Explain the AH Quote

[Caravels of Portugal]

"Listen, you see that guy over there? That's Akbar 'The Thickness' Burhan. He's head of organized crime in this city and he wants you dead. If I were you, I'd hustle home, pack a bag, and run like hell."

A shopkeeper's comment on Akbar Burhan, a notorious British gangster of Indian origin whose operations was centered in Blackpool during the 1960s. He was notorious for sending out assassins to anyone who failed him or even displeased him a little. His reign of terror was short, but became perhaps the most infamous of the Indian gangsters during that time, to the point of being used as an example by the Norsefire to justify anti-immigrant policies during their brief campaign in the 1980s. His story was memorialized in Guy Ritchie's film, The Thickness, which starred Ben Kingsley as the titular figure.

"The Kingdom of Two Sicilies' influence on northern Africa is more profound than one things. And it all started when they took Ottoman Tripolitania to serve as a colony for the Maltese..."

After the Ottoman Empire broke up into the Northern Ottoman Empire and the Southern Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Two Sicilies invaded Ottoman Tripolitania to provide a colony for the Kingdom of Malta as part of its agreement. In the 1890s, the Kingdom of Malta collapsed as a result of civil war. The Kingdom of Two Sicilies took control over Ottoman Tripolitania as it merged with other Italian states to form the Republic of Italy. The newly-formed Republic of Italy attempted to reverse policies enacted by the Maltese in order to colonize Libya with ethnic Italians at expense of the native Libyan population and the small Maltese colonist population.

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"Seedy, low-end licensing outfits would license a plethora of video games developed China, South Korea, and Malaysia to capitalize in the anime game bubble of the 2000s, started by companies like Megatech Software, Otaku Publishing, JAST and many others. These games were infamous for their poor quality of the English translation, and it was noted that these outfits hired illustrators from fanart sites or local artists in Asia to add in anime-style graphics to the games. Such games flooded anime-focused stores and independent hobbyist stores, leading to an oversaturation in the market."
-- An Unabridged History of Anime Games (2023) by Cynthia Wu and Hannah Everheart

 

[Rafi_T]

A shopkeeper's comment on Akbar Burhan, a notorious British gangster of Indian origin whose operations was centered in Blackpool during the 1960s. He was notorious for sending out assassins to anyone who failed him or even displeased him a little. His reign of terror was short, but became perhaps the most infamous of the Indian gangsters during that time, to the point of being used as an example by the Norsefire to justify anti-immigrant policies during their brief campaign in the 1980s. His story was memorialized in Guy Ritchie's film, The Thickness, which starred Ben Kingsley as the titular figure.

After the Ottoman Empire broke up into the Northern Ottoman Empire and the Southern Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Two Sicilies invaded Ottoman Tripolitania to provide a colony for the Kingdom of Malta as part of its agreement. In the 1890s, the Kingdom of Malta collapsed as a result of civil war. The Kingdom of Two Sicilies took control over Ottoman Tripolitania as it merged with other Italian states to form the Republic of Italy. The newly-formed Republic of Italy attempted to reverse policies enacted by the Maltese in order to colonize Libya with ethnic Italians at expense of the native Libyan population and the small Maltese colonist population.

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"Seedy, low-end licensing outfits would license a plethora of video games developed China, South Korea, and Malaysia to capitalize in the anime game bubble of the 2000s, started by companies like Megatech Software, Otaku Publishing, JAST and many others. These games were infamous for their poor quality of the English translation, and it was noted that these outfits hired illustrators from fanart sites or local artists in Asia to add in anime-style graphics to the games. Such games flooded anime-focused stores and independent hobbyist stores, leading to an oversaturation in the market."
-- An Unabridged History of Anime Games (2023) by Cynthia Wu and Hannah Everheart

Seems you answered your own prompt, so to throw a curveball.

“It seems the Emperor’s policy to conquer Europe through marriage has worked… perhaps too well. After nine months to the day of his engagement and marriage to Désirée Clary, six healthy boys were brought into this world, all carrying the weight of their father’s ambition. In 1810, a mere fourteen years after their births, their destinies have been finally thrust upon them once and for all.

