I think a giant imperial military blob with an unwieldy and overfunded warfare state making catastrophic tactical decisions by misusing expensive equipment in unsuitable conditions is among the most believable things in that entire movie
this is from a 2021 blog post titled "How Much Is Your NHL Fanbase Allowed To Complain?" and the whole thing is fascinating to me as a new hockey fan and id love a 2026 version from someone who's been into the game longer than me
Back when they banned the spin-o-rama I mentioned being grumpy about it to my mom and she asked what it was, I showed this goal to her, and she went “why would they ban that? Is it because this guy is so good at it that it’s unfair to the other players?”
Reread. Filled with some of the highest emotional highs and lowest emotional lows you can get from a nonfiction book. Begins with one of my favorite quotes: “… the twentieth century raised the greatest hopes ever conceived by humanity, and destroyed all illusions and ideals”
“the communist regime’s intransigence” is a very sober, neutral way of describing what’s going on. It’s a good thing we don’t have state media, otherwise we could be fed lurid one-sided propaganda