As personal hobbies, I like to write and design. With friends I'll go bowling, hiking, filming, recently we started shooting at the range.
In the past my friends and I would do a lot of parkour, urban-exploration, and gym fitness, but since I moved away from the city I've really just been doing fitness on my own.
What if America joined the Axis side in WW2 as a outspoken fascist told the masses that the weak president let the Europeans break the Monroe Doctrine. He becomes the leader in a coup and declares war on Canada and Mexico as they were both colonized by europeans, eventually bringing in the Allies.
Why does French Guiana still exist today? How exactly did a piece of French land in South America avoid being:
captured by other European powers (like Britain, the Netherlands, or Portugal)?
"liberated" by the United States (using the Monroe Doctrine as justification)?
gobbled up by its South American neighbors (for example, Brazil)?
Additionally, if the French had always had a solid grasp in South America, why didn't Napoleon III attempt to try and recreate a French empire down there? Would it have been easier or harder to do so?
Is there anything you’d recommend that the average person should read. Or that if you could add or change books in the curriculum for kids being educated what book do you think they and everyone should read growing up.
Excellent question. I think every American should be familiar with the books and documents of our founders and greatest presidents (Ben Franklin's 13 Virtues, Rules of Civility by Washington, The Way To Wealth, The Strenuous Life, etc.) It's not just enough to be told what these men did, Americans should know how our founders thought, acted, and what they believed, and how in turn that led to the events we all read about. A person doesn't create change by just setting out to do so with no background or basis from which to start, so how can we model ourselves in the image of our founders, and carry on their agenda if we don't know who they were, what they wanted, and how they did it.
I think the works of our leaders are fundamental to any curriculum in this country, but education is understandably handled on a state-by-state basis to promote the cultural works and philosophies of the state in question, it's something that can't be answered with a short list of titles.
What would you consider the best outcome of the election. Be as one sided as possible because I’m curious on what people think might be the effect of that.
There are a few layers to this question. Firstly, "race" wouldn't be the proper qualifier for the American people, though the populations it has created do belong chiefly to two different races (White & Black), I'll focus on just White Americans for this post, since this will be fairly lengthy, and I consider both to be distinct American identities with their own detailed histories (that itself is complex since there is some overlap and cross-over).
The White Americans are not a perfectly homogenous group, and there is a range of hereditary variance across the states of this country. The British people were the first large population to define this nation: The English (some 50% at the time of Revolution), The Scotch-Irish (10%), The Scottish (5%), The Irish (5%), The Welsh (3%). These populations would naturally divide geographically to where the English and Welsh broadly occupied the North, and to where the Scots, Irish, and Scotch-Irish occupied the South (some exceptions existed, most notably Maine, one might say the Scotch-Irish were more keen on agricultural frontier land, whilst the English pursued port settlement, and industrialization).
The Germans, who had previously made up less than 10% of the population, saw their numbers boom in the 1800s. Germans rapidly populated the middle states (between New England and the South), and would soon begin to outnumber the British population there. The still developing Great-Lakes Region would become a new hub of German settlement, and see immigration continue to rise, eventually becoming the largest ancestral group in the US, a status which still lasts to this day.
Established Americans would, come the turn of the century, impose extreme persecution on the Germans should they not abandon their German customs, and integrate fully into the local culture. Cities in the Great-Lakes region which once spoke German (or Scandinavian languages) more than English, and appeared as transplants of over-seas communities, quickly changed, and the Germans became the success story of integration, convincing many that Americanism could be effectively taught on other peoples.
Mid to late 1800 would also see the inflow of Irish, Italian, and Jewish immigrants, the majority of which would settle in the immigration hub of New York, and later branch out into lower New England, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the rest of the Mid-Atlantic.
Strong distinctions in culture, religion, and prior levels of education made these immigrants especially resented by present population, but still, attempts at integration were made, though once again, force was not excluded. These populations strongly resisted integration, and managed to hold onto more of their culture than the Germans.
Come the mid-1900s, this last wave of immigrants was now rising as the new establishment.
With that in tow, I believe the American identity is defined by the original British people, most especially the English, specifically the land-owning, protestant, laborer class of English, which a number of our founders championed as the definitive American identity, not a noble or a peasant, but a capable, self sustaining man held up by noble virtues which, along with a shared heritage, bond him to his fellow countryman. Now America is no longer majority English, and the integration program has fallen into disrepair, but many descendants of the earlier waves still carry on the culture, and even good numbers of the later European waves have come to willingly integrate, though for the average person, the integration is only partial, and the cultural divides are visible today.
Which current American politician mostly represents your political views? (Other than Trump and Pence) Is there a specific Senator or Congressperson that you can relate to more politically in ideology?
Frankly that's difficult to say, none whose politics I'm thoroughly familiar with come to mind. I'd say Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas shares some of my views, just to give you an answer.
