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FieldMarshalFry Field Marshal of Cracked from World Internet War 1 Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
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#106101: Dec 7th 2015 at 2:57:02 PM

hmmm... I wonder how Corbyn's policy's would go down in that game... I need to get it...

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JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#106102: Dec 7th 2015 at 2:59:13 PM

[up] Does the game even account for trouble with foreign nations?

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#106103: Dec 7th 2015 at 3:04:49 PM

I wonder how long it will take before Trump goes full Hitler.

DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#106104: Dec 7th 2015 at 3:05:26 PM

There's a statistic for foreign relations, and some policies that will impact them. Sometimes you will get asked whether or not you want to deploy the army, though there's never a situation (that I know of) where you have to fight an actual war. A weak military can result in some land loss overseas.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#106105: Dec 7th 2015 at 3:07:07 PM

[up][up]The only thing left to do is start pinning gold stars on people.

And he already wants to track them all in a database so that's not actually a big step.

edited 7th Dec '15 3:09:18 PM by LeGarcon

Oh really when?
FieldMarshalFry Field Marshal of Cracked from World Internet War 1 Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Field Marshal of Cracked
#106106: Dec 7th 2015 at 3:08:01 PM

it would be interesting to see the difference between the various nations, like would loosing overseas territory matter more for Britain due to the focus we have on the Falkland Islands

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#106107: Dec 7th 2015 at 3:09:29 PM

[up][up]That's not the only thing. He hasn't said anything about genocide just yet.

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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#106110: Dec 7th 2015 at 3:52:20 PM

To be a genuine, purebreed fascist, Trump would have to have a grand vision of the Nation's Destiny, an epic narrative, an obsession with futurism, progress, and speed, and an open enthusiasm for babies and war. What I've seen of him so far seems much more pedestrian.

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Joesolo Indiana Solo Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#106112: Dec 7th 2015 at 3:54:03 PM

He's not a fascist, he's just an asshole. Isn't that bad enough?

DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#106113: Dec 7th 2015 at 3:55:18 PM

[up][up] Couldn't that be mistaken for Muslim imagery?

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#106114: Dec 7th 2015 at 3:56:06 PM

Trump is not "just" an asshole, he's gone WAY beyond asshole-ism. I don't even know if there's a word for it.

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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#106115: Dec 7th 2015 at 3:58:42 PM

Complete Monster?

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LogoP Party Crasher from the Land of Deep Blue Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Party Crasher
#106116: Dec 7th 2015 at 4:00:24 PM

What he's saying is not worrying or frightening, nutters have the privilege to publicly spew whatever nonsense they feel like. It's the applause he gets that's concerning.

[up] I don't think that title can apply in real life.

edited 7th Dec '15 4:01:32 PM by LogoP

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pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#106117: Dec 7th 2015 at 4:04:27 PM

[up] Exactly. An asshole is essentially harmless. An asshole with an agenda and a cult-like following, that's scary. I don't understand how anybody can like this horrible man.

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HallowHawk Since: Feb, 2013
#106118: Dec 7th 2015 at 4:33:58 PM

[up]

I don't understand how anybody can like this horrible man.

I concur. Just how much of America's population is racist in that they'll vote for him?

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#106119: Dec 7th 2015 at 4:36:56 PM

Homeland Security to replace the current terror alert system; the details will come in the coming days.

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Lost in Space
#106120: Dec 7th 2015 at 4:38:49 PM

[up][up] There are two or three basic subsets of Trump voters:

  • Voters who wholeheartedly agree with his politics; they want the Mexicans and Muslims kicked out of the country for a Free America.
  • Voters who see him as representing an outsider view that will "fix up Washington"; they either don't care about or are willing to ignore his actual politics. These are the folks who will tell you, "At least he says what he means."
  • Voters who reflexively check anything with an "R" next to it and are piling on to the front-runner's bandwagon.

edited 7th Dec '15 4:40:01 PM by Fighteer

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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#106121: Dec 7th 2015 at 4:46:25 PM

[up] Can't forget blacks, and Asians. Even if they won't say it out loud.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#106122: Dec 7th 2015 at 4:56:50 PM

For Democracy we probably have a thread in the Video Games section and if we don't someone can always make one, it's a good game and has actually been a cussed of having Socalist leanings, due to how left wing policies tend to actually world and building a Socalist utopia isn't that hard.

Edit: Found, reved and now linked.[1]

edited 7th Dec '15 4:58:50 PM by Silasw

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Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#106123: Dec 7th 2015 at 5:05:13 PM

I'd argue that Trump gets a lot of support because he's basically the exact opposite of your standard issue mass-produced politician. Politicians are popularity hounds, tend to backpedal on everything they say, often vague about their intentions, generally polite and composed.

Trump, by contrast is: Doesn't give a crap what anyone thinks about him, is very frank (to use a polite term), completely unapologetic, and says what he thinks.

Because people hate politicians, they love Trump. They view his rudeness as being a realist who says things how they are. Personally, I never minded standard-issue politicians that much, and I think Trump's popularity is just...ridiculous.

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Joesolo Indiana Solo Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Indiana Solo
#106124: Dec 7th 2015 at 5:07:41 PM

@dr dough given we're talking about him marking Muslims, I'd expect so.

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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#106125: Dec 7th 2015 at 5:08:08 PM

Also Trump is just as fake and planned out as others, his hypocrisy and flip flopping has come up tons, he's like Boris Johnson, or on the benign side Biden.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran

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