DBWI: Prussian General Election

Who will you be voting for in this week's Prussian General Election?

  • FPC

    Votes: 2 6.1%
  • SRP

    Votes: 7 21.2%
  • DLR

    Votes: 5 15.2%
  • NZP

    Votes: 3 9.1%
  • OTW

    Votes: 1 3.0%
  • GNP

    Votes: 15 45.5%

  • Total voters
    33
Still another character:

OOC: One of these days, you're going to need to differentiate your different characters. You know that, right?

IC:
Hanover is as British as Scotland is German. To continue to claim sovereignty over a separate people by dint of royal succession is ridiculous in this day and age. The German people of Hanover long for reunification with the Fatherland, so that the German people might have the same self-determination and self-sufficiency that the British enjoy.

And what makes you think that they would go for it apart from propaganda pieces? They don't even have the same culture as we do! And as for their language - dear god, have you tried to listen to a Hanoverian speak? They sound worse than the Danes!

Besides, our military is too stretched out and exhausted to do anything lest this be the final straw and the beginning of the dissolution of this great country. Haven't you heard about the high suicide rates in the Army during the débâcle in Lithuania? My god, that was a disaster of massive proportions! I'm surprised we managed to get what we wanted at all from Latvia and the Dutch. At least the Danes and Swedes don't disturb us as much as they used to.

No, we should focus on ourselves first before we do anything as Herculean (and ridiculous, in my opinion) as going over everyone else like a bunch of primitive peoples without manners. We're not prepared and we're too weak to go after any of the principalities. And what if Britain, with their well-trained army and navy, responds to any invasion of what they see is their sovereign territory? We'd be ruined even more than what we are now! Plus, there's already rioting in the streets because of the high price of bread and we have people out of work. What benefit would going around half-cocked bring to them? We seriously need to work to improve what we already have before doing any more silly things that would get us into trouble.
 
OOC: One of these days, you're going to need to differentiate your different characters. You know that, right?

IC:


And what makes you think that they would go for it apart from propaganda pieces? They don't even have the same culture as we do! And as for their language - dear god, have you tried to listen to a Hanoverian speak? They sound worse than the Danes!

Besides, our military is too stretched out and exhausted to do anything lest this be the final straw and the beginning of the dissolution of this great country. Haven't you heard about the high suicide rates in the Army during the débâcle in Lithuania? My god, that was a disaster of massive proportions! I'm surprised we managed to get what we wanted at all from Latvia and the Dutch. At least the Danes and Swedes don't disturb us as much as they used to.

No, we should focus on ourselves first before we do anything as Herculean (and ridiculous, in my opinion) as going over everyone else like a bunch of primitive peoples without manners. We're not prepared and we're too weak to go after any of the principalities. And what if Britain, with their well-trained army and navy, responds to any invasion of what they see is their sovereign territory? We'd be ruined even more than what we are now! Plus, there's already rioting in the streets because of the high price of bread and we have people out of work. What benefit would going around half-cocked bring to them? We seriously need to work to improve what we already have before doing any more silly things that would get us into trouble.

And can't you see that's exactly why we need to vote for the GNP, who will do everything to achieve the dream of a united Germany under one King? Good God, it's shameful that we're letting the Latvians kick us around these days! United, Germany could stand toe to toe with even the strongest powers in Europe!
 
And can't you see that's exactly why we need to vote for the GNP, who will do everything to achieve the dream of a united Germany under one King? Good God, it's shameful that we're letting the Latvians kick us around these days! United, Germany could stand toe to toe with even the strongest powers in Europe!

Grossdeutschland, ja! No more stonewalling from Bavaria and Austria, we are all Germans first! Von der Maas bis an die Memel, Von der Etsch bis an den Belt!
 
And can't you see that's exactly why we need to vote for the GNP, who will do everything to achieve the dream of a united Germany under one King? Good God, it's shameful that we're letting the Latvians kick us around these days! United, Germany could stand toe to toe with even the strongest powers in Europe!

No, it's precisely a reason not to vote for the GNP. A united Germany would be a disaster of major proportions, no matter who would come up with that. However, the way I see it, unless we tackle our problems at home, then we'd never go far in foreign policy stuff. A united Germany would only create more problems than solutions. The interests of Bavarians, for example, are completely different from the interests of Prussians - not to mention that Bavaria is one of the countries that is extremely opposed to the idea of a united Germany and Bavaria's managed to address their domestic problems without any problems.

And, let's even be radical for a bit - who even said that it had to be under a King? Sure, I like the status quo here in Prussia for now, but after the disasters that we've had for kings and queens for a while now, it would be hard not to imagine the possibility of even a republic. Heck, even Italy's a republic - a federal one, IIRC - and its government is one of the most stable in Europe!
 
Grossdeutschland, ja! No more stonewalling from Bavaria and Austria, we are all Germans first! Von der Maas bis an die Memel, Von der Etsch bis an den Belt!

I respectfully disagree - I, for one, believe that I'm Prussian first, as all good, self-respecting Prussian citizens are. And besides - what do you think of the new research claiming that the ancient language of our people might be related to the Slavic languages, which are arguably the most conservative in Europe? I find that to be fascinating and it makes so much sense that it has to be true, IMO.
 
Wow, no love for the incumbent FPC, it must have just been Kissinger's charisma carrying them all of these years.

Hmph, speak for yourself. While this board is full of young, left-leaning idealists who want to sacrifice tradition and autonomy, I have no doubt that the FPC will be the opposition, if not continuing in government like it has 30 of the last 40 years.
 
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