You guys sound welcoming, but how do you deal with the net deck mothef...er...person? When I tried playing Commander, every time somebody used tutors of some kind to pull something that either gave them unbeatable attack power or rendered them and/or their creatures impossible to damage or unblockable.
When I came back to the game later in life--I initially played just before Ice Age came out--I was irritated by the changes and restrictions on format. I miss kitchen table shuffle and play situations with a far smaller pool of simpler cards.
Screw meta. I want to play a crazy theme deck that may or may not work how i intend. I want to play whatever I want, and, no, I didn't want to play freakin' Commander.
The way things work in the US, the politicians are always campaigning. I'm sure there are those who can explain why much better than I can, but I think it boils down to the influence of money in our system and the need to constantly fundraise to win.
I hate that my country has become an obstacle to sovereign nations having the freedom to defend themselves as they choose and as they need. I think with the way the United States is going, other countries are going to need to move away from using anything American, just for the sake of security and independence. How many times has Ukraine needed American permission to use a weapon? Does anybody have a really independent military industry other than France?
Yeah, it's that propaganda and the world view it propagates leads to all these military interventions that have gone so well for everyone. It's also telling that interventions only occur when it's in the interest of the intervening nation, and any perceived positives for the recipients are dubious, at best. Times when the international community needs to do something, like in cases of genocide, don't seem to be important enough to warrant much of a response except for hand-wringing and virtue signaling in the aftermath.
This is going to lead to nuclear proliferation, I believe. Few, if any, countries can match the US military machine, so the only way to deter it Is to invest in a weapon that even the United States cannot defend against.
There might be other ways that nations might collectively deter an aggressive United States, but this is the only way I can see many isolated nations being able to defend themselves.
I think we can already see many so-called rogue nations following this path and trying to acquire atomic weapons. This will just make it worse.
I could be wrong. I hope I'm wrong. I don't think I am, though.
Do countries and companies still license products for local manufacture? I mean, obviously in this case you'll want the investment, but I remember situations in the early twentieth century where companies sold the plans and the right for militaries in other nations to make weapons in themselves.
I hope this isn't a dumb question. If so, I apologize for my ignorance.
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