Catherine Pavlovna, Anna Pavlovna, Marie Louise of Austria, Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, Maria Isabella of Spain, and the youngest Charlotte Bonaparte… no greater matches could be found. Though the possible succession crisis excites Metternich, what with the division of inheritance in the Napoleonic Code, and the possible conflict between Napoleon and Lucien once the spawn of the eldest Charlotte Bonaparte and Ferdinand of Asturias assumes the throne of Spain, I hold no such hope. It seems The Usurper has conquered Europe from the comfort of his bedchamber.”

 

[Onedotman]

"Seedy, low-end licensing outfits would license a plethora of video games developed China, South Korea, and Malaysia to capitalize in the anime game bubble of the 2000s, started by companies like Megatech Software, Otaku Publishing, JAST and many others. These games were infamous for their poor quality of the English translation, and it was noted that these outfits hired illustrators from fanart sites or local artists in Asia to add in anime-style graphics to the games. Such games flooded anime-focused stores and independent hobbyist stores, leading to an oversaturation in the market."
-- An Unabridged History of Anime Games (2023) by Cynthia Wu and Hannah Everheart

Description of the turbulent anime game market of the 2000s, in which games of higher quality made by American and Japanese publishers were drowned by low-end products from China, Korea and Southeast Asia. Not until the early 2010s did stricter copyright laws from the Japanese government, as well as the release of several global anime game hits begin to reverse this trend.

"In terms of foreign policy, Subhas Chandra Bose was notable for his pro-Soviet and anti-imperialist stance. Gladly ignoring Bose's pro-Axis record, the USSR offered the Indian government a loan of 10 billion rubles to help with the country's Soviet-style industrialization. Soviet experts assisted India in its nuclear weapons program, while the Indian government established a scholarship program for studying in the Eastern Bloc. Under Bose, India also held the founding congress of the Non-Aligned Movement in 1961, as well as establishing close ties with "emerging countries" such as Indonesia and North Korea [...] A notable legacy of Bose's internationalism was the Bhagat Singh Volunteer Brigade, which fought on the side of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. "

 

[Tsar Nicholas The Cringe]

Description of the turbulent anime game market of the 2000s, in which games of higher quality made by American and Japanese publishers were drowned by low-end products from China, Korea and Southeast Asia. Not until the early 2010s did stricter copyright laws from the Japanese government, as well as the release of several global anime game hits begin to reverse this trend.

"In terms of foreign policy, Subhas Chandra Bose was notable for his pro-Soviet and anti-imperialist stance. Gladly ignoring Bose's pro-Axis record, the USSR offered the Indian government a loan of 10 billion rubles to help with the country's Soviet-style industrialization. Soviet experts assisted India in its nuclear weapons program, while the Indian government established a scholarship program for studying in the Eastern Bloc. Under Bose, India also held the founding congress of the Non-Aligned Movement in 1961, as well as establishing close ties with "emerging countries" such as Indonesia and North Korea [...] A notable legacy of Bose's internationalism was the Bhagat Singh Volunteer Brigade, which fought on the side of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. "

Except from the 1999 Biography "The Bonaparte of South Asia, the story of Subhas Chandra Bose", considered to be the best biography detailing the long and complicated legacy of Bose.

Rumkowski was, if nothing, truly a chameleon. To the Jews and Gentiles of Poland, he was a liberator. To the Ukrainian nationalists, he was a tyrant and a vindication of their hatred of Jews. Perhaps the only thing uniting Communist and Nationalist Poles was when they both called him a huckster. He shook hands with both Roosevelt and Hitler. He started his career with David Lloyd George and went to Winston Churchill's funeral. He was both a crook and saint, a gambler and a survivor, a saint and a sadist, but overall, a man who punch above his weight, and came out on top.

 

[scifilovr]

Except from the 1999 Biography "The Bonaparte of South Asia, the story of Subhas Chandra Bose", considered to be the best biography detailing the long and complicated legacy of Bose.

Rumkowski was, if nothing, truly a chameleon. To the Jews and Gentiles of Poland, he was a liberator. To the Ukrainian nationalists, he was a tyrant and a vindication of their hatred of Jews. Perhaps the only thing uniting Communist and Nationalist Poles was when they both called him a huckster. He shook hands with both Roosevelt and Hitler. He started his career with David Lloyd George and went to Winston Churchill's funeral. He was both a crook and saint, a gambler and a survivor, a saint and a sadist, but overall, a man who punch above his weight, and came out on top.

