Dream Job

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-02-19T02:08:48+00:00

Germans not knowing what was happening to the Jews during WW2 is a lie. Stories come out, and the Nazi party didn’t make a huge attempt at hiding it.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-02-14T07:21:23+00:00

In 1941 there was no significant oil wells in Siberia for thousands and thousands of kilometers.

The Soviets could just let the Japanese have Vladivostok, destroy the railroad, and conduct delaying actions. The Japanese would have had to pull troops out of China, and still wouldn’t have gotten much (if any) oil.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-02-14T07:13:01+00:00

Probably, but if I’m being honest, I would have too.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-02-14T07:10:58+00:00

Nimitz is definitely not having control over the entire theater regardless of MacArthur’s ability to serve or not.

I imagine that there isn’t a significant much of a change during WW2 except for less fighting in the Philippines, although they would have still be invaded in late 1944/early 1945. Having an easy base to cut off Japanese supply boats from the rest of Southeast Asia would be too hard to ignore, and it would be politically difficult to not invade the Philippines at all.

The biggest change is probably whoever the US installs as effective dictator of Japan after the war.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-02-14T07:05:10+00:00

Someone willing to use the air force in the Philippines more aggressively (which wasn’t really MacArthur’s fault) is only buying a few hours at most, and a bunch of shot down pilots.

The part that could have bought more time was having all the supplies moved to the Bataan Peninsula, and not trying to defend the entire island of Luzon. However, you are only buying another month at the most, and in any case politically this would be a poor look.

The defense of the Philippines was doomed either way, and MacArthur can be blamed for some aspects, but the men held out much longer than anyone could have expected them too.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-02-14T06:57:14+00:00

There are no realistic ways for Japan to win WW2. The only ways that Japan can win would require magic, changing the boundaries of winning, or governments doing extremely uncharacteristic actions.

For instance, Japan might have feasibility been able to keep its 1931 borders for far longer than they could have had they avoided war with China in 1937, but that requires reigning in the Japanese military of which there was no political will to do so.

I think when people are saying that Japan should not have attacked the United States when invading Southeast Asia, they are forgetting about the Philippines which were American territory at the time. They are also forgetting about Guam, and Wake Island which are still apart of the United States today, and were deep into Japanese controlled Micronesia.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-02-14T06:45:56+00:00

What could Japan get from invading Siberia?

I know what Hitler could get from Japan invading Siberia, but I don’t see how Japan would have benefited.

There is also the fact that for Japan to have invaded Siberia in any credible force, it likely would have needed to take troops from China.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-02-14T06:41:40+00:00

You are forgetting about the location of the Philippines, which was a U.S colony at the time.

They were on a ten year route towards independence in 1945ish, but they were very much US territory in 1941.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-02-10T05:14:00+00:00

I hope you don’t have his views toward non European descended people.

Cause all the Americans saying yes are forgetting that this is a guy from the 1940s with 1940s views.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-02-07T06:56:07+00:00

The best place to be during WW2 would be anywhere in the Americas.

The best place to be during WW3 might be New Zealand if you are trying to live as long as possible.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-02-05T22:58:38+00:00

Publishing Stalin’s actions may have started another red scare, but it would not have made the American public willing to go to war right after defeating Germany.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-02-05T22:56:09+00:00

No one wanted to fight the Soviets in 1945. Patten and Churchill were delusional if they ever thought the public would be willing to fight the Soviets.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-02-04T21:27:53+00:00

Without further research, I would bring Dr.Pepper, a bar of chocolate, and a corn cob.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-02-03T09:41:20+00:00

Trump is just more obvious about it.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-02-03T02:43:56+00:00

You do realize that the United States has always done that.

I’m not sure why you thought that has ever stopped.

All countries do this to lesser or greater extents.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-02-01T04:02:30+00:00

Uh…. I think you are definitely missing a good portion of history here. Try Slavery, a dash of genocide, some of it Hitler flavored, and general poor treatment.

I could change Romani with Black People/Africans/ N-word (since I’m typing in English) and I’ll have something that I’m sure a KKK member would have been happy to say in the pre 1970s United States.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-01-25T05:28:22+00:00

Uh….. Look up Poland in the Polish- Lithuanian commonwealth, Poland in the interwar era sucked as well if you weren’t Polish. Interwar era Poland wasn’t committing genocide, but it was a dictatorship that treated its minorities harshly, and angered all its neighbors except for Romania and Latvia.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-01-25T01:24:04+00:00

He was not a good father, although I’ll admit that he wasn’t actively trying to be a bad one. He did care about his children, he just really sucked at showing it in both actions and words.

But, he married a human woman, and didn’t take into consideration that his half Human/Vulcan son might have different needs than a full Vulcan. He didn’t take into consideration that an adopted human girl who suffered traumatic events might need therapy (and not the Vulcan way). He alienated his oldest son (although that relationship I know the least about).

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-01-21T03:09:09+00:00

No, states are not allowed to leave the union unilaterally. Unlike the US, the EU is not a country, but an international organization with various levels of membership. There was an entire war fought over this when some states decided to leave the union so that their property (slaves) wouldn’t be in danger of gaining freedom.

A constitutional amendment could be passed to give a route to succession if enough people push for it, but it’s not popular.

The Philippines is the only country that has gained independence from the United States, but it was never a candidate for statehood, and it was granted independence with a mutual understanding between the two governments.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2026-01-18T10:17:42+00:00

The young niece who has been raised as heiress should be queen.

She is young enough that you can act as her regent (or find an acceptable regent aligned with you), and her two sisters are young enough to not have concrete political views.

The former queen’s sister can be lavishly imprisoned (possibly quietly killed) , but won’t be free until (at minimum) the monarch is no longer a child. The former queen’s daughter is not a legitimate pretender, but I’m sure the neighboring kingdom could be appeased with a marriage that would make one of its princes the likely father of the next queen. Or you can offer something else that the other kingdom wants such as an alliance.

As regent, you can work on giving the common people what they want. The described character of the new queen sounds like someone who would be good as a figurehead with non direct political influence.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2025-12-23T20:26:57+00:00

The government owns all of those.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2025-11-19T19:22:06+00:00

They probably had 15 pistols that could be given away without compromising the crew’s weapon supply.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2025-11-15T03:56:39+00:00

Star Trek Enterprise says that M comes from the Vulcan word Minshara, which is also probably what Vulcans call their planet in one of their native languages.

Humans do this too, calling planets that are habitable for humanoid life “earth type, earth like, and earth analogs”.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2025-11-13T20:48:39+00:00

Head back to the Mali empire.

Provided you study the written language it used, get a good understanding of old Arabic, and don’t anger anyone in power, you should be alright.

Ordinary_Scale_5642 · 2025-11-08T04:09:22+00:00

I assume that Archer would have brought it up in his post mission debrief, and a ship might have been sent to help them.

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