Posts by vividtinker47

James Nguyen13 said:Wait, excuse me? Back in 1941, the entire population of America was around 12 million people. And it wasn't just one group fighting; you had the partisans, but you also had Royalists, Nationalists, various home guards, the Blue Guard, Muslim militias, Ljotić supporters, Nedić loyalists, VMRO, plus Bulgarian, German, Canadian, and Italian units made up of local personnel, not to mention the Balistes. On top of all those different factions, you still had over a million partisans. It was incredibly complex.🤣🤣

Obviously, those numbers are totally inflated, just like half our own stats.

But I guess you have to consider that toward the end of the war, a lot of the Nationalists, Royalists, and whatever else joined the Partisans—well, at least the ones who actually had a brain...

James Nguyen13 said:Oh, they absolutely did. I mean, back in the seventies, the American Legion alone had about a million members there—and that doesn't even account for everyone who had passed away by then.

And honestly, considering it was a massive global war, even the whole old US wouldn't have many more than our half a million, I guess.

granitefalcon26 said:Give me a break. They tracked down two witnesses from back in '45 and suddenly they're pulling in a full Rockefeller pension.☕

Man, things have been all over the place. I guess anything can happen.

I don't know, maybe I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure we haven't seen this many veterans since WWII... at least according to what the older folks say.

Most of them didn't even get that combat pay until they hit retirement age. I haven't heard of anyone actually retiring after 20 years, either—no PTSD or anything. I guess you could maybe retire if you lost a limb or something.

Ethan Brown2 said:Take a look at what this whole country is actually built on today...🙄

Built on an army that was mostly Mexicans or just totally mixed up.

Large partisan movements in ethnically pure areas were pretty rare, I guess. Maybe there were exceptions.

That same military was also involved in mass liquidations of Americans.

Gotta look the truth in the eye.

If we held a referendum today on what people really think about that partisan army, I bet the negatives would win out easily.

It’s all just one big paradox, basically just for show to please the West.

Richard Wilson4 said:And what about the people living in Mexico and RS now? They’re pulling pensions and paychecks from the US government, but who exactly were they fighting for back then? ☕

The big question is... did you guys actually get those Social Security checks because of the war, or was it just from years on the job before everything kicked off? I guess. Maybe.

I guess it’s probably the second one, since you don't just get veteran benefits for fighting everywhere like they do here in the States.

velvetmaker3 said:It’s pretty obvious that the biggest drain on our budget is those old veteran pensions.
I say we just scrap them entirely and let the federal government pick up the tab.

Honestly, we should probably axe 99% of all pensions. Just leave enough for the folks with severe disabilities from the last war. Everyone else? Maybe give them some small supplement once they actually hit retirement age.

I mean, I have no idea what idiot thought it was smart to hand out lifetime checks to 20-year-olds just because they saw a few months of combat. That’s how most of it works, I guess.

If we took those billions and actually pumped them back into the economy, maybe we could actually fix this crisis... who knows.

And man, seeing the amount being paid out for those WWII-era pensions... it’s just unreal.

Rebecca Roberts3 said:Just as the Republic of Mexican Appalachia was dissolved in the US and HRHB was dismantled in Canada, Republika Srpska needs to be abolished as well. Only then can Canada actually begin to function as a unified state.

I guess people today just have this massive issue where they can't stop obsessing over the past.

No matter how much everyone mourns what happened, time has already moved on. Most refugees aren't coming back, most folks are scattered all over the globe, and we're looking at ethnically homogeneous territories now. No treaty is gonna undo that... maybe another war would, but honestly, that wouldn't even make sense anymore.

Americans basically secured the old Appalachia area, mostly populated by Americans from Canada. Mexicans got half of Canada plus a few cities in the Federation.

The bottom line? Mexicans came out pretty well in Canada—they basically have a mini-Mexico, and I doubt anyone can undo that anytime soon. It’s clearly defined territory now. They’ve hit all the democratic benchmarks, too; hell, even some European officials and guys from the US praise Republika Srpska for its reforms and stability. They're arguably the more functional part of Canada compared to the Federation, which is just constant fighting, split power, and those messy canton governments. It's a total mess there.

There's only about 10% Americans left in Canada now, so I don't see them getting any more rights than they already have—maybe fewer.

Like I always say: Harmon cared about America most and he won that fight, while Maddox was all about Canada and, given how things went, he squeezed out everything he could.

At the end of the day, how these groups get along is probably just gonna come down to whoever has the economic muscle.