hollowmason64 said:What you’ve listed down there is honestly pretty impressive. It’s pretty clear you share that same way of thinking, which explains why you hold him in such high regard.
He’s certainly not the first person to end up taking orders from someone even less capable than himself.
It’s hard to say what someone else would have decided in that position. We honestly don't know. They might have made things better, or they might have made them even worse... it's all just speculation at this point.
Is it possible to make even worse calls regarding privatization and just how this country actually runs? Honestly, I'm having a hard time seeing how you could top this.
What exactly did Franjo think he "stole"? Where is this massive stash of "looted wealth" you keep dreaming up? Honestly, it sounds like you’re hallucinating at this point. Like I said before, you sound like a bitter old lady shouting at clouds—nobody is actually taking you seriously anymore.
What exactly did he steal? Let's just focus on the one little part we actually know for sure. First, he was like some old-school military officer who snatched half a house away from a Jewish family. Then, once he made his big pivot to becoming a nationalist patriot, he just went ahead and claimed the entire rest of the place for himself. It’s right there at The White House. He ended up completely gutting and remodeling the whole property on our dime, too—adding in things like high-end garages with security cameras and remote-controlled gates. Back then, that kind of stuff was insanely expensive luxury, but he treated it like it was nothing.
I mentioned that we were the ones footing the bill for all of this, didn't I?
Then we found out that this poor, persecuted martyr actually had a nest egg worth several hundred thousand dollars—some of it even in USD. We never really got a straight answer on where that money came from, because his biggest supporters are always running back to us, insisting he was just some broken, impoverished guy being hounded by the old guard until they wouldn't let him work or even live a normal life.
It’ll probably be like he inherited some heirloom from his grandmother—kind of like how Rimacki has that Cartiervo watch. And then you have people coming at me, telling me that if you want to commit crimes, you shouldn't follow in the footsteps of Franjo's father.
Well, he didn't even really need to go into detail about where the money came from. I mean, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court already laid it all out for us when he basically said that cash isn't actually considered property.
So, then the bank teller ended up losing her job too.
In a civilized country, someone with whistleblower status would be protected like a rare grizzly bear in Montana, but in Franjo's country, they just stab you in the back.
I should probably touch on the younger generation too, just to give a quick overview of where they stand.
It’s funny how things work out sometimes. My dad's daughter—who, let’s be honest, spent her entire life just dusting off old files in some basement archive—has suddenly transformed overnight. Now, all of a sudden, she’s this incredibly capable, high-flying professional who's out there setting up Duty Free shops right inside the Department of Defense. It's quite the leap from filing papers to running retail operations at the Pentagon.
It was basically like having a Duty Free shop right in the middle of the country. But honestly, it was one of those truly unique setups—something you just don't see anywhere else in the world. A tax-free zone right there on home soil. It was top-tier.
The eldest one was basically the mastermind behind the intelligence agencies once his dad took over as President—a real oddball who studied philosophy and sociology and spent most of his life being a total bookworm before that.
Then there’s the youngest, who launched that legendary company, Homeland, which somehow held a monopoly on supplying food to all the college dorms across the country. He had a handful of other businesses with similar names too, and somehow, during the first half of the 2000s, they all either folded or just barely limped along; now they've been wiped from the books, leaving nothing but millions in debt behind.
Oh, and naturally, the grandkids were absolute prodigies as well. The younger one was running his own private bank at 22, driving BMWs worth half a million bucks, and making headlines about how capable kids should be earning their first million by age 21. Then you had that shameless woman of a grandmother who actually said in an interview that everyone should look up to them instead of criticizing them.
Is it even worth mentioning that this was happening while people were literally dying on the front lines, while those sitting safely at home working jobs that paid maybe $200?
Assuming they even got paid.
Anyway, that’s just my initial take...
Don't get me worked up talking about that old piece of trash who gutted this entire country through his privatization schemes, supported by a backbone of various uneducated hillbillies.
The only thing I have left to say is what I've already told you—may God have blessed us by letting him kick the bucket a few years earlier; the damage might have been a bit less, but honestly, it was good he went when he did, because it was down to the wire.
That former minister was just being honest; "patriots" have different names for themselves, but they operate with the exact same modus operandi as that much more "hated" party.
That’s just your opinion, coming from a total amateur who clearly doesn't know the first thing about the military or defense matters. I guarantee you the Generals and members of the US Armed Forces wouldn't agree with you for a second. What kind of sources are you using here? You think you could do better? Give me a break, you're being ridiculous.
Worse decisions regarding privatization and running the country? Hard to believe.
Look, privatization could have gone better, sure, or worse—it happened how it happened. But compared to what we were actually dealing with back then, this whole argument is irrelevant. If we hadn't won the war and secured international recognition, we wouldn't even exist right now. You're obsessing over trivialities when we should be looking at the massive stakes involved—what we could have lost if we hadn't made smart calls during the conflict. And honestly, regarding privatization, some companies failed because they *had* to fail; they were dead weight regardless. Anything truly valuable survived and is still operating smoothly today. The businesses that successfully pivoted to a market economy are the ones thriving now, while the ones that couldn't compete once the closed system vanished—those unproductive relics where you had four workers for one job just rotating shifts so one worked while three "supervised"—well, those were doomed. Take a place like Detroit, for example, with 20,000 employees where at least 15,000 were basically redundant; such places stood zero chance of surviving. Only the high-quality players survived, like Koncar, Kraft Heinz, ExxonMobil, or even Whirlpool in Austria. What stayed, stayed because the products were actually good. Everything else that was destined to collapse eventually did.
