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#11

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by HVC - November 07, 2025, 10:15:53 PM

Similar to the US with GOP, where Republicans lament the loss of their benefits but don't hold Trump or the GOP responsible

Polls say the opposite. So do election results.

Did the GOP voters switch sides in these elections or did the Dem turnout just go up?

#12

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by viper37 - November 07, 2025, 10:14:06 PM

Similar to the US with GOP, where Republicans lament the loss of their benefits but don't hold Trump or the GOP responsible

Polls say the opposite. So do election results.

These are minor elections where Dems showed up to vote, for a change.

#13

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by Admiral Yi - November 07, 2025, 10:13:27 PM

Newsweek poll says only 2% drop, not 4. 

#14

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by Admiral Yi - November 07, 2025, 10:10:35 PM

https://emersoncollegepolling.com/november-2025-national-poll/

So they do. 

Maybe we're winning.

#15

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Admiral Yi - November 07, 2025, 10:07:59 PM

This scene from Steve Jobs still gives me shivers.

#16

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by grumbler - November 07, 2025, 10:02:51 PM

Similar to the US with GOP, where Republicans lament the loss of their benefits but don't hold Trump or the GOP responsible

Polls say the opposite. So do election results.

#17

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Admiral Yi - November 07, 2025, 09:10:07 PM

I guess the gains from free trade and investment could be considered profits from hegemony, since GATT was largely an American initiative.  Does that mean Trump reinstituting trade barriers is a good thing for the rest of the world?

#18

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Razgovory - November 07, 2025, 08:50:48 PM

The primary benefit to American hegemony is that the world is stable.  A world free of American Hegemony is likely to be a world of competing power blocs and more armed conflict.  We could avoid the instability if our NATO allies took our place, which is why I called on our friends in Canada to step up and save us all from that.  There doesn't seem to be much of an appetite for that, which is odd since Hegemony is suppose to be so great for the Hegemon.


I am extremely pessimistic about the future.  At this point I'm hoping for an economic crash.  Honestly, a lot of us deserve what is coming.

A close second (first in my book) is that it has made Americans a lot of money. A buttload of it. So much so that you all have taken it for granted and have elected leaders that make you poorer by the day.

We were making buttloads of money before we had hegemony.  That's how we ended up in with the hegemony.  We were the richest country in the world by far.  And we didn't spend nearly as much on a military.  We were free-riding on the Pax Britannica.  If anything we have a smaller share of the world's wealth than we did 100 years ago.

#19

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Admiral Yi - November 07, 2025, 08:42:48 PM

lol languish and elite don't belong in the same phrase

Then disregard that and instead focus on the question of why Jacob, who is the victim of my alleged bad faith, gave no indications of being bothered by my behavior. Too polite?  Not manly enough?

#20

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by Valmy - November 07, 2025, 08:32:59 PM

In EU5 you need to promote family values...and by values I mean members.

Why?

Because you get massive bonuses to the Crown Estate for doing so.

Good to know. So you're saying make family members generals, cabinet ministers etc, right?

Exactly!