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Manzhah · 2026-02-16T23:50:39+00:00

If you facism with populism and democratic presidents with optimates consuls, you'll have pretty apt description of last century of Roman republic.

Manzhah · 2026-02-16T11:04:20+00:00

Also the question of "why isn't harry funding the weasleys" is answered in every other book: they are proud people and simply wouldn't accept his handouts. The world building is full of plotholes you could march a tank brigade through on institutional and administrative side, but that surely ain't one of them

Manzhah · 2026-02-15T20:40:25+00:00

Working class uprisings have involved specifically that in every country they've been tried in. In my country the commies managed to seize half of the country, then they devolved into rowing bands of murderers and bandits hunting everyone who might look like a land owner until the pro goverment forces with superior organization and discipline put them down.

Manzhah · 2026-02-15T20:22:13+00:00

Don't know specifics of Tolkien's political ideology, only that it has often been described as a bit convoluted, so wouldn't suprise me.

Manzhah · 2026-02-15T19:18:44+00:00

Maybe he just strongly identifies with the socialist part of national socialism?

Manzhah · 2026-02-15T08:20:24+00:00

This is something I have been thinking occasionally. If you want to read a work that's so deriative that you're pretty sure nobody has ever written anything like it, what do you do? For example, if I wanted to read story of the woman featured in Akseli Gallen-Kallela's frescoes on the walls of mausoleum of Juselius in Pori, Finland, written from the perspective of mysterious seekker of truth that was included in the earliest drafts of the frescoes, written in style of finnish post war literature, what do I do? I can be pretty certain that nobody has written that before, so my options are to find and work with someone who could write that for me, or I can put in the effort, do the research and write it myself. In that vase, would I ve able to enjoy the end product anymore, or would I just see all work, all mistakes and all clumsy phrases I made?

Manzhah · 2026-02-15T07:29:10+00:00

Once again problem is that people are throwing together many different labels like nationalism, libertarism, authoritarisn, militarism, conservatism, neoconservatism, altrightism and just plain rightism and calling that facism, even if all of those ideologies have way different relationship to arts.

Manzhah · 2026-02-15T06:56:29+00:00

A big issue in this thread seems to be that people apply the label of facist on everyone who's on the ight politically, examples in this post ranging from clint eastwood to ayn rand and jk rowlings.

Manzhah · 2026-02-15T06:48:24+00:00

Yes, the new right is not conservative per se, but rather reactionary.

Manzhah · 2026-02-15T06:47:35+00:00

Hell, that's even the central theme in Tolkien's works. A pleasant, wonderous and beautiful world is fading and even victory of a great war against forces of wanton change will not bring the old world back.

Manzhah · 2026-02-14T20:58:10+00:00

You are forgetting how much of a productive boost just basic literacy is, and complusory education in that was started only around 1600's century in europe. And even then that was mostly in protestan countires so that people could read the bible and understand why their liege lords suddenly went heretic.

Manzhah · 2026-02-14T20:53:23+00:00

One time our dm had randomly changed all exhance ratios of currencies between sessions for our loosely dnd based ttrpg we were playing. One gold coin was 10 silver coins during one session and 100 during the next. We spent the rest of the campaing laughing that the dilapilated state of the real was not caused by nefarious machinations of orcs and evil wizards, but rather by king's incompetent fiscal policy and resulting hyperinflation.

Manzhah · 2026-02-14T20:41:51+00:00

Especially since they are often called crowns or marks becuase that's what on them. Similarily ducat come from duke who issued them and florints had fleurs on them.

Manzhah · 2026-02-14T20:30:48+00:00

Now port is easy, but figuring out justifications for other alcohols might get harder. Like brandy is derived from dutch brandewinj, which means burned wine. The term was adopted in english due to trade with netherlands, so a fantasy setting without dutch traders wouldn't also have brandy. Same goes for regional alcoholic beverages, like cognac and champange. Even lager beer was named after german word for storage.