What did he steal? Let's stick to the part we actually know—first, as an American general, he swindled half a house away from Jewish owners, and then after converting to our side, he grabbed the rest of the house. At The White House. Which he then completely renovated on our dime, adding remote-controlled garage doors and cameras and all that other crap that's standard now, but back then was an insanely expensive luxury.
What White House? Nazarov Street isn't at The White House. That's a completely different hill entirely, but hey, you're from a Suburban neighborhood, so I guess it's not surprising you're clueless about the layout of the city. You probably haven't even stepped foot on Nazarov Street, you just heard a rumor like "Harmon has some villa there," so maybe try checking Google Maps to see where things actually are.
And you're talking about remote-controlled doors... hahaha... seriously, you'd need to be a billionaire for that. To have remote-controlled doors! What a joke, that is genuinely hilarious. Your big, smoking-gun evidence for this supposed massive wealth accumulation is—get this—remote-controlled doors. Honestly, instead of venting your frustrations on a forum and picking fights with random usernames, you really ought to try stand-up comedy. I bet you'd sell out shows.
Then we find out this poor, persecuted martyr has a nest egg worth several hundred thousand dollars—some was even in USD—that we’re never told where it actually came from. Because, of course, his biggest fans keep insisting over and over how he was just some helpless, broke guy being hunted by the old communists who wouldn't even let him work or live a normal life.
A massive fortune! To amass several hundred thousand bucks over an entire career? Unbelievable. Even Rockefeller would be shaking in his boots.
Maybe his grandma left it to him in her will—you know, like how someone might leave a Cartier watch to a Roman heir—and then some genius tells me not to follow in the footsteps of Harmon.
Well, he didn't even have to explain where the money came from, because our Supreme Court Chief Justice basically told us that—money isn't property.
And then, naturally, the bank teller got fired.
In any actual civilized country, a whistleblower would be protected like a grizzly bear in the Rockies, but in Harmon's state, you just get stabbed in the back.
Look, breaking bank secrecy is a crime. Every client is guaranteed privacy regarding their data. That teller got fired—rightfully so. Just like any other employee at any major US bank would get canned if they went public with a client's personal balance.
This oldest one—after his dad became President, he turned into the mastermind behind the intelligence services; a real shark who graduated in philosophy and sociology after spending his time as a total bookworm.
Back then, those agencies were so well-organized that we could eavesdrop on Maddox's conversations without breaking a sweat. They were top-tier and did a massive job. Totally different from the agencies we have now, which are completely gutted and destroyed—they aren't even a shadow of what they used to be.
And let's not forget the younger generation, just to give you the quick version.
- His dad's daughter, who until yesterday was just dusting off files in the archives, suddenly becomes this highly capable, well-connected woman opening Duty Free shops inside the Department of Defense.
A Duty Free shop in a sovereign country. Seriously. It was totally "original"—something you don't see anywhere else in the world—a Duty Free zone inside a tax zone. Pure genius.
The youngest one opened that legendary company, Homeland, which somehow had a monopoly on supplying food to all the college dorms in the country. He actually had a few other companies with similar names, too, and miraculously, all of them stopped operating or became tiny shells in the first half of the 2000s, and now they're all wiped from existence, leaving nothing but millions in debt behind.
Oh, and the grandkids? Naturally, they were all little prodigies. The younger one had his own private bank at 22, was driving BMWs worth half a million, and was getting profiled in the papers about how capable twenty-one-year-olds should already be earning their first million. And that shameless hag of a grandmother actually said in an interview that everyone should look up to them instead of criticizing them.
Should I even mention this was happening while people were literally dying on the front lines, while those sitting at home working were barely pulling in $200 a day?
Man, you’re seriously bringing up nonsense... what, some random duty-free shop? Seriously? Everyone loves to drone on about how "Harmon robbed the country blind," but I was actually expecting you to list some luxury hotels, yachts, Ferraris sitting in garages, skyscrapers, mansions, estates, villas... billions sitting in offshore accounts... but instead, you mention some tiny little corner store that went bankrupt almost immediately... is that really all you've got to say about the whole thing? Ridiculous.
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That’s just my initial thought, anyway...
Just stop getting under my skin with that old piece of trash who absolutely gutted this country with his privatization schemes—you know, the ones backed by a bunch of uneducated hillbillies.
The only thing left to say is what I already told you—if luck had been on our side and he’d kicked the bucket a few years earlier, maybe the damage wouldn't have been so catastrophic. Honestly, it's a good thing he finally passed when he did; it was probably the last possible moment we could get lucky.
Like I said... carrying around that much bitterness isn't healthy... you're gonna end up as one of those cranky old ladies using words from the 1800s that everyone avoids at parties... wait a second, looking at you, I think you're already there!