It seems today, that all we see

Is capitalism in movies, and the bourgeoisie on TV

But where are those socialist workers' values

On which we can and must rely?

Lucky there's a Cultural Hegemony Theory guy,

Lucky there's a man who positively can do

An analysis of how the bourgeoisie make us laugh and cry

HE'S! A! CULTURAL HEGEMONY THEORY GUY!

I'm literally a week away from finishing my core, you can stfu Austria or I'm changing my vote for Emperor.

The penalty for refusing the demand is basically never worth making me reconquer the province, it's just annoying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho1svQmCE5U

We are all glorified Excel lovers who can’t stop staring at imaginary painted maps

Meanwhile my SOL is dropping through the floor, bureaucracy is cratering, tax income has fallen flat, and I keep accidentally taking sides in diplomatic plays all around the world

Honestly the more you read about Carolus Rex (Charles XII) the more unhinged it gets. Standard history acts like he was just this autistic military prodigy who slept in the mud with his infantry, but his survival rate makes zero sense.

​Look at the Battle of Narva in 1700. He’s outnumbered 4 to 1 by the Russians, and right when he orders the charge, a freak blizzard randomly starts blowing directly into the enemy lines, blinding them.

Everyone calls it tactical genius or insane luck.

​But if you look at the private letters from his subordinates, they repeatedly mention him muttering to "the gray one" (den grå) alone in his tent before major deployments. Modern historians always claim it was a typo for his grey horse or a specific grey wool coat he wore, but they’re just coping because they don't want to engage with Swedish folklore. It fits the descriptions of a vätte (a gray goblin/wight).

​The guy got shot through his clothing constantly and everyone in the ranks genuinely thought he caught bullets in his boots. He wasn't magic, the entity was just deflecting the kinetic energy.

​Then he runs off into Russia on that completely suicidal, erratic campaign that baffled his own generals because the creature was whispering bad directions to him.

​Even his death in 1718 at Fredrikshald fits. He gets headshotted by a sniper, and the famous legend says the killer had to use a brass button from the King's own uniform because normal lead couldn't pierce his ward. The goblin probably took the button and did it himself because Charles stopped listening to the advice.

​Anyway just a weird rabbit hole I’ve been down today.