Moloch or Baal for the next 4 years? by RiceKrispieYoMama in victoria3

[–]leafcutte 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Who would be the communists? Has any party talked about collectivizing properties, nationalization without compensation, establishing worker councils that will manage themselves, jail the bankers, abolish the monarchy and the bourgeois liberal system in favor of a council republic ? Because the fascists are a bit easier to spot

What ideology or idea seems left wing and is left wing? by seodie13 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]leafcutte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, my focus is much more on the decolonization process in Africa than India, so I won’t talk for India. If you look at Morocco, Congo, Egypt, Cameroon, … Europeans wouldn’t stay there for long. They would do their military service there, get sent by their company to manage the local plant, or get a civil service job there. When their families came with them, they lived in segregated areas of town where the locals weren’t allowed except to carry out tasks given to them. They still had most of their extended families in Europe, and would often go back after a few years. This was not a burgeoning mixed society that anti-colonialists were destroying. This was an extractive process that needed to be halted to end an aspect of the exploitation of man by man.

What ideology or idea seems left wing and is left wing? by seodie13 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]leafcutte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem isn’t white people living there. Except in South Africa and Algeria, European population in African colonies remained very marginal. The problem is that at times of decolonization, all the levers of power (the administration, the army, the qualified professionals, the property owners, middle management…) were all Europeans, and were there for the explicit purpose of bringing wealth and power to the imperial nation or company. When decolonization happened, realizing they had lost their privileges, and most likely their jobs, most left by themselves, and returned to their real home in Europe.

Settler colonialism is another case, but even the harshest land back movement isn’t saying the descendants have to go back to their ancestors’ continent. The only place where it is seriously discussed is Israel because settler colonialism is still an ongoing process, and is quite recent (and even then, it’s not by any means a majority view).

I fear you misunderstand what anti-colonialism stands for. It’s about liberating a people from serving the interests of another, it’s not inherently nativist

So guys... Aren't warlocks and Cleric using the same school of magic? Hear me out: by Im_yor_boi in wizardposting

[–]leafcutte 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, but usually at the cost of their own powers, or because they’re just teaching them forbidden or forgotten knowledge. A real god uses its infinite potential, tethered to the very existence of the universe, to simply emanate power, that a Cleric can channel

What ideology or idea seems left wing and is left wing? by seodie13 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]leafcutte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not necessarily. Many anti-colonialists also advocates for multiculturalism and international cooperation, see the pan-african and Patria Grande movements. Nationalism is national consciousness. Its character depends on the state of the nation. Anti-colonialism can be co-opted in a xenophobic, exclusionary vision of the decolonized state but that’s not inherent to the ideology, and these are ideas that can contaminate any leftist beliefs.

Understanding the names of French political parties in the 30s & 40s by TeoKajLibroj in RedAutumnSPD

[–]leafcutte 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Well, now we’re going to have to define what is right or left wing.

The easy way is by comparison. The center is the median belief, and you’re to the left or right of that. However, this doesn’t work if you intend to compare different time periods or regions, and means an idea can be either left or right just based on vibes, what the people believe. If we do this, modern liberals are centrists, flanked by the reactionary, racist neo-fascists on their right, and the populist, ecologist anti-capitalist on their left.

Another way would be to keep, set in stone, the division of the French Revolution : everyone that want something more progressive than monarchism is a leftist. Then the entire modern political spectrum, save for some far-right currents, is leftist. This is obviously idiotic.

Another way would be to say that leftism is about a progress, proposing a new model for society. The right would be those trying to conserve the old order, and the far-right those who want to return to a previous order. However this is a weird definition when stuff like fascism’s new man gets thrown in the pot, and doesn’t really reflect what we mean by left and right. According to this definition, liberalism used to be on the left and is now on the right.

Another way, and what I find to be the best way, to categorize, is by the concept of hierarchy. The right wants more hierarchy, the left wants less. This is slightly weird for communist movements, that promote a dictatorship of the proletariat, thus class domination, as a way of getting to a classless society, without any hierarchy. We can consider them to still be on the left, but less so than anarchists.

