Every single time the British public have been asked their opinion on this topic, going back to the 50s, they have voted for less immigration. Successive political parties have only delivered more. You can criticise the British public for a lot, but 'asking for it' is not something they have ever done.

You really think it's inevitable? Is it not possible to responsibly consume media?

This is the way.

The tyrannical empire in my own story wears navy blue uniforms and is called 'The Union'. I don't like ham-handed political commentary in my media, but those design choices aren't for no reason.

What a terrible accident, just like Notre Dame.

Dude, when, in all of human history, have people ever been totally rational and reasonable? You CAN'T divorce the moral and ethical traditions from the 'mysticism mumbojumbo'. That's exactly what the current woke crusade proves. Strip people of their myths and legends, and they will invent new ones to fill the gap (and those new ones are usually much worse and less time-tested than those they replace).

Stories and parables have deep meaning to people, whether that be Jesus feeding the multitudes or Rosa Parks sitting at the front of the bus. Whether or not either of these things actually happened in the way they are presented has absolutely no bearing on whether people believe them and act on them accordingly.

I'm sorry that man is not the creature you wish him to be, but you HAVE to deal with him as he is, otherwise you will always fail.

Speaking from a British perspective, I think most Europeans' outlook isn't that 'the American approach to summer is wrong', or some sense of moral superiority through suffering. I would love to have A/C, it's the cost of running it that prevents more people from having it installed. You have to remember, European energy prices are frequently 5x US energy prices, sometimes even higher.

Now, the reasons for THAT are stupid, self-sabotaging 'green energy' policies, and being belligerent with our nearest energy supplying neighbours.

Yeah I guess I could see that, but you would think that instinct would be overridden by the more powerful instinct to run AWAY from gunfire.

While I have little sympathy for the woman, what the hell was that civilian thinking just walking right up to her in the middle of a gunfight? What exactly did he think was going to happen? Was he trying to help the other cop who had been shot? Maybe I am missing the context of what is happening here.

As a Brit who also had a lifelong reaction of 'mushy peas(?!?!)' upon hearing of it, they are legitimately way better than they sound when properly seasoned. I was finally convinced to try it with a homemade steak and ale pie. Mix in a bunch of freshly ground pepper with those mushy peas and chefs kiss. FYI tartare sauce is a common accompaniment here in Britain as well, and it is indeed the correct choice.

I've never had good fish and chips in America, but I've also never been to the coasts.

That's awesome dude, that's exactly what I love about America. I pray that the globalists don't succeed in just jamming the country full of a billion people because 'Well it's so big it can support that population, and line must go up!'. You would lose so much that is intangible in the process.

That's exactly what I do in America. I hate American cities, but then I hate all cities. I love small town America, though.

My wife is from rural MI, and when I was first dating her we were out in the countryside and she said 'Let's go for a walk down the road'. I looked at this road, which to me was fairly wide and would be classified as a main road in the UK, and I was like 'Right in the middle of the road?'. Lo and behold, only a single car passed us in about two hours, which we saw coming from miles away. It was then that I really understood the difference in population density between the US and UK. I am from rural England, but even here it's next to impossible to find a road that is that rarely used. It was a very liberating feeling, not to be crushed by the weight of humanity. It was also the first time I saw fireflies in person :D

Amen, brother.

I'm talking about an ideal world where the US is not being puppeteered by a hostile elite who are extremely anti-European, but instead undergoes some kind of WASP revival and gets back in touch with its European roots.

Obviously the current relationship between Europe and the US is toxic. I didn't think that needed to be stated.

Awesome. You should come and visit if you haven't already. There's still a lot of England that is English outside of the big cities.

I don't really care for football, but as an Englishman, I have always had a special fondness for America. I have always viewed it as an extension of European civilisation in the New World. I hear this a lot from both Americans who visit Europe and Europeans who visit America - we are so VERY similar, from laws, to language, to attitudes, to architecture. Obviously there are differences between us, but in an era where we are both being flooded by ACTUAL aliens with ACTUAL irreconcilable differences, those differences seem petty and insignificant.

In my ideal world, Europe and America would be a lot closer diplomatically and culturally. I think America could stand to revive a European style high culture and appreciation for beauty, roots and tradition over convenience, while Europe needs to learn from America's frontier-born self-reliance, distrust of authority, and masculine independence. Geopolitically I understand why we are sometimes competitors, but I don't think it HAS to be this way. We are the same civilisation, for God's sake, and the same kinds of people want us BOTH erased from history.

Thanks man. I dunno about that, but I appreciate the compliment! Just wish it didn't take so long. I'm trying to do at least one panel for each page of prose. Act 1 is 116 pages and I'm currently on Page 13 for illustrations. Only approx. 100 more to go!

Thanks dude, I'll probably be putting the whole thing up on a website for free, but I might have a donation thing so I can at least recoup the cost of hosting. The illustrations are taking about ten times as long as the actual writing, so it'll probably be awhile yet.

Here's a sneak peak illustration, since you took an interest: https://www.pasteboard.co/znuAHNzTm1NE.png

I'm very glad to encounter someone else who appreciates Soldier. I'm currently working on an illustrated novel that borrows heavily from the premise of Soldier. When I mention to people that it's one of my inspirations, nine times out of ten the response is 'Never heard of it'. It's definitely a hidden gem.

This is the correct outlook. The weak will always be with us, as will the strong. Society must be structured in such a way where each has his place. Warriors need farmers; this is the origin of noblesse oblige.

The Boomers said purpose is lack of constraint and truth found by engaging in nonsense, Gen X called nonsensr stupid, nut agreed that constraint was evil and said purpose was needed but impossible. The Current zeitgeist claims that a need for purpose IS a constraint, and that engaging with anything in a serious way is a farce, so embraces nonsense FOR its lack of purpose, rather than a path to it as the boomers did.

This is a well articulated thought. I agree with your analysis, although in my opinion you are starting to see the birthing pains of a new sincerity movement among Gen Z and Gen Alpha. The old system has completely abandoned them. Cut adrift, some of them seem to be looking deep into the past for guidance, which leads them to question the modern shibboleths. I think they are slowly coming back around to the ancestral truth of the matter, which is that constraint GIVES purpose, thus it should be embraced as the natural order of things - 'Pick up your cross and follow me.'

I agree with you in general. What was once a novelty has become trite and stale, and the female characters western devs come up with make it absolutely insufferable. Considering the demographics of gamers and the fact that games typically require athleticism from their characters, the split should be more like 75/25 male/female.

That being said, I personally am fine with female characters as long as they're not in the ugly Western mould.

As I have learned in my own career, it's 99% who you know, 1% what you know.

Slimeballs like her always find a way to fail upwards.

Looks cool! See, nobody complains about playing as a girl when it's done well.

I'm writing a story at the moment, and some of my characters are tough action girls. It's really not difficult to make such a character appealing; just have them respect the men around them, and not be insufferable bitches. Men will happily suspend their disbelief at the hypercompetence of female characters if they are 1. attractive and 2. nice.

I say 'men', but the truth is women prefer these kinds of female characters too. NOBODY likes ugly, bitchy scolds.

They should go find a sympathetic priest/pastor and have him marry them off the books. That's what I would do in that situation.