Wrestling with War
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by Rigour6
As one wag put it, everything has a 50-50 chance – either it will happen, or it won’t.
Either the Canada-US war will amount to something, or it won’t. I’m guessing on “won’t”, but there remains a possibility it will. It could of course end in a Canadian wipe, but how strong is the appetite for that among the rank and file US player? An intriguing option is that the US will just stop where it is now and hold Manitoba and Quebec, allowing the US to relinquish its Spanish holdings. That is intriguing because it would mean that on some level, the actions of the US make sense, and it would also give ordinary Americans an ongoing stake in holding Canadian colonies over the long-term.
Can the US do that? Well, naturally there would be almost daily RWs, but if the US could hold Asturias all this time, I don’t see how Quebec would be more difficult. Although on a romantic level it makes me sad to think of la belle province with its unique culture of players taken out of the heart of the northern federation.
On the other hand, think of how many times we’ve attempted a region swap and how difficult it has been to maintain them afterwards in the face of people’s natural patriotism.
I mentioned in an earlier column that I wished this war had a casus belli. I know, I’m a dreamer – or more accurately, an iconoclast. Addy Lawrence has suggested it could, and that cause (if I may summarize him) is:
give Canadians access to 100/100 bonus and simultaneously
break the fascist stranglehold with which the Rolonian Kleptocracy oppresses my former compatriots.
But that sure doesn't look like the US endgame.
As an eCanadian emigrant, the possibility of liberation qould have held great appeal. Even recognizing that it wasn’t the actual reason this war started, there’s an argument that says “well, we’re here now, and the thing to do is take the opportunities that presents, the good with the bad”. I suspect that if I saw a true endgame here which would lead to a better future for eCanada, I might be inspired to strap on. But the nature of how this has unfolded has turned many eAmericans off, it’s the classic case of exclusion and elites failing to communicate or even let the hoi-polloi be part of their reindeer games. I don’t take to being treated like a pawn any better in my new home than I did in my old one.
I am not optimistic anything will change in eCanada. After being pardoned, the Thief proceded to take over yet another political party in eCanada, snuffing out yet another choice for players in his ongoing demonstration that it is easier to destroy than to build (gee, if only someone had predicted that). He enjoys his role as puppet master – while others go to the wall to defend and try to retake their beloved soil, he continues to spin his webs and use his stolen wealth to protect his own power rather than the nation’s sovereignty.
The only thing more pathetic than this guy are the fools he is playing so easily by appealing to their immaturity. How depressing it must be for you good Canadians to wake up day after day and have your wealth confiscated to maintain your ongoing oppression, to have players who could be heroes instead getting their jollies by humiliating you. I don’t even know at this point if it is laudable for you or not to continue to bend over and take this. I know that even now, with the present foolishness underway, I feel glad each day to wake up an eAmerican. Our present episode is not our finest hour, but it will pass. As Churchill said, when I wake up in the morning I will be sober.
Anyway, in my own case, nostalgia, annoyance, lack of confidence in a viable endgame for this war have all combined to make me sit it out. I salute the principled stand of Seal Team 6, my own is made of somewhat weaker stuff, and reflects the fact that no damage I could inflict (despite my accumulated 100 bazookas) would make any difference on the present hyper-inflated battlefields anyway.
And so I sit back, curiously unmoved at the footage of my former nation in flames.
I suppose I might feel something more if the patient had not been terminal and non-responsive now for many months.
I said my goodbyes a long time ago, it feels like.
The leadership of that team killed my love for my nation,
and I feel sadness only for those left behind,
who now have additional insults added to their constant diet of injury.
N by NE, Volume 8, Number 2
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"give Canadians access to 100/100 bonus and simultaneously break the fascist stranglehold with which the Rolonian Kleptocracy oppresses my former compatriots."
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Forget about how we got here, we are here in an open war between eCan and eUS. See it through and raise the cost of indifference in eCanadian government.
I do find it odd that among the most vocal critics of Manifest Destiny are former eCanadians who appear to have emigrated to the US chiefly for their personal economic advantage.
Manifest destiny precluded blocking, which was one of my major pieces of opposition against it. Now that I sincerely doubt Canada will block for America anytime soon my other major argument against it still stands:
Canadians should have no desire to be a minority in a country 10 times its size that is ruled by another Old Guard.
The economic arguments held less weight in the previous bonus system. Now 100/100 is a substantial prize because it is such a large difference in production, I've spoken against it for just that reason (the game doesn't need things to strengthen larger countries against smaller).
I suspect the blocking argument got largely gutted by the perception that Canada was/is unreliable.
Hard to have a reliable country when half the reliable people, myself included, leave in disgust.
But now that most of us have realized what's become of her, maybe its time we collectively did something about it.
I don't know if I could be made to hope for that. It was very difficult for me to leave, and having made that break, I am more than loath to contemplate a return.
But I would be cheering from the sidelines until I was hoarse.
What you view as the US endgame, I view as the beginning. Although not the beginning envisioned in the original plans, when this situation presented itself, Evry & Co. grabbed the initiative & ran with it, making do with the only pieces of the puzzle that had been left to them by Rylde.
The fact that Rylde had become increasingly manipulative & hostile toward his own team, may also have influenced the US team to take the risk. When all is said & done, I think they made the right choice.
If you think about it, whether it was this "spontaneous" scenario or the realignment in the works, much of the outcome witnessed so far, would have been the same, maybe slightly escalated. 😛😛
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