Spoken by US President Lewis Strauss at the funeral of Chaim Rumkowski, former Marshall of the Polish Republic. While his career as an insurance agent during the early 1900s did not mark him out as a man of greatness, his ascent to political power began with the downfall of Imperial Germany and Rumkowski's election as a member of the Sejm from Lodz. Rumkowski proved a ruthless politician and was primarily a Zionist and Jewish Nationalist; however, he had a great territorial loyalty to his local community which eventually translated into support for the newly established Poland. Rumkowski revolutionized the Zionist movement by offering Poland as a safe haven for Europe's Jews. Rumkowski offered Jews land and support, in exchange for hefty immigration taxes. The flood of Jewish money into Poland, as Rumkowski worked with wealthy Jewish families in Great Britain and the United States, vitalized the Polish economy, which became one of the most dynamic in Europe. Poland also became the center of much military innovation, developing a modern armored corps and air force. These forces were used to great effect in border skirmishes against the Soviet Union and proved a significant deterrent to Adolph Hitler's Nazi Germany.

Many decried Rumkowski, who was elected Marshall of the Republic by the Sejm in 1937, as a collaborator for the Non-Aggression Pact he signed with Nazi Germany, which allowed German troops to pass through Poland to attack the Soviet Union. Rumkowski turned around and betrayed Hitler in 1945, two months after Operation Warlord's success, and Polish troops were soon pressing on Berlin. Rumkowski's surprise attack enabled Poland to occupy virtually all of East Germany, including Berlin, given that virtually all of German's military manpower and materiel were in France to face the Anglo-Americans. Following the war, Polish forces invaded the Soviet Union to perform "stabilization" creating puppet republics in "Lithuania" "Livonia" and "Ruthenia." While mostly benevolent, Rumkowski did not tolerate criticism well and his regime was responsible for a number of purported atrocities in Germany and Eastern Europe. However, his leadership is largely the reason that Poland remains the colossus of Europe, both an economic powerhouse and the largest military power in Europe. As a result, he is acclaimed as a national hero in Poland, though his legacy abroad is much more colored.

"Feelings and faith don't win battles. Firepower does."

 

[Texas Bulldog]

"Feelings and faith don't win battles. Firepower does."

Quote by General George Patton, Commander of the American Red Army, after losing only 2,000 men in the Battle of Raleigh. He secured victory through an overwhelming barrage of air and land based firepower.

"Fuck the Kraut! God Save the Queen!"

 

[Ophois]

"Fuck the Kraut! God Save the Queen!"

Commonly attributed slogan of the British Revolution, despite both the anachronism of the term 'Kraut' and the usage of profanity. The Vulgar Jacobites supported the ascension of Charlotte Stuart (later Charlotte I), the only surviving child of Bonnie Prince Charlie, to the British Throne, over Frederick I of the House of Hanover, the 'kraut', despite her being illegitimate (hence the 'Vulgar'). They were, in turn, opposed by the Papal Jacobites, who preferred Charlie's brother Henry Stuart, despite his own devotion to clerical duties.

"I've got the South Africans and Brazilians up in arms over that recent stunt we pulled in Angola, Egypt about to start a shooting war with the Greeks, Bavaria already having a war with Saxony, so tell me, how could this day get any worse?"

 

[imperiusdamian]

"I've got the South Africans and Brazilians up in arms over that recent stunt we pulled in Angola, Egypt about to start a shooting war with the Greeks, Bavaria already having a war with Saxony, so tell me, how could this day get any worse?"

Attributed to Emperor Edward XII (r. 1932-1968) of the British Empire, on the eve of what would become World War I in May 1957. The British Empire, which at the time incorporated France, most of North America, Australia, India and South Africa, had backed a right-wing coup in Angola in 1955 which ousted the largely democratic government and installed in its place a fundamentalist religious regime which almost immediately imposed a theocracy. South Africa in particular which had maintained much of its trade with Angola, reacted badly to this and threatened to declare independence from the Empire, backed by Brazil (mostly because Brazil knew it would annoy its traditional adversary Peru, a long standing ally of Britain).

