Recent content by Scherzo

I mean if we're indulging Wonder Woman 2017, I think him deploying the chemical weapons to stop the German Revolution would probably make more sense than against the Entente. I forget, was there a Hindenburg portrayed in the Staff (I know he's mentioned earlier in the movie as advocating a...

This is inspired by the rather zany penultimate battle of Wonder Woman, wherein she slays a super-powered General Ludendorff (!!!), believing him to be Hades in disguise. Obviously, if I were doing that premise it'd land this in ASB territory, but I was thinking what the repercussions would be...

I mean, the Klan was effectively a terrorist organization. You don't need a full blown insurgency when the local authorities are willing to look the other way at your crimes and continue a legal system that benefits your interests at the exclusion of those you oppress. I feel to get what you'd...

...Isn't that kinda the Klan though?

I think you either misinterpreted what I said or I didn't do a good job explaining myself. I don't think it's a matter of 'bourgeois = successful', but more that the colonial institutions of power that were put in place by the British, for the sake of wealthy British subjects in both the New...

I guess I just feel that a lot of those new divisions came about directly to justify the new opportunities of exploitation.

Um, I'm pretty sure that's what I said :/

I think the better argument with this issue is to reframe what's problematic here. The issue I think William has is the treatment of the Colonization and Depopulation efforts as basically a 'Control' that Disease has to be weighed against; in effect basically positing that the attempt to...

Actually a bit curious how the mechanics of a 'Golden Circle' are actually presented now that you mention it. I highly doubt it could be done by the CSA alone, they'd have to enlist some European support in the project, though how that would manifest seems... suspect.

Wait does anyone really think America was a Superpower in the 19th Century? It wasn't until the Spanish-American War that I'd even call America a Great Power.

So is there any agreement as to whether this is actually a sensible question to ask? I'm sort of in agreement with those who say that trying to look at technological process as strictly linear, as if it were a game of Civilization, is sort of problematic. Maybe a better question to ask is 'Make...

I think it fundamentally lies in that the American Revolution was a bourgeios revolution, it didn't fundamentally overturn the economic system that had been in place since colonization began because the primary exploited class, the Black Slaves, obviously were not enlisted in the revolution and...

You're probably right that any PoD post-WWII is going to have to still lead to decolonization; I'm just curious if there's a point in time where peaceful white-black cohabitation would be a possible outcome.

IIRC the franchise restrictions in Rhodesia were property based, which was effective black disenfranchisement, but I'm curious if some sort of reform could be undertaken that preserved the state infrastructure while integrating blacks into political and social life.

Uh... How would this happen? Are you suggesting an Allied landing in Greece? Advancing up the Balkans would be even more treacherous than the Italian campaign.