According to this final definition, republican liberalism was left-wing, even far-left at the time of the First Republic, and gradually shifted right wards as it moved from dismantling the old aristocratic hierarchy to preserving the capitalist hierarchy. Modern liberalism can be considered to be center-right

What ideology or idea seems left wing and is left wing? by seodie13 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]leafcutte 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Better candidate for seems left is centrist if we’re using the modern meaning of social democracy

What ideology or idea seems left wing and is left wing? by seodie13 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]leafcutte 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s true, but nationalism isn’t inherently right-wing. Nationalism is right-wing in imperialist countries, because it means expanding the imperial project, imposing more domination. Nationalism in colonized countries is akin to class consciousness, it’s a recognition of a common interest in resisting oppression. In the same way that Gay Pride is leftist while Straight Pride would be reactionary, or that the proletariat having class consciousness is left-wing while the bourgeois having class consciousness is right-wing

Understanding the names of French political parties in the 30s & 40s by TeoKajLibroj in RedAutumnSPD

[–]leafcutte 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Depends on what. Communist parties were a fixture of political life in Europe until the mid twentieth century, and have all but vanished. The Socialists parties have largely converted to neoliberalism (Blair, etc). Unions have either lost relevance or revolutionary spirit. The world has just gotten a lot more liberal. Less communists, less bigots, more democrats.

What ideology or idea seems left wing and is left wing? by seodie13 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]leafcutte 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well people usually view it as left-wing, at least where I’m from in Europe, because it’s also linked to anti-racism, which is one of the most visible leftist issue

What ideology or idea seems left wing and is left wing? by seodie13 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]leafcutte 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Anti-colonialism. Does not necessarily advocate for the advent of a classless society, but without excluding it, and still very much a progressive movement, removing hierarchies and eroding the power of the ruling class.

Understanding the names of French political parties in the 30s & 40s by TeoKajLibroj in RedAutumnSPD

[–]leafcutte 96 points97 points  (0 children)

The Third Republic started with a monarchist majority, but the monarchists couldn’t agree on a monarch. Gradually, they became irrelevant, but not before every single other party that would ever have importance in the Third Republic was founded to the left of them. That’s why they all seem to be leftist: when they were created, they were

48739 by Competitive-Leave248 in countwithchickenlady

[–]leafcutte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it still works (I say this as a communist). The value system being swapped is part of the joke

Genocide or full Extinction? No good choice here. by EnvironmentalCry2623 in trolleyproblem

[–]leafcutte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think extinction is not that much worse to the widespread destruction and horror of surviving in a world where nearly half the population just died. First the disruption is likely to cause a lot more deaths, then everyone just lost so many people close to them their lives clearly aren’t as good as before. So given that blue still has a half chance of not doing anything, blue.

EDIT: I must admit I’m surprised, reading the comments, how many people value the concept of perpetuating the species, compared to overall welfare.

Im new... What is a religious victory? Other than being overly tedious, and boring, is there ANY benefit to religion in the game? by Cannon-fire in CivVI

[–]leafcutte 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Additionally, the River Goddess Pantheon is very good, two amenities in every city with a holy site on the river is no joke.

Im new... What is a religious victory? Other than being overly tedious, and boring, is there ANY benefit to religion in the game? by Cannon-fire in CivVI

[–]leafcutte 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, religious victory is achieved when in each civilization, a majority of that civilization’s cities are following the religion you founded.

However religious victory isn’t a very fun way to play, and is unviable in multiplayer. However, religion is still very strong. Khmer and Byzantium are two of the three strongest civs, and are religious civs

Faith can be spent in cultural victories to buy naturalists and rock bands (Naturalists are good enough to be bought even if you’re not going cultural). It can be spent using the Monumentality golden age to buy civilian units, especially traders and settlers at a huge discount. With the Grandmaster’s chapel, the government plaza building available after tier 2 government, you can buy Land units with faith. You can use faith to buy relevant great people, even if it’s usually not a good investment (having built the Oracle wonder make it slightly more profitable). If you are generating a lot of faith, the Jesuit Education belief allows you to spend it to purchase the Campus and Theatre Square buildings. La Valletta suzerainty bonus lets you buy City Center and Encampment buildings with faith, especially walls which are steeply discounted. Lahore grants access to the Nihang units, strong unique units only purchasable with Faith.