With what you say about eugenics in mind, what would you do with me? I have what many people would consider, inferior genes. I have Moderate-Severe ADHD, mild autism, dyspraxia (to sum it up I'm just bad at doing complex tasks with my hands) and I am bisexual. So I was wondering, firstly, do you consider me degenerate? And secondly, If yes, what would you suggest doing about me and others like me? I have left a similar comment in the comment section of one of your comments but I feel, due to the limited size of this website, you would be more likely to respond. Also I am on fairly effective medication and ADHD in general is a relatively easy mental disorder to medicate.
I'm of the camp which considers ADHD and Autism diagnoses to be exaggerated in the modern day, this is really something that needs to be taken on a case by case basis. Generally these conditions make you difficult to socialize with, or incapable of completing certain standardized tasks, but functionally, as human, you're not incapable of taking care of yourself. You are different, not an average person, but from an evolutionary perspective, have these conditions compensated for themselves in other ways? Are you exceptionally skilled in something? The point that you have a hard time with complex hand maneuvers sounds a bit like a handicap, but again, how seriously does this affect you, and do you make up for it in other ways (I don't mean personality-wise, I mean in terms of what you can contribute or do, Einstein for instance was an extremely peculiar man who struggled with particular fields but excelled in others, Edison had difficulty with speech at a young age, but was gifted in other regards).
Bisexuality is also something which, in the modern day, tends to go hand in hand with many cases of Autism, as, if you have difficulty socializing, you could be expected to have additional difficulty courting someone of the opposite sex, leaving you more likely to involve yourself with individuals of the same sex. Given both the sexualization of modern culture, as well as the liberalizing of positions of homosexuality, many young men turn to bisexuality to fill that need for romantic companionship and intimacy, while still retaining their natural attraction to women, who are typically held by bisexual men as the "higher prize". This isn't a universal case for bisexuality in men, but it is a major factor contributing to it.
Most people would consider male bisexuality a degenerate behavior, though not necessarily representative of bad genes, since this is largely a culture-driven phenomenon which specifically impacts an otherwise non-bisexual group.
@Monsieur_Z I would have to disagree with the ideal that the cause of bisexuality (yes although it is not explicitly said, it is very much implied in your argument) that the liberalizing positions of homosexuality and the sexualization of modern culture (which do of course exist, just not to this degree) is one of the main causes of bisexuality. I came out in high school, and let me tell you I have no clue why anyone would want to "turn to bisexuality". As someone with even mild autism, I was already a socially awkward kid, but coming out was a nail in the coffin. The bullying was awful, and this isn't meant to be a guilt trip, sorry if I sound that way. The point is, I don't believe it is more acceptable amongst young men to be bisexual, as even today people treat me as lesser when I tell them about my bisexuality. And the idea of women being the "higher prize" is (with all due respect) absurd, the gender or sex of a person does not determine my relationship with them, sexual or not, and I have talked to many bi people who have said roughly the same. Though I do agree with you when you say that most would consider male bisexuality as degenerate, I know from experience, but that is a problem which needs to be solved (not to say you dont want to solve it however). And your point about my conditions compensating for themselves doesn't seem to hold much weight. As many people are good at one particular thing and bad at another, that is just the way humans are, and these drawbacks I have aren't a sign of something else having to balance it out, as much as I would like them to be. Although you may consider some of my talents as balancing it out I don't want to get to deeply into myself, if you understand. I feel that no matter how much anyone contributes to a society, they will always be human. If they feel, and have not committed heinous acts, they deserve to live and to reproduce. And that is my main issue with eugenics, that and it revolves too heavily on who the person deciding what life will better the society and wat wont is, and what they believe.
PS: you can probably tell by now but im a dirty syndie too
Who would you have supported in the Civil War, and why. (I personally support the CSA; I don't agree with slavery, but I think abolitionism destroyed the economy of the South and they still haven't recovered. I also believe in an alliance of states, not a perpetual union)
sorry for being late to the party but i was curious on this one. I noticed you haven't made a what if the axis won ww2 video which is one of if not the most popular scenarios. Do you believe it's too cliché of a topic? Do you think you cant add anything new to the scenario? are you saving it for a special event like a subscriber milestone? or did you make it already and it got taken down?
Who do you support in the 2020 election?
Donald Trump of course.
What if, hypothetically, I were to ask you if you were single, what would you say?
Monsieur Z is currently seeing someone.
What if, hypothetically, China had become the first colonial empire?
What if the Republic of China(not nationalist china) stayed in power instead of falling apart?
Have you ever shot a gun before?
I love to go shooting on my free time. I recently just started practicing with rifles actually, but I've been doing shotgun clays for a while.
How old are you?
Twenty-something
Any hobbies?