Unfortunately, due to a patchwork of alliances and enmities, the brewing conflicts spilled over into a wider war which after seven years resulted in the deaths of 83 million people, the collapse of the British Empire as a world power, and the rise of the Angolan Confederacy which almost overnight became the foremost power in Africa.

"Bugger." - Winston Churchill, Christmas 1946

 

[AkhenatenOrRamses]

Attributed to Emperor Edward XII (r. 1932-1968) of the British Empire, on the eve of what would become World War I in May 1957. The British Empire, which at the time incorporated France, most of North America, Australia, India and South Africa, had backed a right-wing coup in Angola in 1955 which ousted the largely democratic government and installed in its place a fundamentalist religious regime which almost immediately imposed a theocracy. South Africa in particular which had maintained much of its trade with Angola, reacted badly to this and threatened to declare independence from the Empire, backed by Brazil (mostly because Brazil knew it would annoy its traditional adversary Peru, a long standing ally of Britain).

Unfortunately, due to a patchwork of alliances and enmities, the brewing conflicts spilled over into a wider war which after seven years resulted in the deaths of 83 million people, the collapse of the British Empire as a world power, and the rise of the Angolan Confederacy which almost overnight became the foremost power in Africa.

"Bugger." - Winston Churchill, Christmas 1946

Churchill commenting on the assassination wounds he recieved just before his death. After Stalingrad became a draw, WWII turned into stalemate with an uneasy tri-polar world between the US-UK allies, Germany, and the USSR. The SS hatched an assassination attempt of the still-popular Churchill when he went to Egypt in 1946 for a holiday vacation.

"Go ahead, blow it all up. What does it matter anymore for us, for them, for anyone else?"

 

[Bbone91]

Churchill commenting on the assassination wounds he recieved just before his death. After Stalingrad became a draw, WWII turned into stalemate with an uneasy tri-polar world between the US-UK allies, Germany, and the USSR. The SS hatched an assassination attempt of the still-popular Churchill when he went to Egypt in 1946 for a holiday vacation.

"Go ahead, blow it all up. What does it matter anymore for us, for them, for anyone else?"

A despondent Mikhail Gorbachev's last words before being executed by KGB Head Vladimir Putin in 1987 during the Kremlin Coup. Putin and other Communist hardliners, angered by the "weakening of Russia" by Gorbachev's programs of Glasnost and Peristoka, as well as his friendliness towards President Shirley Temple Black, launched a military overthrow of the Gorbachev government. In a televised trial Putin accused Gorbachev of high treason and betraying the Communist Party, and executed him on live television. This would also begin the slow countdown to World War Three as an increasingly belligerent USSR cracked down hard on Anti-Communist rebellions throughout the Warsaw Pact, culminating with the deployment of VX nerve agents on pro-democracy protestors in Prague and the nuking of Warsaw. Faced with an irrational USSR Nato launched preemptive strikes, with Dengist China providing further aid. The war would kill billions, with Russia being reduced to a bombed-out wreck of a country, and the rest of the world reeling from various nuclear strikes across the globe.

"Colonel Parker, your ass is FIRED!"--Elvis Presley.

 

[Plateosaurus]

"Colonel Parker, your ass is FIRED!"--Elvis Presley.

From a historical survivor horror game "Colonel Dead", in which you play as Tom Parker after his 1958 freak death in a car accident and he goes to Hell. The line is spoken by a demonic version of Elvis kicking Andreas further down into Hell.

Elvis' career went in a different direction with Tom out of his life sooner, not the least being no film career and moving into Motown. His reputation isn't quite the rock n' roll god we know ITTL, though still well recieved.

"Why didn't you tell me about this!?"

"My parents didn't want anyone to know. And if your parent wants something kept secret, you better keep it secret."

 

[Pragmatic Progressive]

"Why didn't you tell me about this!?"

"My parents didn't want anyone to know. And if your parent wants something kept secret, you better keep it secret."

