Beg the publisher... HOLY FUCK HOW BAD CAN THIS GET?!
Like, unironically, I feel like this explains why so many fictional dystopian corporations are Japanese-coded.
These people are insane. Loyalty not to nation, not to ideal, but to a fucking corporation.
By the way, it takes, unironically, a great degree of mental fortitude to stand alone against a violent crowd.
We are biologically hard-wired to run from such odds, and overcoming that hindbrain urge to run is a sign of great willpower and commitment.
Mhm. Even communism implies "payment" in form of participation in the society, where you work to satisfy demand of others, and society ensures you get what you need in return.
State/commune-issued services become the commodity which gets transferred.
E-Day might just be the best Gears game when it comes to writing, characters and world-building. Kalona felt like an actual city, with all the notes and environmental storytelling about COG, and how our characters interact with it (Mags and Reyes both carry in thus department).
new armored units, fully staffed and equipped, created on Finnish border.
We are burning through riff-raff whilst building up a new and modern military, built on lessons of drone-saturated Ukrainian battlefield. (4/4)
army" was a delusion of 1990s arrogance? And that actual mass, modern war would look like WWI with drones?
Though, for the record, where do you think those draftees go after their annual service? I sent you a link (the second one about tanks, from Ukrainian media) about (3/4)
mass land war, and it wasn't against goatfuckers with RPGs? Hell, neither we nor USA had much success against goatfuckers with RPGs.
Hence why you see European countries plan to mobilize their population too, because perhaps this whole "small highly trained super-mega COD (2/4)
Last reply, buddies are calling to play Helldivers (if you are interested in the discussion, I'll reply more later, likely tomorrow).
My counter-arguement - what is a "modern war" that was won by a superpower? When was the last time "modern superpower" fought a proper, (1/4)
I'd say shielding your most valuable, productive, and demographically important population from war, whilst expending the least valuable population, is smart.
As I've asked before - whom you'd prefer to see dead at war, 18-year-old young guy or 50-year-old drunk thief?
I'd contest numbers, but you are true in spirit of message.
Except one thing - we are at war. What would you expect from a country that is under heaviest known sanctions, fighting against an opponent with significant foreign backing?
And you didn't answer tmy question - would you prefer country burn-through its young population, or through expendable riff-raff?
Which is more valuable for long-term state survival?
Now, if you think it's an 'unagreeable' discussion, my apologies and we can agree to disagree?
Путин - хуило. Но в отличии от безродных идиотов вроде тебя, я люблю свою страну. Как сказал замечательный посол Майкл Макфол, "я не согласен с войной нашего президента, но я желаю нашим войскам победы".
Что, кстати, не отменяет того что японцы кастрированная нация.
What "stable economy" is at war? We aren't talking about normal trade, just military tech exchange.
They gave us the initial tech; we've applied our superior theoretical and practical experience to advance the tech and scale it with our manufacturing capacity.
Here's a graph of vehicle losses - these are confirmed on both sides. The whole premise of Russia losing more vehicles than Ukraine hasn't been true for several years.
Our tactics have evolved we've adapted to drone-saturated battlefields.
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Visually confirmed vehicle losses for the month of June:
In total, Russia lost 42 vehicles while Ukraine lost 232, which is a ratio of 1:5.5 in favour of Russia. In May, the ratio was 1:5.6 in favour of Russia.
When excluding armoured cars and MRAPs, Russia lost 39 vehicles, while Ukraine lost 100, which is a ratio of 1:2.5 in favour of Russia. In May, the ratio was 1:2.8 in favour of Russia.
For self-propelled guns, Ukraine lost 36 while Russia lost 7, a ratio of 1:5.1 in favour of Russia. In May, the ratio was 1:4.5 in favour of Russia.
The trend of vehicle attrition continues to greatly favour Russia. For self-propelled guns, it is even higher.
Credit: HeyHeyHayden.
I'll repeat the link I sent you - Russia not only keeps producing tanks and other equipment, but we produce enough to staff entire new armored units on the northern border.
ukranews.com/en/news/1181831…
Here's another one. Ignoring the whole shrieking of "Russia will invade Europe!", that is another example of Russia producing more equipment than it expends in Ukraine.
ukranews.com/en/news/1181831…
be grabbing people from the streets, like Ukraine does, in forced mobilization.
The reality is contrary to that - expending riff-raff, foreign troops, and paid volunteers serves to preserve our domestic manpower pool. (2/2)