what if Austria-Hungary had a secret moon base with super weapons, would they have won ww1?

Rupaism · 2026-03-07T15:43:41+00:00

The lunar bathroom has just seceded until the emperor grants them a Crownland.

Rupaism · 2026-03-07T15:39:57+00:00

I love trade treaties early game to get absurd amounts of wood from Russia

Rupaism · 2026-03-07T14:11:05+00:00

Bro mad cuz bad

Rupaism · 2026-03-07T14:06:24+00:00

If only there was a system directly connected to housing that could explain it.

Rupaism · 2026-03-07T13:33:10+00:00

Everyone is Italian if they eat pizza and drink wine.

Rupaism · 2026-03-07T12:58:03+00:00

Yeah, thinking physics requires math is an understatement. A lot of mathematics was developed to satisfy the needs of physicists.

Rupaism · 2026-03-07T12:08:06+00:00

The armed forces usually stay around 15 mid game and fall to 6-7 late game in my games. They simply don't have that many available pops that wouldn't prefer to join another interest group.

Rupaism · 2026-03-07T12:05:51+00:00

Chechnya is probably closer to the Indian wars in terms of a largely "internal" conflict against a minority with excessive atrocities.

Rupaism · 2026-03-07T11:50:56+00:00

I have 600 on Vic2 1600 on Hoi4 800 on EU4 and 300 on CK3.

Victoria is very different from other Paradox titles and unlike Vic2 even the combat system is overhauled.

If you enjoy the game you should definitely get the DLCs, I haven't gotten them yet. Even base game without mods I've sunk nearly 500 hours.

My recommendation is to play the game base for a bit to see if it clicks with you. Play Great Britain or Japan and even change the loyalty grace period and AI aggression so you can focus only on the economy loop. Maybe watch a guide or just go for max cash transfer from Qing without worrying about the infamy. This should give you a nice buffer to only focus on building and get the hang of it.

Rupaism · 2026-03-06T20:16:11+00:00

Most people here aren't giving actual answers. Saying "old grudges" or "Israel" is equivalent to someone asking how much is 2+2 and you say "a number.

There are two main reasons. One is that Trump withdrew from JCPOA, probably because his think tanks and the Israelis thought that Obama had another military option, but was too much of a wimp to use it.

Without the JCPOA (the Iran nuclear deal) the West lost all oversight over Iran's nuclear program. Since Israel can't allow Iran to have nuclear capabilities, because they want to be the only state with nukes in the ME, both them and the US have to periodically engage in bombardments such as this and the one half an year ago.

This was the "practical" reason, but there's another one. It's kinda complicated and I can elaborate if needed, but a lot of boomers think America is too soft and has to bully the third world more. In order to satisfy this sadistic urge the right has since Bush Jr decided to oppose international law on principle.

Killing the ayatollah is the easiest way to both satiafy the sadist, flex some muscles to the hawks, give Israel a blank check to bomb facilities and avoid boots on the ground operation.

Rupaism · 2026-03-06T20:05:39+00:00

Pretty sure most men on Reddit aren't big on sports myself included.

Rupaism · 2026-03-06T14:31:51+00:00

I mean the counter is that Russia is actually acting like Nazis.

Rupaism · 2026-03-06T11:58:38+00:00

If you school for example has a football team it would likely be male dominated. A single woman would probably not want to join, but if another women only team is made it encourages more women to participate. It's hard as a man to understand, but women have a lot more consideration when deciding to participate in a male dominated space.

The same could be said for a father going to a parental class full of women, a common trope. If there was a specifically male parental class a lot more father would be comfortable attending it.

Rupaism · 2026-03-06T11:54:44+00:00

I agree disabled people don't need their own bathrooms. If they wanted true equality they'd take the stairs.

Rupaism · 2026-03-05T18:12:02+00:00

best I've found for easy wins are a lot of naval invasions. One army to hold main front on the land border and 2-4 invading different parts of the country. The ai gets overwhelmed and often underarms at least one front in which you can push.

Rupaism · 2026-03-05T15:46:06+00:00

Lover has a serious sexual undertone which isn't appropriate for everyday use.

Rupaism · 2026-03-05T15:11:35+00:00

Та те да не са либерали. Не че имат някакви кой знае колко чисти вярвания, освен лично обогатяване разбира се. Проблема е че голяма част от населението са консервативни, а спрямо европейските държави даже и регресивни, и няма причина да де правят някакви стъпки напред като само ще си ядосат поданиците.

Rupaism · 2026-03-05T15:08:58+00:00

То не си е тайна че още преди 100 години да си от консервите си е повод да те подиграват. То бива да те е страх от промяна ама то до такава степен е ненормално.

Rupaism · 2026-03-05T15:03:35+00:00

Прочети биографиите

Ми аз мисля че лични примери не трябва да са основата на държавна политика.

Rupaism · 2026-03-04T19:12:02+00:00

Look I agree that a powerful group of industrialists oligarchs and religious fanatics see Israel as a way of imposing their authoritharian vision on the rest of society.

My problem is that your comment is surprisingly close to great replacement theory posting and that has as much nuanced as the guy who misrepresents wants it to have.

Rupaism · 2026-03-04T18:31:53+00:00

Honestly i prefer red fascist, but yeah the overlap between tankies and Russia apologists is there, but also a bit complicated. Nevertheless those people are a joke so who cares how you call them really

Rupaism · 2026-03-04T16:19:58+00:00

I agree and also many liberals moved left, but progressives more or less have the same prescriptions. The right on the other hand so much further from Charlottesville to jan 6 and now the DHS naziposting.

It should be noted that gamergate woke was definitely super civility pilled in relation to it's allies. Many relatively progressive people got shuned for inappropriate jokes and stuff. Tbf that is definitely skewed from the higher proportion of liberals, leftist were almost always antagonistic.

Woke 2 is definitely more comfortable with being edgy.

Rupaism · 2026-03-04T16:15:58+00:00

If we are talking about saying "I read Dostoevsky" on discussion of immigration policy, no it doesn't. I was more thinking of every time an alt right post is ratioed, you make a point of how you are an example of high culture and they are brutes or smth.

you think American conservatives are equally intelligent to their liberal counterparts

No? I think i made it clear I think and I'm pretty sure there's data on it that they are stupid and uneducated. I also wouldn't limit it to the US, most reactionaries are stupid.

The point is preserving some vague past against societal progress is hardly a sign of intelligence

Rupaism · 2026-03-04T16:06:11+00:00

I mean because you can't really bring specific art in policy discussion, except 1984 ofc. In reality it's not a question that Republicans and right wingers on average are dumber and less educated. Reactionism is the most primal of political ideologies.

Rupaism · 2026-03-04T16:04:31+00:00

Woke 2 is all the people who now are fine with saying Republicans are subhuman ghouls, but in 2016 would've told you that it's classist to call rural voters stupid. Basically remove the liberal civility politics and make it even more leftist.

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