Why? I mean, I assume we mostly aren't bright 16 year olds convinced we are the reason for human existence any more, and have thus mostly moved past our Nietzsche phases.

"The implication seems to be that atheists (i.e. not "those folks") would not resort to violent tactics, which history of the Soviet Union, particularly during the 1930s, would directly contradict." I mean, the Soviet Union in the 30's had a state religion. There was no god but the dialectic, and Le...

so, is this happening?

Wait, before I'm in, what's the turn interval?

Sure.

You know, I was overly personal in my last post, and for that, I apologize.

The point of oversimplification isn't to make me feel better, it's to trigger some goddamn empathy on your part. It's to help you contextualize exactly why the Gazans are pissed off. Why they are wiling to throw rocks at tanks. Why they keep electing terrorist factions. I wonder why you think it's e...

Alternatively, you could answer mine. Because historical complexity doesn't mean shit to someone whose grandparents were kicked off the family patrimony and whose family has spent the next couple of generations trapped in a ghetto. You know who else supported the Nazis, and with much more ubiquity a...

How many generations of Chinese occupation of Oklahoma would it take before you gave up on it?

First giant caveat: Press rules everything. None of these ideas are hard rules; all are subject to the ease of working with people on the rest of the board. If I am playing Russia, I will tend towards regarding the witches of the corners as my early game foes, especially Turkey. If Turkey gets out o...

If you still need a sub, I'd throw my hat in the ring.