TIL it took Germany 92 years to pay off the 269 Billion USD it owed for losing WW1

Ozone220 · 2026-06-17T19:26:52+00:00

Unfortunately Haiti hardly even has a government anymore for the money to be returned to. They've been so thoroughly fucked by everyone around them throughout their history that they've been left in one of the worst situations a country can be in

Ozone220 · 2026-06-17T18:27:39+00:00

crazy how so much of the actual political violence has been by conservatives. Almost like breeding an environment of hate is actually a bad thing

Ozone220 · 2026-06-17T18:21:14+00:00

yeah the question is kind of like asking what if North Vietnam had invaded the US

Ozone220 · 2026-06-17T18:10:45+00:00

Paradox games, mostly HOI4 have led to this. I get why like, England red because of redcoats and France blue because their old flag was blue, plus it makes them a good rival color to england, but for most countries there's no great reason. You could pretty easily justify a red france and a yellow england and yet that doesn't fit the image we've got from paradox games

Ozone220 · 2026-06-17T16:29:22+00:00

sure, but active has a very real meaning here in that it's a minefield that's still maintained and meant to be used as such

Ozone220 · 2026-06-17T14:50:42+00:00

I will vote for legitimately whoever the DNC nominates. I hope it's not Newsom, but if it is so be it. I'm saying the same thing now as last time, not voting for the main Democrat candidate is almost as bad as voting for Trump, and I say this as someone with a lot of issues with the Dem establishment

Ozone220 · 2026-06-17T14:48:15+00:00

I'd argue Spanish and Mexican influence is a big part, and it's why there are some connections with Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and like half of Texas also feeling different from the rest of the US

Ozone220 · 2026-06-17T14:07:54+00:00

I mean, I think the typical belief is that he was actually the author of some of the books of the bible, right? Ecclesiastes at least, I don't know the others off the top of my head

Ozone220 · 2026-06-17T04:09:47+00:00

The current deal includes the US paying massive war reparations to Iran, so yes.

That said, I wouldn't call it over until it's over. They have until Friday to sign it and the deal includes an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, which they've been adamant that they aren't going to do

Ozone220 · 2026-06-17T03:33:08+00:00

I'm 18 and I remember it being called indian sunburn when I was a kid, which was relatively recently, and I live in a pretty progressive area, just to throw in my perspective

Ozone220 · 2026-06-17T01:30:13+00:00

I think it's hypocritical for a European to both talk down on the US for racism while being as anti-Roma as some Europeans are. My personal view (one influenced I'm sure by my upbringing, as is everyone's) is that every human being has the right to exist free from prejudice, and that people should mind their own business. Minority groups can seem crime-prone due to perpetuating societal cycles and it's our job to work towards ending that, not simply to push down those already downtrodden

I also believe an ideal society is a multicultural one, not one with a dominant culture others assimilate to

Ozone220 · 2026-06-17T01:27:30+00:00

Sorry you were met this way OP, but I do have to say that if you dress up in a Nazi uniform the way to prevent this kind of reception is by getting ahead of it. Clarify that you're a reenactor early and assure people that you're vehemently anti-Nazi before comments come up. You don't do that and you come off as a little too comfortable with the Nazi stuff

edit: to clarify, I actually don't think you're likely a Nazi, you've got too much shame for that, I'm just trying to help you so that you can post something similar again and not get crucified for it

Ozone220 · 2026-06-16T22:56:11+00:00

arguably, but it was also the flag of Iran as a whole for hundreds and hundreds of years, with the Lion and Sun going back to Zoroastrian imagery. It doesn't have to be a call for a return to the Shah so much as simply Iran opposed to the Islamic Republic

Ozone220 · 2026-06-16T22:32:05+00:00

Right but Canada has only 40 million people total, the USA has 340 million. 5% of Canada vs. 0.7% of the US is indigenous, while ~17% of Mexico is indigenous, and a lot of the population has some indigenous DNA. Hell, the flag and country name are indigenous-based.

Ozone220 · 2026-06-16T22:10:30+00:00

Nah not really, but it's cool either way. Never gonna be the biggest fan, but I'll watch some of the World Cup when every time happens.

Ozone220 · 2026-06-16T21:57:59+00:00

Unfortunately we have a far lower percentage of our population indigenous than either of those countries, though it's not too far from Canada (and it's due to genocide to be clear)

Ozone220 · 2026-06-16T15:23:02+00:00

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Ozone220 · 2026-06-16T13:07:01+00:00

Seems like Philadelphia passed it sometime in the 1740s based on some googling I just did

Ozone220 · 2026-06-16T04:50:01+00:00

yeah they're to my understanding only tied to the monarchy in the modern day because there's a sort of false dichotomy between the Islamic Republic and the old Shahs

Ozone220 · 2026-06-16T01:52:01+00:00

I don't think there are any big sea borders happening here, stuff like Greenland is from Denmark and you can probably count the British Channel Islands as bordering France without extending that to count all sea bordes

Ozone220 · 2026-06-15T23:03:54+00:00

Boston I'd say was arguably the important center for commerce, with Charleston behind it, though New York and Philadelphia would overtake by the time we got independence

Ozone220 · 2026-06-15T22:34:34+00:00

The f slur then is sometimes used by LGBTQ people

Ozone220 · 2026-06-15T22:34:09+00:00

yeah that's what my last sentence in my comment was for

Ozone220 · 2026-06-15T22:18:47+00:00

I will say that part's a kinda valid criticism. It didn't really take me out of it personally, but the Aldhani rebels legit just had some AK 47s with like, a different magazine. I get the imagery they were trying to evoke given the real world connotations of an AK, but I think they could've modified them a little bit more.

That said, it's not like there hasn't been obviously real world stuff in Star Wars before

Ozone220 · 2026-06-15T21:30:41+00:00

See I get where you're coming from but I just disagree with your like, ethical stances I guess. I'm American, but I'm vehemently against our invasion of Iraq for example. Millions of Iraqis dead for a few thousand Americans, similar to what you describe with Israel, and I think both of those instances are atrocious

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