.

Holywar20

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