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Originally posted by DriXnaK View PostI hate to break it to you Rah, but Republicans like me have been the silent majority for years. Trump is inarticulate and an imperfect messenger, but he will serve the purpose of attracting more nationalist populists to the party and pushing out the neo-cons and globalists. The Republican party must embrace that direction and shed the globalist, nation building, open border, corny capitalist core that it currently has. I cheer every time I hear a Republican call trump a racist xenophobe, or hurl Islamophobia his way because they help to push the party further in my direction. It's time to clean out the trash in the Republican party and turn it into a party that puts America and Americans first.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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Originally posted by Ming View PostHi eyes...
I have to agree with you on Civ V. And while I'm not optimistic that VI will be any better, I can still hope.
Civ has never really been developed for MP. It's always been a SP game first with MP being an after thought.
You would think with the market demands for MP games, that they would take a hint. But no, I don't expect to see them look to MP players as a core market.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.
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I thought MP was barely functional when vanilla IV came out. If that was their focus, they failed.It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O
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Originally posted by Kidicious View PostNo one thinks he's a prophet. People think he's a conservative, unlike Trump.
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Originally posted by Kidicious View PostDo you know the difference between a populist and a conservative?
Today's conservatives are pro-immigration and free trade; after all, they take plenty of donations from corporations who want the cheap labor. They are also firm believers in the global police force and nation building. There is actually very little difference between establishment Republicans and Democrats, which is why you see so many of them easily going and voting for Hillary. There is obviously overlap between conservatives and populists, but I would say the main difference is the approach to immigration and free trade for this election.
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Civ V is on 92% discount right now during Steam Summer Sale, and I am not buying it. I would not download it, if they were giving it away.Socrates: "Good is That at which all things aim, If one knows what the good is, one will always do what is good." Brian: "Romanes eunt domus"
GW 2013: "and juistin bieber is gay with me and we have 10 kids we live in u.s.a in the white house with obama"
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Originally posted by DriXnaK View PostIt depends on what definition of populist you apply and how far back you go. I would define a populist as someone who takes an America first approach and puts American workers before free trade and maximization of profits. Anti-immigration, smaller government (I think Trump fails here), anti-free trade (at least in its current form), anti-socialism, with a libertarian lean and pro nationalist is what I would define it as. I would also say that modern populism is anchored in the belief of Western ideological superiority; something that is fueling the uprising across the Western world as globalists see every culture as equal. From a foreign policy standpoint, I would say there is a definite strain of isolationism behind it and it is a backlash against the nation building of the past 16 years. People are tired of wasting our time and money and lives on countries who don't share our values in the first place.
Today's conservatives are pro-immigration and free trade; after all, they take plenty of donations from corporations who want the cheap labor. They are also firm believers in the global police force and nation building. There is actually very little difference between establishment Republicans and Democrats, which is why you see so many of them easily going and voting for Hillary. There is obviously overlap between conservatives and populists, but I would say the main difference is the approach to immigration and free trade for this election.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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Originally posted by Kidicious View PostA populist doesn't really stand for anything. All they do is tell people what they want to hear. That's what Hillary Clinton does. She's a liar and so is Trump. Do you really want to support a party of liars who are just talking to to voters with the lowest common sense and intelligence? Do you really think those people are going to be good for America? That's insane. People are just going to get dumber and dumber. The party you hope for would be little better than the democrats. Conservatism isn't dead yet, but if it does die this country is up **** river without a paddle.
Even if we assume for a moment that Trump is a liar and won't do anything he says, I will still take an unknown possibility over what I already know will happen with an establishment Republican. The Bushes, McCains, and Romneys are the worst thing to happen to the Republican party and every last one of them must be purged. The Republican party must become a party that puts America and Americans first and does not work to enrich politicians and the corporations who fund them.
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Originally posted by DriXnaK View PostConservatism is definitely dead as defined by the past 30 years. Then again though, it all comes down to your definition of conservatism. Is nation building a conservative stance? How about "compassionate conservatism" in the Bush sense? Is replacing every American worker with cheap foreign labor through visa expansion and open borders conservative? How exactly does that serve the country? Is being a conservative putting America first or is it part of being in a global coalition? Does being anti-gay marriage but doubling the size of government make you a conservative? For that matter, should gay marriage even be on the platform if we believe in smaller government? Why should the government be involved in marriage in the first place?
Even if we assume for a moment that Trump is a liar and won't do anything he says, I will still take an unknown possibility over what I already know will happen with an establishment Republican. The Bushes, McCains, and Romneys are the worst thing to happen to the Republican party and every last one of them must be purged. The Republican party must become a party that puts America and Americans first and does not work to enrich politicians and the corporations who fund them.
Immigration, I just want it to make sense. Illegals need to be deported. I'm not really anti-immigration though.
What I hate is this executive order crap. I didn't like Bush doing it, and I really don't like Obama doing it. And I want candidates to be respectful and decent. I'm also a Christian and certainly don't think Trump is. If he's ever been to church he must have slept threw the sermon. Nobody say's Two Corinthians. I don't think he will stand up for Christian principles.
edit: Nation building is neo-conservative. That movement is definitely dead. Do you know of any neo-cons in the game right now?Last edited by Kidlicious; July 2, 2016, 20:44.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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Originally posted by Kidicious View PostFree-trade is conservative, but not to the point where it erodes the manufacturing base and causes strife. Our trade policies are outdated. They worked up until about 1970. I think we should have changed course then, but not radically. I don't like our trade policy with China at all. We have just about made them a superpower, and we've gotten little from the deal if anything as a nation.
Immigration, I just want it to make sense. Illegals need to be deported. I'm not really anti-immigration though.
What I hate is this executive order crap. I didn't like Bush doing it, and I really don't like Obama doing it. And I want candidates to be respectful and decent. I'm also a Christian and certainly don't think Trump is. If he's ever been to church he must have slept threw the sermon. Nobody say's Two Corinthians. I don't think he will stand up for Christian principles.
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Putting your country before your religion means you don't believe in your religion. That's what a populist would say. Principles first. When the people of your nation have principles your nation will be great. Otherwise it will go down the ****ter.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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Yes, but you don't need religion to instill those principles. Our education system right now is dominated by leftist socialists who actively engage in indoctrination in the school system. If you want to instill principles, then fix the school system. That doesn't mean you make every school a Christian school, that means you clean house and start ostracizing socialists and eliminate control of the system by Democrats and the teacher's union. Charter schools are the cure for that for the most part, which is why Democrats and their allies are fighting it.
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Originally posted by DriXnaK View PostThe people waving Mexican flags and saying "Make America Mexico again" should be executed for treason if they are American citizens...Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La Rochefoucauld
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Originally posted by rah View PostI thought MP was barely functional when vanilla IV came out. If that was their focus, they failed.
It was certainly far better MP than Civ III at release (no PvP until PtW) or Civ V. Not that that is setting a high bar.
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