During the impeachment trial of President Ross Perot II (2025-2030), the prosecutor confronts the accused with new evidence of him having committed several felonies or severe misdemeanours in his youth, ranging from assault and battery over possession of illegal drugs to driving under the influence which led to the tragic death of his younger brother and sister. All these crimes had gone unresolved and the car accident was always thought to have been caused by black ice (sometimes, a faulty tire or steering wheel was rumoured as the cause) - until the Democratic Party impeached Ross Perot II.
The excuse was commonly seen as a cheap, if not sorry, one, but Ross Perot II did mean it seriously - and was successfully impeached and removed from office as the first Presient in history on May 15, 2030. As his VP would shortly after be involved in a corruption scandal, the Reform America Party - anyway known as "Perot Party" - was discredited. But it was not the GOP which resurfaced, as was expected, but a newly founded Citizens' Party.

"We do not like Ike!

 

[Viking25]

During the impeachment trial of President Ross Perot II (2025-2030), the prosecutor confronts the accused with new evidence of him having committed several felonies in his childhood and youth, ranging from robbery to possession of illegal drugs to driving under the influence which led to the tragic death of his younger brother and sister. All these crimes had gone unresolved and the car accident was always thought to have been caused by black ice (or sometimes a faulty tire was rumoured as the cause) - until the Democratic Party impeached Ross Perot II.
The excuse was commonly seen as a cheap, if not sorry, one, but Ross Perot II did mean it seriously - and was successfully impeached and removed from office as the first Presient in history on May 15, 2030. As his VP would shortly after be involved in a corruption scandal, the Reform America Party - anyway known as "Perot Party" - was discredited. But it was not the GOP which resurfaced, as was expected, but a newly founded Citizens' Party.

"We do not like Ike!

-Malcolm X after revelations of Eisenhower’s use of Racial Slurs was revealed to the public.
“The Scottish Nation has never, does not and must never be allowed to exist"

 

[West234]

“The Scottish Nation has never, does not and must never be allowed to exist"

This is the infamous quote that brought down the administration of United States President Brian Mulroney’s attempt at a second term in 1992. A major issue in international affairs was the ongoing Anglo-Scottish conflict which had come to the forefront of popular contiouiousnes when Scotland shot down flight A388 near Glasgow after believing it to be an Enemy English fighter jet. America had grown big Scottish populations in the Maritimes, Ontario, and New England and it is said that it was his stance on the conflict that eventually lost Mulroney these votes and by proxy the election.
“Man was never meant to step in this desolate land.”

 

[AkhenatenOrRamses]

“Man was never meant to step in this desolate land.”

Attributed to Hernan Cortes after losing a disastrous battle to the Aztecs in 1521. He had previously attempted to rally several anti-Aztec peoples to his side unsuccessfully. Thus the first attempt by Spain to take the Aztec Empire failed, with over half of the Spaniards captured and sacrificed to Huitzilopochtli. Spain would ultimately defeat the Aztecs decades later, but the Aztec elite would remain intact and integrate themselves into the Spanish colonial system.

"If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it."

 

[Basileus_Komnenos]

"If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it."

This line is popularly attributed to King Louis XV, also known as Louis "The Enlightened" whose reign renewed France and brought about a second Grand Siècle for France. The line is often spoken out of its proper context in some Protestant circles painting King Louis as a tyrant, when in reality it was the opposite. It was a bit of pragmatic advice King Louis gave to King James III of England advising him on how best to secure his reign as upon the Second Stuart Restoration, the position of their dynasty was precarious and rested upon a knife's edge.

Through a policy of moderation, and slow implementation French style legalism, the British Monarchy began the slow but steady process restoring Royal Power and Authority.

“God save the King … is that how the saying goes? How can you be saved when the foundation of your heretical throne was built by a tyrant who broke away from the Church all because he couldn’t keep it in his pants. At least Luther and his ilk started out as a reformers trying to end corruption. ”

 

[Pragmatic Progressive]

“God save the King … is that how the saying goes? How can you be saved when the foundation of your heretical throne was built by a tyrant who broke away from the Church all because he couldn’t keep it in his pants. At least Luther and his ilk started out as a reformers trying to end corruption. ”

