Filthmontane

joined 1 year ago
[–] Filthmontane@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

That's pretty general though. I'm trying to pinpoint the issue as the show not properly nesting plot threads.

[–] Filthmontane@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's not about who killed the night king, it's about when he died. If the opening scene of the show is about the white walkers coming and killing everyone, that should be the final scene of the show. Imagine return of the Jedi beginning with killing off Darth Vader, the main villain that the protagonists have been fighting against the entire time, and then the rest of the movie is Luke trying to defeat Jabba. Or if frodo got the ring to Mt Doom and then they still had to defeat saruman

They should have lost the battle in winterfell, retreated to kings landing, then had a final battle against the night King and cersei all in one major battle. It truly doesn't matter who kills the night King, just that he is the last antagonist to die since he was the first one to be introduced. It's about closing plot threads in the order that you open them.

[–] Filthmontane@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I used to love that dude, too. I also used to go on Reddit though. Thankfully, I've outgrown both.

[–] Filthmontane@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

It was many factions. I'm just saying all of them were trying to have third revolutions while the people starved to death. At some point, revolutions end with a unifying government that isn't trying to murder each other. Lenin was not the villain you're painting him to be.

[–] Filthmontane@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That's not true at all. The Mensheviks wanted to cooperate with the bourgeoisie and were therefore a bad representation of socialism. Lenin formed the Bolsheviks because the Mensheviks were being stupid. The country was also fractured after the revolution and many groups of counter-revolutionary groups were trying to overthrow the barely formed government. Meanwhile famines were ravaging the country. Understanding the historical context of Russia in 1917 and the economic struggles the people were dealing with is very important to understanding why things happened the way they did. Looking at the aftermath of a revolution where everyone is vying for power and killing each other doesn't automatically make the winner of that power grab the bad guys.

[–] Filthmontane@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Weird, I was under the impression that the purges happened after Lenin died. Can ghosts lead a purge?

[–] Filthmontane@lemmy.world 32 points 6 months ago

At some point it's really up to the consumers to stop buying shit games

[–] Filthmontane@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Profit sharing fixes all of this because it provides incentives for everyone to go the extra mile so they can make more money.

[–] Filthmontane@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Authoritarianism is not equal to capabilities. In fact, the Soviet space program was significantly more capable for a very long time

[–] Filthmontane@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Looking at their space station, I think China already has overtaken NASA.

[–] Filthmontane@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The bar in the picture says it's a kilo which is $65, 344. While I could agree with OP that 10 kilos would give you an average house in higher priced areas like new York or LA, it would definitely buy you several nice houses in 1920.

[–] Filthmontane@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I'm assuming that's the wholesale price. I can't imagine a single family buying 10 lbs at a time.

view more: next ›