keepcarrot

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[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

The most plausible explanation I can imagine for Falder is a threat if NATO tries anything anywhere else there is a sword hanging over their head (in that they effectively lose Western Europe). Pushing South to control access to oil (and the middle east has traditionally been less aligned than Europe), but it wouldn't be like Nazi Germany. USA has its own supplies of oil, as well as various other oil producing economies.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's a much more plausible explanation. I think there was also the vibe that nukes would be flung pretty quickly after any major losses on either side.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it kinda passed me by. Co-op?

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

More queer train drivers!

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 53 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Apparently WARNO has its "army general" mode (map painter campaign) now. One of the assumptions about a lot of war nerdery of the Cold War era was that the Soviets were primed for attack and would come rushing through the Falder gap. This justifies NATO, Western Doctrine, tank design etc etc. For instance, the chunky western tanks against the light long-ranged Soviet tanks clearly indicated the aggressive intent of the Soviets.

One thing that was never really questioned in all these fictional narratives (be they video games, Tom Clancy novels, or honest NATO wargames) was that it would be the Soviets attacking. Was this really the case though?

During Stalin's era, where this narrative begun even before post-war (and a pre-end-of-WW2 version shows up in the video game RUSE), we know that Stalin honoured the end of war peace agreements to the chagrin of, say, communist partisans in Greece. That, and Soviet society was exhausted. The Soviets had to be dragged into Korea.

(I fell asleep writing this and offer no new information)

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Famously never a muddy season in Ukraine

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

I feel like that every time I go to a pub and they don't have prices of drinks listed, and it comes out to $18 or something. >.>

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Taglines should only come from federated (or clearly outsider users) with less than 50 upvotes

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

This kinda bounces on my thoughts on this thread: For most people, the choice isn't between agitating in favour of local unions/left orgs etc vs agitating in favour of the left in the global south. It's usually between frankly pretty tepid support for locals or doing nothing. That's not to say that local unions like the AFL-CIA haven't done tremendous damage to the left in the global south either.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I clicked the picture and was expecting something from Magic: The Gathering. idk why

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh, but also I'm sure him being insufferable did not help.

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