All of this may leave us wondering where we should turn if we want to understand national greatness. In what follows, I suggest that we would do well to look to the case of France under Louis XIV. I'll be the first to admit that 17th-century France may seem like an odd place to t...
oh,Dungeons of Dredmorwhich had altogether over 500 skill, spell, and status icons. There’s no reason to think thatClockwork Empireswill be any different. (Except less with the magical spells, perhaps; That’s cultist stuff and we Don’t Approve.) ...
Little Empires V: Coming Up For Air This is the fifth AND LAST in an overlong and overthinking-it series of posts on Wales, history, identity and the Manic Street Preachers, as filtered through the song ‘Ready for Drowning’. Part One: All Surface No Feeling Part Two: Fear Death By ...
Dynastic systems of government consist of all the leaders of the country coming from one family. Common types of this government include monarchies, emirates, and dynastic empires, like that of Imperial China. In modern times, the leaders of many monarchies and emirates serve primarily as figurehea...
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And since the other empires fell, since the Dutch and French and Germans and British empires have gone and the United States remains the one great empire of the world, then the United States is in a position to say, "Well, we're at war." And we are at war a lot. We've been at...
That cocktail is losing its potency. For two decades Mr Putin has invoked an imaginary past of glory, plenty and certainty in the days of the Soviet and tsarist empires. Hisregimeis a pioneer of disinformation. It invented the troll factory, and has created a media environment where, as one...
of Chinese beauty standards. This fascination with the lightening of ones skin color is not a new trend, in fact it can be dated back to the ancient Chinese empires: “Skin whitening has a long history in Asia, stemming back to ancient China. And the saying ‘one white covers up one ...
The AI is entirely inactive, I was able to absorb empires after empires with a devouring swarm but then my economy crashed on itself. Maybe the game will be fun again someday. I hope so. What I’m looking forward No surprises there : Cyberpunk, Bloodlines 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, Waste...
authority, character, persuasion. Some of the most inspiring leaders in history had no structural authority. They just had truckloads of ability, character, and persuasion. “Sometimes you don’t need the power of the hire and fire. You don’t need armies to change empires or individuals.”...