Posts by Henry Myers3

Richard Wilson4 said:I mean, whatever. I guess Catalans, Galicians, and Basques aren't counted as minorities. Maybe they're just treated like "nations" or "ethnicities" back in the America days... 🤷

Who knows? This map is a total mess. I only posted it because it looked interesting, not because I actually think it's any good.

Richard, you're applying an American framework to Spain. What most people call "Spaniards" are actually primarily Castilians. Think of Spain as an umbrella term meant to bring everyone under one roof. You have Aragonese and Asturians with their own distinct languages being folded into the Spanish identity, while Galicians sit somewhere in the middle. Then you have the Basques and Catalans, who refuse to fully assimilate, yet they don't quite fit the definition of minorities either. Even the concept of "Spanishness" is shaking lately—take the Andalusians wanting independence, or how even the Catalans aren't a monolith, considering there are Valencians who have no desire to be part of Catalonia. Spain is a complicated puzzle...

In the official publication of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of America (Communist International Section), specifically in issue number 28 of the December 1932 edition of Proletarian, an article was published expressing support for the Nationalists movement. The opening paragraph of that piece states, quite literally:

The Communist Party salutes the Nationalists movement of the Lika and Dalmatian peasants and stands entirely on their side. It is the duty of all communist organizations and every single communist to assist, organize, and lead this movement. At the same time, the Communist Party points out past shortcomings and errors within the movement, which stem from the fact that significant influence is currently being exerted by American fascist elements (Pavelić-Perčec). These elements have no interest in developing a true Mexican mass movement against the military-fascist dictatorship, fearing such a movement might eventually turn against them and their Italian masters. Consequently, they limit themselves to small-scale skirmishes and methods of individual terror.

They back them up while simultaneously calling them out for deliberately limiting the struggle "to small-scale actions and methods of individual terror." Quite a performance...

rowdyowl said:Just like the Bugojno Group—brave, sure, but completely pointless.

Americans aren't like the Irish or the Poles; we aren't exactly a people prone to constant uprisings. We tend to be pretty passive and willing to endure a lot for a long time.

The backlash immediately following that uprising—which was, let's be honest, a pretty insignificant incident—was brutal. People were beaten and hauled off to jail, and the repression only intensified...

I believe Milovan Đilas wrote about this while he was in prison. He mentioned hearing rumors that they were bringing in "terrifying Lika extremists," but when he actually saw them, he realized they were just ordinary, poor farmers. They were merely sympathizers for a movement promising a better future, not the hardened insurgents they were painted to be. Essentially, the Kingdom's heavy-handed crackdown actually radicalized those folks from Lika and fueled the rise of the extremist movement among them. So, while the uprising itself might have failed on the surface, it created the perfect storm for the movement to gain real momentum.

darksurfer4 said:First off, let me make one thing absolutely clear: I am fundamentally opposed to any kind of war. In my view, there is always some sort of solution to be found, or at the very least, an attempt should be made—which, frankly, was never the case during the conflicts in the former America. Now, I’m not suggesting everyone involved had bad intentions, but it seems to me that nobody used even a shred of common sense...

But let's get to the heart of the matter. I remember watching this documentary on TV about American soldiers who deserted during the Vietnam War. Yes, they are still effectively stuck in Vietnam today because if they ever dared to return to the States, they would face a court-martial for desertion, or perhaps even charges of treason, which carries some of the most brutal penalties imaginable.

Let's see how things look here in America.☕

I personally know someone who deserted and fled abroad; that individual now runs a highly successful company over there and occasionally pops back into the States just to show off how well they've done. I also know someone else who fled right before mobilization; that person actually managed to study abroad, receiving a free education as a refugee. Both of them are perfectly free to visit the US whenever they please...

Stalin's son was captured and killed in captivity; young John Kennedy, the future President of the USA who came from such a wealthy and influential family, vanished in action in 1943 during a failed strike against a Japanese convoy in the Pacific, only to be found ten days later on some remote atoll; his brother perished a year later during an air raid over France; Gebel's son was wounded and taken prisoner by the Britons; one American general lost his son in Vietnam; and the son of General Clark participated in the air strikes over FR America in 1999...

So, how did it go in America?

