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Count Roland posted:The Economist is starting a sort of "what if" series, and they have a break-up of Russia as a scenario: THe famous "what if we paid a retard to write a series of articles for us" saga.
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steinrokkan posted:THe famous "what if we paid a retard to write a series of articles for us" saga. 
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I think we finally have the US version of that "one Russian professor's prediction on how the US will break up" map.
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Count Roland posted:The Economist is starting a sort of "what if" series, and they have a break-up of Russia as a scenario: Are they actually suggesting that Uralia and Siberia would separate, despite being overwhelmingly ethnic Russian and not really home to any separatist movements?
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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PittTheElder posted:Are they actually suggesting that Uralia and Siberia would separate, despite being overwhelmingly ethnic Russian and not really home to any separatist movements? Most one could imagine would be a warlord in regions with all the oil deciding they don't want to subsidize Moscow. Of course that gets into control of the army and all that. Not too many places are likely to have ethnic movements --- Russia has been historically very successful at ethnic cleansing, after all.....
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Inspired by the trend of "greater nations" in Europe, I've sketched out the Greater Czechoslovakia, based 100% on historical holdings. It's a bit on the conservative side, but I say it's better to have space for growing than to be forced to shrink"!
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QuoProQuid posted:
F.U Connecticut! Pennsylvania uber alles! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennamite%E2%80%93Yankee_War
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Lowtechs posted:F.U Connecticut! Pennsylvania uber alles! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennamite%E2%80%93Yankee_War gently caress you too Pennsylvania! 
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War We were the rightful owners of the mouth of the Maumee River, and Ohio stole it from us. I mean, Indiana stole land from us too, but they're not the home of Ohio State University so why would we have a rivalry with them?
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Ofaloaf posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War The only mistake Ohio made during the Toledo War is that we didn't keep going. We never should have let Jackson sign the Michigan Enabling Act. It's been nothing but trouble ever since! And, yeah, nobody cares about Indiana.
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The India-Bangladesh border is about to get a bit less fractal. http://www.ndtv.com/cheat-sheet/for-india-bangladesh-land-swap-68-candles-to-be-lit-at-midnight-1202507 posted:India-Bangladesh Land Swap at Midnight: Your 10-Point Guide More news coverage and such: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-33733911 http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/much-awaited-india-bangladesh-enclave-exchange-to-happen-at-midnight-tonight/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Bangladesh_enclaves
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OddObserver posted:Not too many places are likely to have ethnic movements --- Russia has been historically very successful at ethnic cleansing, after all..... Russification. At least in the Crimea and, well, half the stans.
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steinrokkan posted:Inspired by the trend of "greater nations" in Europe, I've sketched out the Greater Czechoslovakia, based 100% on historical holdings. It's a bit on the conservative side, but I say it's better to have space for growing than to be forced to shrink"! And yet you somehow forgot the heirs of Bohemia's claim to the thrown of the holy roman empire and all its historic lands, and you call your self a nationalist. Its clear to anyone with a brain that you took a ma of greater Hungary and changed the label, armature.
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steinrokkan posted:THe famous "what if we paid a retard to write a series of articles for us" saga. I think it's an ironic map meant as a reponse to that retarded US break-up map by that Russian professor. It's not clear to me why Karelia would secede when it's something like 80% Russian at this point, with actual Karelians a tiny minority. steinrokkan posted:Inspired by the trend of "greater nations" in Europe, I've sketched out the Greater Czechoslovakia, based 100% on historical holdings. It's a bit on the conservative side, but I say it's better to have space for growing than to be forced to shrink"! Already a better map than the break-up ones by virtue of showing some knowledge of history. AlexG posted:The India-Bangladesh border is about to get a bit less fractal. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-33733911 quote:Jihad Hussein Obama, 5, is a symbol of the new freedoms enclave dwellers hope for lol Phlegmish fucked around with this message at 08:28 on Aug 1, 2015 |
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I remember a kid in preschool named Jihad causing a stir a while back, don't remember where I read that.
