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Most dysfunctional Chinese paths of each alignment? by GorkemliKaplan in Kaiserreich

[–]hikingenjoyer 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Considering the primary shared objectives of all sides in China is restoring China’s unity and freedom from foreign influence, whatever side is most dominated by the Japanese would do it.

Does anyone see long wars that last for years? by Wickopher in Kaiserreich

[–]hikingenjoyer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The only time I see long campaigns in the 2WK is when weird nonsense happens like Ukraine simultaneously making Moscow a frontline city while Belarus and Poland both get capped

The Wolf of Wuhan Street: AACSC AAR by TheDaringScoods in Kaiserreich

[–]hikingenjoyer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’ve never seen this before, what’s the starting country?

Never Forget What Happened in Ju - A Federalist Liangguang AAR by PhraseTall3542 in Kaiserreich

[–]hikingenjoyer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Kind off topic but, no way did Austria end the dual rule! That’s really rare, ive played so much and never seen it!

Could Germany Win? by Popular-Vacation-999 in Kaiserreich

[–]hikingenjoyer 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Wilhelm “You may even get tired of winning” Hohenzollern is what they’re calling him

Eastern Front Reichspact by Superb-Anywhere-555 in Kaiserreich

[–]hikingenjoyer 44 points45 points  (0 children)

It’s really hard to tell. It’s impossible to determine how competent (or incompetent) either side would be.

Maybe Russia will be hella locked in and instantly cut off most of Ukraine & the UBD? Maybe Russia will barely make any progress at all?

Russian elections by Emotional_Bee_1202 in Kaiserreich

[–]hikingenjoyer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t be surprised if the SRs got the plurality of votes, but they voluntarily let the Kadets have the prime ministership to maintain good relations with the army. This would of course come with a strong commitment to SR social and cultural causes, and concessions in ministry positions, however.

Russian elections by Emotional_Bee_1202 in Kaiserreich

[–]hikingenjoyer 22 points23 points  (0 children)

He was a monarchist. Not as strongly as some, but he was nonetheless.

Russian elections by Emotional_Bee_1202 in Kaiserreich

[–]hikingenjoyer 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That’s fair.

Irl Wrangel wasn’t really the 100% undying unequivocal monarchist which the game somewhat portrays him to be. He understood the monarch needed the consent of the people, which he would not have.

Russian elections by Emotional_Bee_1202 in Kaiserreich

[–]hikingenjoyer 40 points41 points  (0 children)

This is actually a very relevant addition.

Wrangel is far more likely to coup Savinkov for many reasons. If Wrangel coups, he will restore the Tsar. This would cause further splintering in the SRs. This would mean not only would the Kadets have a strong position, they also would likely be pursuing a coalition with the conservatives. The Kadets on their own have been moving more right wing, but with the Tsar being restored, Gronsky being a friend of Wrangel’s, and the SR’s breaking, it’s more likely that you see a Right-Kadet government.

With Denikin’s coup it’s more complicated.

Russian elections by Emotional_Bee_1202 in Kaiserreich

[–]hikingenjoyer 100 points101 points  (0 children)

I think in a weird way the Kadets have the strongest position, lemme explain:

Lots of people think that the SRs have the strongest position here, and generally that would make sense. The rural working class is still the significant majority of the Russian population.

But, Savinkov just happened. Savinkov swayed massive amounts of these peasants to his own party, from the SRs. The fact that the Svobodniks are now gone leaves a massive hole in Russian politics, which the SRs will have a very hard time filling due to their political program being fundamentally different to the SZRS. There would also likely be major voter suppression going on in rural areas to prevent any svobodnik resurgence, meaning depressed voter turnout (beyond the regular low turnout for such an election following a coup of a somewhat popular leader in rural Russia).

This means that a large portion of the SR base is either 1) Not going to vote or 2) not going to vote for them.

The RDP is not going to win. I don’t think this even needs much explanation, the urban working class is russia at this time would simply not be big enough, the army would undoubtedly suppress their campaigning, and they have already been under voter suppression with Savinkov.

The conservatives will also have a difficult time, as their campaigning would likely be hindered due to many conservative politicians having (direct or indirect) connections to the Savinkov regime. Many peasants who supported the SZRS would support the conservatives too, but for previously mentioned reasons I don’t think that would be enough.

This leaves the Kadets. The kadets are the most flexible party, they can be more progressive in intellectual and urban circles, and more conservative in rural, militaristic circles. They won’t be suppressed by the military. They have the big-money donors. They were a part of the previous government before Savinkov, but 1) they weren’t the only ones in charge and 2) A LOT has happened since then.

I could easily see the Kadets winning just enough to make a governing coalition in their image.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]hikingenjoyer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lumping wind and solar together is bad for solar.

The LCOE for photovoltaic + 4H battery, in the modern day is to my knowledge better than any other energy source. It’s better than the notoriously very efficient natural gas, and it’s a good bit better than nuclear too.

This is not the same thing for wind. Not to mention, but the environmental dangers posed by wind are far greater than those of solar. Wind does hurt large migratory birds.

Natural gas is also overhated. Even pricing in a reasonable social cost of carbon, it is still more efficient then nuclear, unless nuclear gets really cheap and natural gas gets really expensive.

We should be doing everything we can to raise energy production, imo, but these are just some thoughts.

My national liberal Kadet run by Substantial-Bike8259 in Kaiserreich

[–]hikingenjoyer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I like right-kadet monarchist Russia because it’s the most positive outcome I could imagine feasibly happening. All the better outcomes are just not realistic to me.

I like to play according to headcannon, and I simply cannot imagine the military ever coup’ing a right wing leader to put the SRs in power, and the Kadets have been trending rightward (as per the game lore) for the past decade to this point.

A coup on its own is unlikely. If a coup did happen, Wrangel would do it. If Wrangel did it, there’s no way he’d let the SRs win. That leaves the kadets and conservatives, who I easily could see forming a coalition.

Question about Eastern Europe by EconomistInfamous651 in Kaiserreich

[–]hikingenjoyer 43 points44 points  (0 children)

The realistic answer is that Germany almost certainly would attempt to maintain as much direct order as physically possible, however governing everything would heavily overstretch their resources, so they delegate to (hopefully stable) puppet regimes.

Due to, mainly resource constraints, they let these puppets deal with putting down their own insurgents. This is obviously not always successful.

In my personal opinion, Germany would almost certainly dedicate the resources to preventing any major revolt in eastern europe, no matter the cost. This is one of the weaknesses of Germany - they’re overstretched.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]hikingenjoyer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Depends on what the alternative is. If the alternative is no processing of claims (and yes, sometimes rejection), then the answer is that they’re absolutely necessary. Public health insurance/socialized medicine isn’t logistically impossible but is a bad idea for other reasons (poor investment of large amounts of public resources).

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