How South Korea Plans To Survive
South Korea is in deep trouble.
Politics
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Crusader Kings III, Part III: Constructivisting a Kingdom
How? “if power is personal, rather than institutional (leg one) and highly fragmented between many people (leg two), then how is power gained and kept within such systems.” https://acoup.blog/2022/10/07/collections-teaching-paradox-crusader-kings-iii-part-iii-constructivisting-a-kingdom/
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Crusader Kings III, Part IIa: Rascally Vassals
Ruling is not easy. “Because vassals only provide a percentage of their military strength to their liege but will field all of their strength in the event they rebel (typically through forming a faction whose demands are refused), large realms… Read More »Collections: Teaching Paradox, Crusader Kings III, Part IIa: Rascally Vassals
Iran’s crumbling economy
Is it?
Collections: The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part VIII: The Mind of Saruman
Yes, Saruman had policies. “The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and means can never be considered in isolation from their purpose…war should never be thought of as something autonomous, but always as an… Read More »Collections: The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part VIII: The Mind of Saruman
How To Destroy An Alliance
When you do not update your strategy as the world changes around you.
Who invented bad guys?
They are a modern invention.
Collections: The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part I: Bargaining for Goods at Helm’s Gate
This is so true. “Given his personality, he strikes me as exactly the sort of very intelligent person whose assumes that their mastery of one field (effectively science-and-engineering, along with magic-and-persuasion, in this case) makes them equally able to perform… Read More »Collections: The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part I: Bargaining for Goods at Helm’s Gate
Miscellanea: Thoughts on CKIII: Royal Court
It is the same with management. “Kings and emperors need what Hannah Arendt terms power – the ability to coordinate voluntary collective action – because they cannot coerce everyone all at once. Indeed, modern states have far, far more coercive… Read More »Miscellanea: Thoughts on CKIII: Royal Court
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Crusader Kings III, Part I: Making It Personal
Various ways to look at power. “vassals are also not vassals to a title but to a person; a duke with two ducal titles who is deprived of one loses no vassals because they do not belong to the title,… Read More »Collections: Teaching Paradox, Crusader Kings III, Part I: Making It Personal