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It was because their parents had made him a t-shirt that said 'Jihad was born on September 11th, 2001' or something like that. In France, of course.
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AlexG posted:The India-Bangladesh border is about to get a bit less fractal. I'm glad. Not only because those people are finally out of the poo poo were they couldn't get any services from either country. But also because my favourite Baarle Nassau is now even more unique.
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If I gave you the thesis that society has become more atomized over the last 40 years, what evidence would you have to support it?
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Arglebargle III posted:If I gave you the thesis that society has become more atomized over the last 40 years, what evidence would you have to support it? Probably decreasing church and other social group participation rates.
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Arglebargle III posted:If I gave you the thesis that society has become more atomized over the last 40 years, what evidence would you have to support it? Media consumption; the Internet; housing patterns.
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Indicators re: housholds (size/makeup) and commutes (time/distance).
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I'd just throw a copy of Bowling Alone at you until you left me alone (Bowling Alone sucks)
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Vorpal Cat posted:And yet you somehow forgot the heirs of Bohemia's claim to the thrown of the holy roman empire and all its historic lands, and you call your self a nationalist. Its clear to anyone with a brain that you took a ma of greater Hungary and changed the label, armature. Do not mistake the German mongrels in control of Bohemia who won the Empire for Czechs, Bohemia was an elector of the Empire, but not a heir to the Imperial throne per se. The map includes the Principality of Bohemia under Boleslav I, which reached into Ukraine; the Kingdom under Václav II, which included Poland, and under Václav III, which included Hungary; and, obviously, the land conquered quite legitimately during the Great War. steinrokkan fucked around with this message at 21:49 on Aug 1, 2015 |
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Arglebargle III posted:If I gave you the thesis that society has become more atomized over the last 40 years, what evidence would you have to support it? the decline in the average number of sex partners characteristic of American millennials. 
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Squalid posted:the decline in the average number of sex partners characteristic of American millennials. Social atomization, described by people such as Z. Bauman, has nothing to do with sexuality. The confused trend of substituting completely pointless sexual data for solid class data based on objective property relations is a major factor in disenfranchising the Western worker.
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steinrokkan posted:Inspired by the trend of "greater nations" in Europe, I've sketched out the Greater Czechoslovakia, based 100% on historical holdings. It's a bit on the conservative side, but I say it's better to have space for growing than to be forced to shrink"! That's a pretty normal result for Bohemia in EU3, though.
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steinrokkan posted:The map includes the Principality of Bohemia under Boleslav I, which reached into Ukraine; the Kingdom under Václav II, which included Poland, and under Václav III, which included Hungary; and, obviously, the land conquered quite legitimately during the Great War. I don't know if it counts as a win for the Czechoslovak Legion if they had to run all the way to Vladivostok.
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Phlegmish posted:I don't know if it counts as a win for the Czechoslovak Legion if they had to run all the way to Vladivostok. Czech's out.
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Squalid posted:the decline in the average number of sex partners characteristic of American millennials. I wonder how A Buttery Pastry explains the disastrous showing of the Scandinavian countries here.
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Squalid posted:the decline in the average number of sex partners characteristic of American millennials. 
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Those statistics are absolutely insane. Wonder if there's a methodology issue like a self-selected sample.
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Torrannor posted:I wonder how A Buttery Pastry explains the disastrous showing of the Scandinavian countries here. Better medical care and infrastructure means more people get diagnosed and treated. A Good Chart.
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I assume they meant median instead of average, otherwise the age numbers are rather weird.Antti posted:Wonder if there's a methodology issue like a self-selected sample. That's almost always the case with sex-related mass studies.
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420 Gank Mid posted:Better medical care and infrastructure means more people get diagnosed and treated. A Good Chart. 75% of all Norwegians having unprotected sex is nothing positive.
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I can think of something positive resulting from that.
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Phlegmish posted:I can think of something positive resulting from that.
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it's cold in the great north.
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