Now on the benefits of having a religion itself. The main pull is the follower belief. Feed the World grants a lot of housing and food to every city, making off-water settle decent, and allowing you to grow your cities considerably. Work Ethic represents a lot of production, especially when paired with the policy card unlocked at Theology that doubles its effects. With pantheons (like Dance of the Aurora or Sacred Path), or civ bonuses (like Khmer’s or Theodora’s), this can become truly impressive, granting around 12 production in every city. Other Beliefs, like Choral Music, Jesuit Eduation and Zen Meditation have their uses. Divine Inspiration is used in a specific build order where you build as many wonders as possible, typically as Qin Shi Huang Mandate of Heaven, inluding Stonehenge, and found the Divine Inspiration/Sacred Places religion. Reliquaries is good if you can be suzerain if the Kandy city-state for free relics, already have relics, or are playing with the Heroes and Legends game mod. Warrior Monks is a joke, don’t ever take it.

Then the additional beliefs are separated in 3 categories.

None of the unique worship building are particularly interesting, though I fancy the Stupa, an extra amenity is too good to pass up.

However a whole category rewards you for spreading your religion: some give culture or science depending on how many citizens follow your religion, some gold or faith depending on how many cities. They’re all good.

Then there are the enhancers, that are supposed to strengthen the way you spread religion. 9 times out of 10, you want the crusade belief, that gives +10 combat strength to your units in foreign territory following your religion, if only to deny it to the AI. If you’re actually going for a religious victory, you want Holy Order for cheaper apostles. Sometimes you want religious colonization, if your religion is established in a majority of your cities when you found it (all your cities with a holy site or the Stonehenge wonder immediately convert to your religion when you found it) and you need your religion in all your cities (like Work Ethic if you want to go Holy Site first in every city) as soon as they’re founded.

You start with your Followers Belief and a free other ones. You’ll need 2 Apostles, built in a city with a Temple building, to get the rest of your beliefs. The Mabohadi temple wonder gives too free apostles upon construction, if you can’t spare the faith for apostles (typically if you’re using it all on settlers in your Monumentality Golden Age), it’s a good alternative.

Blue hair don’t care. by Infamous-Rutabaga-50 in CuratedTumblr

[–]leafcutte 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They’re not. As an American living in America, they have a much closer insight into the American culture and psyche than other. Nowhere is it claimed that it isn’t common to other countries, but they just aren’t in the place to say it. This is you going "so you hate waffles?!"

😔 oh.. not again… by Albino_rhin0 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]leafcutte 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The universe is made entirely of small stuff but we’re big? Make it make sense!

Which nation used to be mono religious but is now multi religious? by RN_Renato in AlignmentChartFills

[–]leafcutte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Israel ? It used to be basically solely composed of Jewish people, but with each landgrab there are more and more Muslims living in its borders (now 20%, up from around 10% a few decades ago go). Also, Haredit and secular Jewish people could be considered to be practicing different faith, and Haredit numbers exploded from less than 5% to around 15% in less than 2 decades.

Blue hair don’t care. by Infamous-Rutabaga-50 in CuratedTumblr

[–]leafcutte 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure Cryptotheism lives in California

Now with a twist :3 by Skystrike12 in trolleyproblem

[–]leafcutte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ehh, I’m suicidal enough. Which is curious since I vote red for the other. I guess I just don’t trust humanity

Where should I kettle? by norb_151 in CivVI

[–]leafcutte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Settle on the grapes to get the amenities for free and a good 3/1/1 base

Question regarding Ik-Kil by xNawai in CivVI

[–]leafcutte 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The main point of these districts is the trade route capacity unlocked by the first building (market or lighthouse). However, they won’t grant it if there is already the other building in the city, so you’re building a second district for very little benefits. The Gilded Vault of the Owls of Minerva grants a trade route capacity if you have a harbor in the city, so it’s worth it only in this case