As personal hobbies, I like to write and design. With friends I'll go bowling, hiking, filming, recently we started shooting at the range.
In the past my friends and I would do a lot of parkour, urban-exploration, and gym fitness, but since I moved away from the city I've really just been doing fitness on my own.
What if America joined the Axis side in WW2 as a outspoken fascist told the masses that the weak president let the Europeans break the Monroe Doctrine. He becomes the leader in a coup and declares war on Canada and Mexico as they were both colonized by europeans, eventually bringing in the Allies.
Why does French Guiana still exist today? How exactly did a piece of French land in South America avoid being:
captured by other European powers (like Britain, the Netherlands, or Portugal)?
"liberated" by the United States (using the Monroe Doctrine as justification)?
gobbled up by its South American neighbors (for example, Brazil)?
Additionally, if the French had always had a solid grasp in South America, why didn't Napoleon III attempt to try and recreate a French empire down there? Would it have been easier or harder to do so?
Also, what's your favorite color?
That's actually a pretty good question I should look into a bit more, it seems like such a peculiar territory to hold after all this time.
My favorite color is red.
Is there anything you’d recommend that the average person should read. Or that if you could add or change books in the curriculum for kids being educated what book do you think they and everyone should read growing up.
Excellent question. I think every American should be familiar with the books and documents of our founders and greatest presidents (Ben Franklin's 13 Virtues, Rules of Civility by Washington, The Way To Wealth, The Strenuous Life, etc.) It's not just enough to be told what these men did, Americans should know how our founders thought, acted, and what they believed, and how in turn that led to the events we all read about. A person doesn't create change by just setting out to do so with no background or basis from which to start, so how can we model ourselves in the image of our founders, and carry on their agenda if we don't know who they were, what they wanted, and how they did it.
I think the works of our leaders are fundamental to any curriculum in this country, but education is understandably handled on a state-by-state basis to promote the cultural works and philosophies of the state in question, it's something that can't be answered with a short list of titles.
@Monsieur_Z that’s fair
What would you consider the best outcome of the election. Be as one sided as possible because I’m curious on what people think might be the effect of that.
Have you made a flag for the USZ ready?
I have made a US of Z flag, but it could use some updating.
What, in your opinion, defines the American race?
There are a few layers to this question. Firstly, "race" wouldn't be the proper qualifier for the American people, though the populations it has created do belong chiefly to two different races (White & Black), I'll focus on just White Americans for this post, since this will be fairly lengthy, and I consider both to be distinct American identities with their own detailed histories (that itself is complex since there is some overlap and cross-over).
The White Americans are not a perfectly homogenous group, and there is a range of hereditary variance across the states of this country. The British people were the first large population to define this nation: The English (some 50% at the time of Revolution), The Scotch-Irish (10%), The Scottish (5%), The Irish (5%), The Welsh (3%). These populations would naturally divide geographically to where the English and Welsh broadly occupied the North, and to where the Scots, Irish, and Scotch-Irish occupied the South (some exceptions existed, most notably Maine, one might say the Scotch-Irish were more keen on agricultural frontier land, whilst the English pursued port settlement, and industrialization).
The Germans, who had previously made up less than 10% of the population, saw their numbers boom in the 1800s. Germans rapidly populated the middle states (between New England and the South), and would soon begin to outnumber the British population there. The still developing Great-Lakes Region would become a new hub of German settlement, and see immigration continue to rise, eventually becoming the largest ancestral group in the US, a status which still lasts to this day.
Established Americans would, come the turn of the century, impose extreme persecution on the Germans should they not abandon their German customs, and integrate fully into the local culture. Cities in the Great-Lakes region which once spoke German (or Scandinavian languages) more than English, and appeared as transplants of over-seas communities, quickly changed, and the Germans became the success story of integration, convincing many that Americanism could be effectively taught on other peoples.
Mid to late 1800 would also see the inflow of Irish, Italian, and Jewish immigrants, the majority of which would settle in the immigration hub of New York, and later branch out into lower New England, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the rest of the Mid-Atlantic.
Strong distinctions in culture, religion, and prior levels of education made these immigrants especially resented by present population, but still, attempts at integration were made, though once again, force was not excluded. These populations strongly resisted integration, and managed to hold onto more of their culture than the Germans.
Come the mid-1900s, this last wave of immigrants was now rising as the new establishment.
With that in tow, I believe the American identity is defined by the original British people, most especially the English, specifically the land-owning, protestant, laborer class of English, which a number of our founders championed as the definitive American identity, not a noble or a peasant, but a capable, self sustaining man held up by noble virtues which, along with a shared heritage, bond him to his fellow countryman. Now America is no longer majority English, and the integration program has fallen into disrepair, but many descendants of the earlier waves still carry on the culture, and even good numbers of the later European waves have come to willingly integrate, though for the average person, the integration is only partial, and the cultural divides are visible today.
