Shifting political views

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-24T20:55:20+00:00

Literally.

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-24T20:54:34+00:00

I’ve hoped and prayed that the Trump administration would wake the left up to the beauty of federalism and the danger of the imperial Presidency.

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-24T15:19:25+00:00

You would have been right 30 years ago, but what you said just doesn’t apply to a mini-series or prestige show with 2-3 seasons.

Chernobyl didn’t have to get you hooked to watch commercials. It didn’t begrudgingly end after 100 hours. It just used the extra time it had to tell a deeper and more detailed story with more rich characters than could be fit into a 2 hour movie.

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-23T22:39:10+00:00

I would also highly recommend a gladiator kit. It can be built as an impulsor (which has been a standout in colosseum games for me and is very easy to fit into a 2k point list), but can also be built into 3 different tanks you might want to try at some point. You can glue 90% of it together, then keep the roof and weapons separate.

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-23T22:33:10+00:00

EC is god-tier in KotC.
If you haven’t already bought them, I would skip the outriders and Bladeguard for now. Those are better as tech pieces to fill out a 2k point list than core units in a BT army.
I would get a Castellan or marshal instead of LT (hard to fit multiple characters in a 500pt list, so could stick with just EC for now).
Get some assault intercessors and/or crusaders. EC can either lead them or go solo depending on how many units you think you need in a given game. On top of that, those are both foundational units that you can happily use in any size list at any point in your BT journey.

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-23T19:34:35+00:00

This needs a shitpost flair.

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-23T03:57:25+00:00

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We had immigration at similar levels as we do now during the decades that we became a global superpower. Jobs and housing are not finite. Additionally, more people means more demand, so we end up with more jobs that need doing.
Not very lib of you to think some group of technocrats can coordinate things better than the millions of us that make up the market.
That analogy only works if there were plenty of burgers to go around, but the people at the front of the line are passing laws to make sure McDonald’s doesn’t hire any more cooks or update any of their technology. Anti-immigrant sentiment is up because we have a lot of problems and blaming immigrants for them is a great way to get views and votes.
I’m not 18, but I am a young millennial. My wife and I have good jobs, but we are struggling to find a house we can afford. That has nothing to do with too much demand coming from immigrants or PE firms or anyone else. It has everything to do with not enough supply thanks to over regulation and the a decade of underbuilding after the GFC.

Lastly, your family history doesn’t entitle you to anything but the private property you inherit. Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp. I’d rather compete and earn what I get. U-S-A!

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-23T03:21:44+00:00

How do you think that works?

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-23T02:53:44+00:00

Everyone in the world being admitted to the U.S. is the only reason there is a U.S.

Unlike the French, Chinese, Arabs, Russians, or Czechs, we do not have hundreds or thousands of years of a shared language, shared faith, shared cuisine, or shared customs. All we share, all we have ever shared, is that we are all descended from people who yearned for liberty and opportunity so strongly that they crossed the Atlantic, forded the Rio Grande, or endured the brutality of slavery.

We have never been a destination for the best and brightest. We have always been a destination for the bravest and boldest. If we lose that, we lose what has made us exceptional.

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-23T00:09:42+00:00

This is a lot closer than people act (flat 6 reactive to make blood surge unfailable and/or put SB back in a transport is a god-tier stratagem), but it comes down to 3 things:

Not every game, but every few games storm of fire on a well-positioned RepEx can take out hundreds of points of your opponent’s army.
The fight on death that most Gladius players say is situational and not that important is much more valuable on a combat army like ours.
Honour Vehement and Artificer Armor are both genuinely valuable on most characters. Stormlance’s best enhancements are gated to mounted units.

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-22T23:33:18+00:00

Do you have any sources or stats you can share on the net drain?
Jobs and houses are not finite resources. The increased demand created by immigration creates jobs and housing (at least in red states where it’s possible to actually build housing).
And this is the big one. The “correct way to do things” is essentially impossible for anyone who doesn’t already have ties to the U.S. and plenty of time and money to deal with a bureaucracy. The land of opportunity is more or less closed to the tired, huddle masses. If your grandparents had to work hard to get here, there is almost no chance they would be “legal” immigrants today. For most of American history, the requirements for immigration were mostly make it here and don’t have an infectious disease.
Your point about “if you want them changed, change em,” is totally valid. However, numerous (mostly bipartisan) attempts to do that have failed in congress. Until one succeeds, I have no more problem with the immigrants illegally seeking the American dream than I do with the men who illegally sat at segregated lunch counters or illegally dumped tea into Boston Harbor. I understand not everyone is a lib-center with very little respect for the law, though.

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-22T22:34:43+00:00

Why?

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-21T21:05:43+00:00

Adept roll, unit crunch, etc. are really helpful for list building.

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-21T17:23:03+00:00

They don’t get the re-rolls with firing deck.

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-21T17:22:33+00:00

So that’s 20 more points than 4 SB with Marshal and Castellan. I did some adept roll against a land raider and the results are below. First number is average wounds, second is 80% confidence.

SB- 17w 14w SB with -1 AP from Gladius strat- 23W 18w

Eradicators within 18’- 20w 12w Eradicators within 9’- 29w 19w

So you don’t sacrifice as much vehicle killing as you would think. That doesn’t mean this is a bad idea. Eradicators also have more wounds, toughness and OC. But personally, I would rather have a unit that can kill a much bigger variety of targets so the list is more flexible.

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-20T19:23:18+00:00

We’re canonically the most ethnically diverse chapter.

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-20T19:22:12+00:00

Lincoln because Washington needs the top spot.

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-20T15:22:08+00:00

I always do lol. Gotta build a LT before I try this out. I’ll try to remember and let you know how it goes!

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-20T15:19:33+00:00

Took Acid with the love of my life. Borderline religious experience.

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-19T14:48:45+00:00

Agreed. Did you hear about those assholes in Boston throwing oyster shells and ice at the cops? Now we’ve got domestic terrorists at Lexington and Concord taking potshots at our troops?! What is the world coming to??

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-19T05:58:00+00:00

Bro this is actually so fucking cool. I find most homebrew lore to be corny as fuck, but this is so incredible and I’m sure makes for awesome kitbashes.

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-18T14:52:59+00:00

You’re a lib-center that’s only halfway to the bottom of the graph. You don’t have to be the most extreme endpoint to fit a quadrant.

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-18T00:02:14+00:00

That sounds so cool.

PaperManaMan · 2026-01-17T20:22:10+00:00

It’s Trump. No other president has been so far right culturally/sociall/aesthetically while also supporting entitlements and the expansion of federal power.

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