Hi all, I asked a few days ago for some help in regard to playing the Ottomans. I’ve played a bit over the last few days and starting to feel a little stuck again. And wanting advice on how to improve from here??
I have provided some photos and can provide more if needed.
Why do my pops demand good that my market doesn’t have or start with??Like I’m playing Austria and my pops are demanding fish which I don’t have and having to export??
It same with something like sturdy grain on other markets.
Hey all just a question in relation to forming Spain. Do most of you go outta your way and just conquer Aragon to do it??
I’ve played a few Castile runs and been fairly successful I’d think but just never gone outta my way to invade Aragon cause it seems like a pain.
I’ve been reading a bit about Soviet industry during the Cold War and was wondering what people here think.
It seems to me that the USSR had no shortage of brilliant engineers and scientists. They clearly excelled in some areas, like titanium production and metallurgy, and produced some incredibly advanced military equipment.
Where I’m less sure is the manufacturing side. From what I’ve read, it wasn’t so much that Soviet engineers couldn’t design advanced technologies, but that producing them reliably and consistently on a large scale was often the bigger challenge. Things like high-temperature superalloys, turbine blade technology, precision manufacturing, and even engine service life seem to be areas where the West generally had an edge.
Is that a fair assessment, or am I missing something? Was the main limitation the industrial base and manufacturing quality rather than the scientific talent itself?
Good faith question.
One of the biggest reasons I struggle to have faith in communism or the Soviet system is the experience of Eastern Europe after 1989. I agree the system did immense improvements in literacy, education and quality of life from Tsarist Russia.
If Soviet influence and socialism were ultimately beneficial to the working class, why did so many Eastern European countries enthusiastically pursue membership in NATO and the EU once they had the opportunity? Why does anti-communism remain so strong in places like Poland and the Baltic states, and why is Russia viewed with such suspicion?
I’m not asking this rhetorically, nor am I claiming every post-communist transition was successful. But I struggle to believe the attitudes of tens of millions of people across multiple countries can simply be explained away as Western propaganda, CIA influence, or false consciousness, as I often see argued.
How do Marxists explain this phenomenon while still taking seriously the experiences and preferences of the people who actually lived under these systems?
I’m genuinely interested because this is one of the biggest reasons I remain skeptical.