Adopted alias; his father-in-law was one of the first friends he made in China, and he married the daughter, and adopted the family last name and took a Chinese name at the recommendation of his family.
So James Madison is Chinese then?
Adopted alias; his father-in-law was one of the first friends he made in China, and he married the daughter, and adopted the family last name and took a Chinese name at the recommendation of his family.
He's English but he's gone native in China.
So he's a white English colonial who goes to China, spreads his republican ideology among the masses and manages to secure such support for them that the Chinese willingly follow him into overthrowing the Qing and proclaim him President for life? Do you have any idea how problematic all of this is?
I see the negative implications. But I'm not sure if you're comparing it with a historical example that I can't remember, or just making a point.So he's a white English colonial who goes to China, spreads his republican ideology among the masses and manages to secure such support for them that the Chinese willingly follow him into overthrowing the Qing and proclaim him President for life? Do you have any idea how problematic all of this is?
So he's a white English colonial who goes to China, spreads his republican ideology among the masses and manages to secure such support for them that the Chinese willingly follow him into overthrowing the Qing and proclaim him President for life? Do you have any idea how problematic all of this is?
He didn't spread republican ideology; he joined a grassroots republican movement amongst the merchant class, and he was appointed leader by being charismatic and approachable, and having the blessing of the party leader before he was killed by the Qing, the dude's father in law.
And he wasn't President for Life, he was just re-elected by merit of popularity and unwillingness to run against him; that, and his status as "President of China" for the first 14 years wasn't guaranteed as he was waging a revolutionary war against the Qing Dynasty -- after they won in 1812, THEN he started ruling as the actual President of China. And is it problematic? Why is it problematic? Because he's a white person and he rules China? It's not like he's making all the Chinese speak English or practice Christianity; he learns Chinese, takes up a Chinese name, and converts to Confucianism.
So I fail to see how it's problematic. :/
Look up the term "Mighty Whitey" and come back to us.
So he's a white English colonial who goes to China, spreads his republican ideology among the masses and manages to secure such support for them that the Chinese willingly follow him into overthrowing the Qing and proclaim him President for life? Do you have any idea how problematic all of this is?
Weirder things have happened in China, truth be told.
Umm, at least there was a nice, healthy turn-out?
Is there a big crossover between human supremacism and the far-right? Or are militia types just the lunatic fringe?
You know, even though this state is seemingly dominated by far-right parties and has a lot of political violence, I kinda like the fact it's not a cookie-cutter Dem-Rep state, even though if it was a cookie-cutter Dem-Rep state, it would be better in those areas (far-right & violence).
Umm, at least there was a nice, healthy turn-out?
Ooh, Triennial elections. Fuck all this war shit, I'm more interested in how that came to be. Seriously thou, very interesting and realistic in it's portrayal of the human condition.
Please continue doing that, those states that mix it up are more interesting than D-R ones to me.I like to mix it up, see what sorts of different results I can get. Especially when I'm bored and not in the mood to actually write anything.
There were some states that used to have triennial elections before the post-WW2 homogenization. Three years is a nice number to have.