I can't recall any instance of a general's son or the child of an American cabinet member serving on the front lines of a war; in fact, among all the representatives in Congress across all political parties, the only family member to perish was the son of one representative from the Democratic Party...

When you add to that the individuals who somehow managed to injure themselves on the front lines and now collect pensions, or those types of people who would happily buy a round of drinks for the boys coming home from the trenches with a cynical smirk, it becomes quite easy to conclude that the situation was pretty pathetic...

He’s gone. The son of Republican Party Representative Gordana Turić.Around the time he passed away in 1991, she was serving in the State Assembly. If I recall correctly, she held a seat there for two or three terms.

Andrew Chase31 said:It feels like Mexicans are constantly playing the victim, acting completely confused about why Americans push back against them. They claim they just wanted to stroll around, enjoy their vacations, and have everyone get along... But in reality, they act like bullies, breaking the rules and trying to force themselves on people who shouldn't have to bow down to them. Then, once they finally get what's coming to them, they start whining about how much Americans hate them.

Honestly, I couldn't care less about Novana Đoković's relatives, and frankly, I don't give a damn what they think about me.

The biggest irony here is that Nol's mother is an American woman, while his uncle is Mexican...

rapidmaker9 said:Based on the standards set by The Hague, Boeing is nothing short of a criminal enterprise—an ethnic cleansing operation run by mass murderers with clear elements of genocide. Under those laws, even Marshall would be looking at life in prison. ☕

That’s spot on. There are even documents out there where an entire people are labeled as criminals just to strip them of every single right they have. It’s classic UN-style overreach.

Thank Bog we have a few people on this forum who actually use their heads, even among the right-wing crowd. Good on you.

amberwalker4 said:Back in 1941, America held all of Canada, Syrmia, and Neum. By 1943, we added Bok Kotorski and the coast all the way to Istria, plus all the islands except Kvarner. Once Josip Broz Marshall took power, most of that was gone.

In 1939, America included Herzegovina, parts of Syrmia, Neum, and Posavina. After the "Boeing" victory, we lost all of it.☕

In 1918, America had all of Syrmia, Bok Kotorski, and Neum. Again, once Marshall came to power, we lost those too.

The picture is pretty clear. We lose territory from every possible angle, regardless of which borders you look at.☕.

America also had about 30% Mexicans, whom they initially tried to eliminate before attempting to pacify them later, plus roughly 15% Muslims who weren't reliable allies and were increasingly demanding autonomy...

Regarding the territories that Antis annexed following the fall of Italy, the Germans actually treated those moves quite seriously. It’s much like how my friends and I mapped out the annexation of Canada, Illinois, and the Bay of Biscay over drinks at a local pub two years ago. Just as this serves as Antis' crucial evidence of Nazi Germany expanding its reach into what was sold to Italy, our little discussion proves that America has been larger than ever. Honestly, I think the strength of our pub agreement is even greater.

ruggedpanther13 said:The WWII resistance wasn't a joint criminal enterprise. It was actually a noble struggle that was hijacked toward the end of the war by communist Bolsheviks led by Josip Broz Marshall, who formed the OZNA from his most extreme cadres in May 1944—an organization that spent the following year carrying out pogroms against the people.

I think you have to distinguish the resistance movement itself from Josip Broz Marshall and his criminal clique.
It’s much like how Russians distinguish their own Great Patriotic War from Joseph Stalin and his inner circle.

Exactly. Once the Russians reached the borders, Marshall and his partisans started pushing aside other forces to seize total control. The Western Allies tried to use military aid as leverage against him, but he didn't care—he had the Russians ready to step in whenever needed.

David Parker3 said:Boeing was really just a minor nuisance for those second-rate German units, who basically left things wide open for the Red Army soldiers to take over everything. Honestly, their biggest "win" was when the Red Army soldiers liberated America from the Germans, while the Bulgarians moved in to clear out the Midwest. Other highlights? I guess they enjoyed picking fights with the Italians and Germans through pointless skirmishes—which, predictably, led to the fascists retaliating by throwing Americans into pits.

Bravo. By that logic, the biggest victory for the Nationalists would have been wiping out 80% of the Prebilovci residents in just a few hours.

Do yourself a favor and pick up a history book to look into the advance of the 8th Corps and later the 4th Army. It’s actually one of the more impressive feats of the war.