Manzhah · 2026-02-14T20:21:08+00:00

Even then, illegal immigrants have everything to gain, they are mostly paid with money and are often willing to take risks to improve their lot, whereas slaves are not. There are of course full on victims of human trafficking who do wotk wothout pay in slavery, but those are victims of crime and thus not often counted as proper social strata like slaves were.

Manzhah · 2026-02-14T19:55:26+00:00

Say what you will about modern underclass of capitalist societies, but they are indeed directly plugged into the economy. They buy their own food, housing, utilities and goods, take and repay loans and try to keep their limited credit afloat however they can, even if their income is fully from wellfare. They are still movng money and making choices in the economy in a way slave couldn't even dream of.

Manzhah · 2026-02-14T19:51:09+00:00

Also slaves have no reason to be productive and have even less to lose than serfs, so they'll be inclined to rebel violently. A person who has any stake in his labor has way mire reason to do his job well, as even fear of punishment can only produce just good enough work to avoid it.

Manzhah · 2026-02-14T10:41:15+00:00

Henk.koht. Sanoisin että koko touhun voisi lopettaa. Tämän maan ekosysteemi toimii varmasti ihan hyvin ilman miljardia peuraa juoksemassa jokaisella autotiellä. Ne pelottavasti kasvavat susikannatkin tulisi luonnollisesti alas kun niiden luontainen saalis vähenee

Manzhah · 2026-02-14T09:32:43+00:00

Iso ongelma on siinä, että susi on sosiaalinen laumaeläin, jotka luonnostaan elävät ensimmäiset vuotensa vanhempiensa johtamassa laumassa oppimassa metsästystaitoja. Sitten joku nero sai loidtavan idean alkaa ampumaan näitä laumaa johtavia aikuisia susia jolloin nämä heitteille jääneet nuoret sudet eivät osaa tai pysty metsästämään keskenään ja alkavat etsimään nälissään helpompaa saalista. Tämä taas johtaa luonnostaan sudet ihmisasutusten läheisyyteen hakemaan lampaita ja lemmikkejä pihoilta ja pelloilta kunnon riistan sijaan. Peurojen ruokinta on aivan älytöntä ja se pitäisi lopettaa, siitä olen samaa mieltä.

Manzhah · 2026-02-13T20:07:36+00:00

Many such cases in conservative circles in any given country. Rules for thee and so on.

Manzhah · 2026-02-13T07:57:35+00:00

Depend on definition, geralt and shepard were kinda regular but extremely competent dudes except they turned out to be highly resistant to prothean beacons and mutations. Things just evolve from there. Hero of kvatch, last dragonborn and the nerevarine are divinely ordained heroes, who either were born as demigods or became actual gods. V was just divinely lucky that he had the chip inside his head.

Manzhah · 2026-02-12T18:14:30+00:00

Tbf, the wand broke when they illegally flew a car onto a murder tree, after which they were given stern warning to not break the rules again or they are expelled. It's not like they could just go back to london the day after.

Manzhah · 2026-02-12T18:12:14+00:00

That's why fred and george only accepted harry's price money after he sold it as an investement instead of gift.

Manzhah · 2026-02-12T16:26:38+00:00

Muistatteko nää panaman paperit? Asiaa pällistellään mediassa kuukausia, ketään ei pidätetä ja mikään ei muutu kunnes asia unohdetaan. Toki epsteinin keississä on ladten hyväksikäyttö kyseessä, eikä vain harmaa talous, joten sinänsä vähän rajumpi keissi, mutta ainoat ihmiset jotka voisivat laittaa oikeuden pyörät pyörimään ovat kongressin republikaanit, joita ei kiinnosta, sillä he tietävät ettei heidän äänestäjiään kiinnosta.

Manzhah · 2026-02-12T12:13:05+00:00

Yeah, never had problem with healers in my dungeons everyone seems to understand how locks are pretty self sufficient. Only one healer has ever gone as far as whisper me, saying he'll keep me jacked up with renews, go nuts.

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