TheEvanCat

Amongst Living Gods (Sci-Fi NRP)

Have the crashes stopped?

I still need to join, Jeddie-pie.

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

Is the shittiness down?

My game of the year list from 1990-2013

OP, I'mma let you finish, but Counterstrike is the most pro game of all time.

Control VS Freedom

Militaries are good things for a lot of reasons. Like A-A-Ron said, they're humanitarian tools.

In addition, they're good places for people to end up in. Where else in America can you start again, get out of the ghetto, and be treated the same if you're white, black, gay, straight, male, female, rich, or poor? The military is, in the long run, focused on the precision application of violence. But there's so much more to that that nobody ever thinks of: you need so much to run a military. You need clerks, acquisition guys, finance guys, doctors, police, fire departments. And militaries generally teach you these things for free, and give you an opportunity to get those job skills.

At least the US Military will pay for your education, healthcare, dentistry, housing, and utilities. Then they'll give you the steadiest paycheck you'll ever have, since you generally aren't worrying about downsizing. You leave when your contract is up or decide to reenlist and give four more years of your life.

They're not evil constructs of war crimes, they're probably the best thing to happen to someone in this economy. It's more than fighting, it's a good shaping force on people. They need to be kept.

Age of Napoleon

Wait, Hitleria?

I have no idea what you kids are doing these days.

Fallout: Generals of the Yakima Republic | A Cooperative Military NRP

So Air Corps are alright?

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

Vilageidiotx said
Armenian characters are pretty easy to remember though. One is the president, the rest are soldiers.

Ah, conscription!

Descended From

Protagonist said
I would disagree with the part about "We've changed". The only thing that's really changed between us and them are resources and what amounts to "20-20 hindsight". Many moral principles we take for granted are probably less obvious than we realize. Slavery, for example.What I think is a good way to think of it is like this: The people of the past were basically desperate post-apocalyptic survivors/well-intentioned extremists. There simply wasn't the resources for any reliable means of investigation, criminal records, or prisons. And, if one had grown up in an environment where roving bands of marauders could loot and pillage at will, perhaps setting up an authoritarian, imperialistic monarchy might come across as a rational, necessary course of action for the preservation of "civilization".

I don't think Blood Meridian is real life.

Fallout: Generals of the Yakima Republic | A Cooperative Military NRP

The Nexerus said
If there is a stereotypically Indian faction in Fallout 4, there will be lawsuits.

Fuckin' lawyers, taking away mah racist stereotypes.

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

Compared to Armenian names: "Blaghagahahaghagadjakian?"