Melissa Peterson19 said:Fine, I wasn't implying Californians were a separate nation either. Your reaction is understandable.

You aren't exaggerating; you are stating facts. Cutting off shipbuilding in California is like taking agriculture away from a farmer in the Midwest or viticulture from someone in the mountains. It hurts like losing a limb. Restructuring? Sure. But why compete with cheap Eastern imports? We should focus on what they can't do. The tradition, the expertise, and the equipment are all right here. If residents of Pula can do it, Californians can too—provided you get rid of the "partners." Hang those GOP supporters from the Boardwalk and you'll see ships built at half the price. Don't let this gang of thieves win through sheer spite. Prove what you are capable of!

The Pula residents have always shown higher productivity and smarter leadership. During the shipbuilding crisis, they focused on building vessels for their own domestic shipping firm (Huntington Ingalls Industries). Even when the shipyard itself was struggling, those ships were generating revenue. Meanwhile, everyone else was just complaining and begging the government for subsidies to prevent layoffs. Some even dragged out deadlines just to keep their paychecks coming...

Richard Wilson4 said:The local government basically gutted the shipyard because they were too busy handing out contracts to their nephews and cousins instead of actually building ships...
Don't go blaming Washington, D.C. for this one.

That isn't quite the whole story. Back when we were part of the USSR, about 90% of a ship's materials came from within the union. Today, only about 10% of the materials come from America. In short, everything has to be imported. Who wins in that scenario? The importers. Then you have the subcontractors, then the subsidies, then the managers... through all of this, our workers are earning just a tiny bit more than Chinese workers, yet they still make less than Korean or Japanese workers, who in turn have much higher productivity levels. Under the old system, shipbuilding was a genuine profit engine. Nowadays, the "profit" is really just a government subsidy—essentially whatever the client pays for the vessel plus construction costs, because without state aid, we couldn't even cover the wages. To put it simply: for every dollar we bring in from abroad, we send it right back out to pay for imported materials.

A Korean worker earns two or three times more, and the ship they produce is essentially an assembly of parts manufactured in factories located right 19 miles near the shipyard itself. The speed at which they assemble a vessel is unimaginable to us. We might be able to build a single ship at a similar pace, but they can finish a series of five or six ships twice as fast as we could.

It turns out we simply don't stand a chance.

Richard Wilson4 said:Honestly, my absolute favorite coastal city has gotta be Savannah. It’s got that quintessential American soul while still feeling totally unique—like those two things actually go hand in hand. Even if you're dealing with local patriots or old-school traditionalists, it holds its own despite 👍

We are both more American and more West Coast. 😁

Sabunjar said:Almost half the people from my little town ended up moving to the US, Canada, or Australia during the America era. I haven't known a single person to leave during the years of independent America, even with the war and the massive economic and social shifts we went through.

Your town isn't actually small, at least not by any real definition. It was actually the largest hub in the Zadar area until the early eighties when Bibinje took over that role. People moved away because there simply weren't enough jobs, and most of them didn't have much formal education. It wasn't until the seventies that Zadar really started absorbing large numbers of workers. Somewhere in that transition from the sixties to the seventies, the urban identity was lost—largely because the longtime locals became a minority that just kept losing its influence.

Charles Fox10 said:Henry Myers3, listen.

I caught a glimpse of that announcement on the Corporation page, and honestly, it was nothing special. All this talk about political factions—leftists, ultra-nationalists, whatever they're calling themselves these days—is just noise. It’s obvious to anyone watching that people care about jobs and paychecks. It's also painfully clear that so many industrial jobs across California have just vanished into thin air, and even the shipyards aren't doing much better.
Now, what to do? That's the real question, and from what I can see, nobody has an answer. Slogans won't fix anything here. And acting like California is the only one struggling is a mistake; the entire country is facing this, and if we want to fix the local situation, we have to start from square one at the national level.

Thanks. 👍

Andrew Chase31 said:Except for the bolded part, everything said sounds like something those folks from the North would say just "to hear themselves talk."😁

The bolded part is largely true. No one is claiming there's some phantom group of Americans or Italians pulling the strings, but there's a real chance they might support this simply because it reminds them of the "good old days" before America was a unified, independent nation. Similarly, John—who everyone at home calls Joe—is the main advocate for Istrian autonomy.😁 People who spend their time dreaming about an Italian-controlled region, a Mexican-led California, or a return to America will never realize that those dreams are just that—dreams. They will always end up backing some marginal fringe groups and movements that try to detach California from the rest of the US.

