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Started by jimmy olsen, September 16, 2012, 08:00:17 AM

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Who had the best shot at achieving lasting world hegemony?

Roman Empire - All Roads Lead to Rome
2 (5.4%)
Umayyad Caliphate - Allahu Akbar!
0 (0%)
Song Dynasty - The Middle Kingdom
1 (2.7%)
Mongol Empire - It is not sufficient that I suceed, all others must fail
1 (2.7%)
Ming Empire - The 8th voyage of Admirial Zheng He
0 (0%)
Ottoman Empire - The Eternal State
0 (0%)
Hapsburg Empire - Let others wage war; you, fortunate Austria, marry
1 (2.7%)
Mughal Empire - A king should deem no one his relation
0 (0%)
House of Bourbon - I am the state
0 (0%)
First British Empire - The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire
8 (21.6%)
First French Empire - Liberté, égalité, fraternité
2 (5.4%)
Japanese Empire - All the World Under One Roof
0 (0%)
Third Reich - Deutschland über alles
0 (0%)
Soviet Union - Workers of the World Unite!
0 (0%)
United States of America - An Empire of Liberty
8 (21.6%)
Other
3 (8.1%)
World Domination is Impossible
11 (29.7%)

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jimmy olsen

September 16, 2012, 08:00:17 AM
Did this a couple of years ago but it's since been lost to the void, so lets see if there any new thoughts on the matter. All the cool super-villains want it, but who had the best chance of getting it?

Added a few new contenders as well and tried to make it less Eurocentric. These include the Song Dynasty, the House of Bourbon, the Mughal Empire and the Empire of Japan.

For those wishing to vote for Spain, it's covered by the Hapsburg and Bourbon options.
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Syt

#1
September 16, 2012, 09:08:11 AM
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Razgovory

#2
September 16, 2012, 09:12:10 AM
What is this bullshit?  I thought CdM was suppose to protecting us from this kind of thing!
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Viking

#3
September 16, 2012, 09:14:30 AM
The Song. The combination of technolgy, liberalism, reason, population, resources would be a winning combination had it not been for the squat ugric chaps on small horses.
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The Brain

#4
September 16, 2012, 09:16:55 AM
Quote from: Viking on September 16, 2012, 09:14:30 AM
The Song. The combination of technolgy, liberalism, reason, population, resources would be a winning combination had it not been for the squat ugric chaps on small horses.

Is that by The Band?
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Neil

#5
September 16, 2012, 09:24:04 AM
None of the above.  The pre-modern empires lacked the technology to avoid fracturing, the early modern empires were incapable of overcoming their rivals, and the superpowers were hemmed in by The Bomb.
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#6
September 16, 2012, 09:35:59 AM
The United States has not reached its full potential yet. If it becomes less white and increases its birth/immigration rate (while the rest of the world gets Americanized / speaks English), the U.S. can become better positioned to achieve world domination.

jimmy olsen

#7
September 16, 2012, 09:49:43 AM
Quote from: Syt on September 16, 2012, 09:08:11 AM
QuoteDuetchland

:bleeding:
Whoops. Can a mod fix that if possible?
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
--------------------------------------------
1 Karma Chameleon point

Neil

#8
September 16, 2012, 09:50:36 AM
Quote from: Phillip V on September 16, 2012, 09:35:59 AM
The United States has not reached its full potential yet. If it becomes less white and increases its birth/immigration rate (while the rest of the world gets Americanized / speaks English), the U.S. can become better positioned to achieve world domination.
The evidence doesn't seem to support your assertion.
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Phillip V

#9
September 16, 2012, 10:11:03 AM
Quote from: Neil on September 16, 2012, 09:50:36 AM
Quote from: Phillip V on September 16, 2012, 09:35:59 AM
The United States has not reached its full potential yet. If it becomes less white and increases its birth/immigration rate (while the rest of the world gets Americanized / speaks English), the U.S. can become better positioned to achieve world domination.
The evidence doesn't seem to support your assertion.
What evidence.

CountDeMoney

#10
September 16, 2012, 11:24:13 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 16, 2012, 09:49:43 AM
Quote from: Syt on September 16, 2012, 09:08:11 AM
QuoteDuetchland

:bleeding:
Whoops. Can a mod fix that if possible?

No, as it proves you're from Doucheland.

Martinus

#11
September 16, 2012, 01:40:59 PM
I'm surprised this mentions The Third Reich (which lasted for 10 years after it started to annex neighbours) and not, eg., Alexander's empire.

CountDeMoney

#12
September 16, 2012, 01:42:23 PM
Quote from: Martinus on September 16, 2012, 01:40:59 PM
I'm surprised this mentions The Third Reich (which lasted for 10 years after it started to annex neighbours) and not, eg., Alexander's empire.

Two words:  Timmaytard. Poll.

Lettow77

#13
September 16, 2012, 01:44:37 PM
Quote from: Phillip V on September 16, 2012, 09:35:59 AM
The United States has not reached its full potential yet. If it becomes less white and increases its birth/immigration rate (while the rest of the world gets Americanized / speaks English), the U.S. can become better positioned to achieve world domination.

Man, i'm, on Neil with this one. Becoming less White is the most foolhardy roadmap for success I've yet heard.

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I'm surprised this mentions The Third Reich (which lasted for 10 years after it started to annex neighbours) and not, eg., Alexander's empire.

That might be pretty silly, but it's not quite as bad as the Japanese Empire sneaking into the poll. INFILTRATION DOCTRINE
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Jaron

#14
September 16, 2012, 01:49:43 PM
How does including the Bourbons make it less Eurocentric?
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