Which current American politician mostly represents your political views? (Other than Trump and Pence) Is there a specific Senator or Congressperson that you can relate to more politically in ideology?
Frankly that's difficult to say, none whose politics I'm thoroughly familiar with come to mind. I'd say Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas shares some of my views, just to give you an answer.
What kind of music do you like?
Rock and Folk mostly.
Also do you plan to make a discord?
Nah, I don't like the site very much.
With what you say about eugenics in mind, what would you do with me? I have what many people would consider, inferior genes. I have Moderate-Severe ADHD, mild autism, dyspraxia (to sum it up I'm just bad at doing complex tasks with my hands) and I am bisexual. So I was wondering, firstly, do you consider me degenerate? And secondly, If yes, what would you suggest doing about me and others like me? I have left a similar comment in the comment section of one of your comments but I feel, due to the limited size of this website, you would be more likely to respond. Also I am on fairly effective medication and ADHD in general is a relatively easy mental disorder to medicate.
I'm of the camp which considers ADHD and Autism diagnoses to be exaggerated in the modern day, this is really something that needs to be taken on a case by case basis. Generally these conditions make you difficult to socialize with, or incapable of completing certain standardized tasks, but functionally, as human, you're not incapable of taking care of yourself. You are different, not an average person, but from an evolutionary perspective, have these conditions compensated for themselves in other ways? Are you exceptionally skilled in something? The point that you have a hard time with complex hand maneuvers sounds a bit like a handicap, but again, how seriously does this affect you, and do you make up for it in other ways (I don't mean personality-wise, I mean in terms of what you can contribute or do, Einstein for instance was an extremely peculiar man who struggled with particular fields but excelled in others, Edison had difficulty with speech at a young age, but was gifted in other regards).
Bisexuality is also something which, in the modern day, tends to go hand in hand with many cases of Autism, as, if you have difficulty socializing, you could be expected to have additional difficulty courting someone of the opposite sex, leaving you more likely to involve yourself with individuals of the same sex. Given both the sexualization of modern culture, as well as the liberalizing of positions of homosexuality, many young men turn to bisexuality to fill that need for romantic companionship and intimacy, while still retaining their natural attraction to women, who are typically held by bisexual men as the "higher prize". This isn't a universal case for bisexuality in men, but it is a major factor contributing to it.
Most people would consider male bisexuality a degenerate behavior, though not necessarily representative of bad genes, since this is largely a culture-driven phenomenon which specifically impacts an otherwise non-bisexual group.
@Monsieur_Z I would have to disagree with the ideal that the cause of bisexuality (yes although it is not explicitly said, it is very much implied in your argument) that the liberalizing positions of homosexuality and the sexualization of modern culture (which do of course exist, just not to this degree) is one of the main causes of bisexuality. I came out in high school, and let me tell you I have no clue why anyone would want to "turn to bisexuality". As someone with even mild autism, I was already a socially awkward kid, but coming out was a nail in the coffin. The bullying was awful, and this isn't meant to be a guilt trip, sorry if I sound that way. The point is, I don't believe it is more acceptable amongst young men to be bisexual, as even today people treat me as lesser when I tell them about my bisexuality. And the idea of women being the "higher prize" is (with all due respect) absurd, the gender or sex of a person does not determine my relationship with them, sexual or not, and I have talked to many bi people who have said roughly the same. Though I do agree with you when you say that most would consider male bisexuality as degenerate, I know from experience, but that is a problem which needs to be solved (not to say you dont want to solve it however). And your point about my conditions compensating for themselves doesn't seem to hold much weight. As many people are good at one particular thing and bad at another, that is just the way humans are, and these drawbacks I have aren't a sign of something else having to balance it out, as much as I would like them to be. Although you may consider some of my talents as balancing it out I don't want to get to deeply into myself, if you understand. I feel that no matter how much anyone contributes to a society, they will always be human. If they feel, and have not committed heinous acts, they deserve to live and to reproduce. And that is my main issue with eugenics, that and it revolves too heavily on who the person deciding what life will better the society and wat wont is, and what they believe.
PS: you can probably tell by now but im a dirty syndie too
Who would you have supported in the Civil War, and why. (I personally support the CSA; I don't agree with slavery, but I think abolitionism destroyed the economy of the South and they still haven't recovered. I also believe in an alliance of states, not a perpetual union)
How would you rate the more recently new HOI4 mod “The New Order: Last Days of Europe”?
sorry for being late to the party but i was curious on this one. I noticed you haven't made a what if the axis won ww2 video which is one of if not the most popular scenarios. Do you believe it's too cliché of a topic? Do you think you cant add anything new to the scenario? are you saving it for a special event like a subscriber milestone? or did you make it already and it got taken down?