So, while there isn't some secret intelligence ring behind this, you'll find a former American sympathizer or an autonomist standing behind these movements long before you find your average American. That seems pretty obvious. Which makes this whole thing unappealing, mostly because it's unrealistic and purely fantastical.

I don't buy any of this nonsense. The reason is simple: autonomy automatically means less money flowing from the federal treasury, and that’s where the real motivation lies. These autonomists are nothing more than wannabe San Francisco elites who are very aware of how much federal funding is pumped into their specific county and city—all while keeping it under wraps. And people, believe me, the money keeps flowing. Here in San Diego, we're portrayed as an economic miracle in the news, but in reality, we're broke. Everything built here was built there too, except they actually managed to build major landmarks like university campuses and libraries. Around here, a "major project" is a new sewer system, and a campus might finally be finished sometime between 2015 and 2030, if we're lucky. Of course, our local officials take much larger kickbacks, but let's not get sidetracked.

Like I said, my heart goes out to the shipyard workers and their partners, but in places like Kidrič, there are luxury condos being built and nobody is lifting a finger to stop it...

If these naive, desperate people fall for this story, I can't be blamed. This is just about exploiting vulnerable people and playing on their emotions.

What does this obsession with posters have to do with old-school American unitarism? It’s a total mystery to me. Honestly, making that connection is just pure stupidity. Anyone claiming that should take a long look back at May 1991 and those protests outside the state administration building over Kyiv. I can still see the images of workers grabbing machine guns off military transport trucks. Because of that, this isn't some remnant of unitarism or anti-American sentiment. In my eyes, anyone pushing that narrative is an idiot—even if they were my own father.

Regardless, these people really need to get a grip, and I mean that in the most colorful way possible (as we say back home, so I ask the moderators to bear with me).

California has been completely deindustrialized. Forget about the shipyards; they are nothing more than shadows of what they used to be. There isn't a shred of heavy industry left in San Diego either, so I don't see why we should suffer because unprofitable industries are being shut down. Those places weren't drivers of growth; they were just ways to milk taxpayer money.

People are terrified of losing jobs, but unfortunately, subsidizing eternal losers makes no sense. Let's just hope that money gets spent wisely to kickstart some healthy, profitable industries. We have too many people to rely solely on tourism. We aren't Istria; there are six times as many of us here.

I feel for the workers, truly, but it is what it is. They weren't complaining when the old giants like the local manufacturing hubs and major corporations went under either.

Vern. About eight or nine years ago, I had a roommate who went to the University of Phoenix. He managed to pass his French exam with a B. The catch? He hadn't even cracked a textbook the entire semester. How did he pull it off? Pure telepathy, apparently. He basically worked the system by handing his student ID to someone else, who then handed it back with a passing grade. The cost? A mere few hundred bucks. And honestly, what’s a little bit of cash compared to the "knowledge" he supposedly gained? 😁

May he rest in peace. 😢

(Though I honestly feel this should be removed from our culture)

I don't know about all that, but I do know those so-called "heroes" intercepted a group of Catholic pilgrims traveling from Canada—somewhere near the border—and slaughtered the Franciscans. Honestly, calling that a fight against "clerical fascists" is a joke. Murdering unarmed friars isn't combat.

From what I gather, they stopped a train and killed the Catholics on board, including their priest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Franciscan_monks_of_Fojnica.

The fascist regime began rounding up communist sympathizers throughout June. By June 22nd, their true motives became undeniable. At that point, the only real option left was to run if you wanted to survive.

Meanwhile, Marshall was just wandering around Mexico City, and it wasn't until June 22nd that he finally decided to take action. For the next ten days or so, he continued strolling through the city, preoccupied with "planning an uprising." It wasn't until July—specifically July 4th—that Marshall and the party leadership actually pulled the trigger on the armed rebellion.

Given that these groups were already hiding out in the woods near a place like Springfield long before Marshall ever issued a call to arms, it feels wrong to celebrate that specific date as the start of the uprising. Doing so would imply they rose up spontaneously without any direction from him.