WIP!
Revolutionary Republican and anti-Anglican Kyle Rankin (Lord Consul of the British Republic, 1703-1711) in his speech during the proclamation of the British Republic of April 9, 1703. With this, he de facto abolished Anglican Church and folded it into the continental Lutherans/Protestants.
The merits of April 9, 1703 are still debated. The Glorious Revolution ITTL led to another civil war, but this time, the revolutionaries, and among them the most radical ones, won, yielding the first "modern" democratic republic with a declaration of universal rights almost a hundred years ahead of time. The British Republic (sometimes called Republic of Albion, but contrary to popular belief, this was never its official name) has been and is stable and democratic, at least for the most part.
But several authoritarian episodes exist in the history of the British Republic - and, over 300 years later, there still are monarchists. And there still are claims to the British throne. Internationally, they are somewhat recognised, mostly by nations in North America, and nationally monarchists still form a viable party on what would in OTL be called a streak of the far-right, but also in the centrist to centre-right part of the spectrum some believe a constitutional monarchy would be better suited for the nation, pointing at successful examples like Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Authoritarian episodes were intended in the constitution, namely with the right of the two consuls to proclaim themselves or any other two persons dictators, who have to be confirmed by the House of Commons every year (later increased to every three years). Thus, authoritarian periods are not percieved as something unusual or undesirable. The same applies for political dynasties rising.
Namely, the British Republic started out under a rather authoritarian diarchy (there are always two consuls) led by Kyle Rankin and William Horace Rogers and the first peaceful transition of power only took place in 1721. Before that, namely in 1711-14, the Levellers' Rising threatened the young nation as, after Rankin's death, radicalised leveller (in OTL we would say: proto-communist) temporarily controlled London and it was them - Rankin co-opted them at first - who destroyed many Anglican churches and works of art, including the cathedral of Canterbury. They also introduced a secularised calendar (not unlike the French Revolutionary Calendar, but retaining the seven-day week) and, attempted to ban and outrigt destroy festivities like Christmas and Easter, but they are credited with writing the first Civil Code and the first comprehensive and at least somewhat equalist Criminal Code. In 1714, it was only a coalition of powers from continental Europe which managed to restore a less radical Republic of Britain.


The role of Head of State

"As a former left winger, I am now a right winger. And proudly so. Here is why:...."

 

[Railmotive]

"As a former left winger, I am now a right winger. And proudly so. Here is why:...."

Vice president Trotsky in his infamous 1950 anti - leftism speech that would rock the world. Trotsky, having grown cynical over the years abandoned his leftist views and would become the founder of the modern neoconservative movement, forever discrediting his namesake ideology in the eyes of almost all leftists.

"I may have gone too far in a few places".

 

[AkhenatenOrRamses]

Vice president Trotsky in his infamous 1950 anti - leftism speech that would rock the world. Trotsky, having grown cynical over the years abandoned his leftist views and would become the founder of the modern neoconservative movement, forever discrediting his namesake ideology in the eyes of almost all leftists.

"I may have gone too far in a few places".

US Army soldier Micah Goldman, a few days after killing half of the defendants in the Nuremburg trials. Many of Goldman's family members had been killed in the Holocaust, and Goldman acted out of personal revenge after listening to some of the cold hearted words the defendants offered in their defense arguments. The killings damaged the reputation of the Allies as post-war mediators and sparked a rise in Neo-Nazi terrorism in late 40s Germany.

"We'll always have Paris."

 

[sampleswift]

US Army soldier Micah Goldman, a few days after killing half of the defendants in the Nuremburg trials. Many of Goldman's family members had been killed in the Holocaust, and Goldman acted out of personal revenge after listening to some of the cold hearted words the defendants offered in their defense arguments. The killings damaged the reputation of the Allies as post-war mediators and sparked a rise in Neo-Nazi terrorism in late 40s Germany.

"We'll always have Paris."

French Soldier Jean Macquart, after the Siege of Paris in 1871 by the German Army. The Germans won the siege after a brutal shelling, which destroyed many buildings in Paris, and not just military installations. The peace treaty that followed ended the Franco-German War, hugely to the advantage of Germany--which gained Alsace and Lorraine, and some war reparations. After the German withdrawal, Jean quipped this line--at least the French still had Paris, and they could rebuild afterwards. The butt-kicking received by the French Army led to a rise of revanchist sentiment eager to one day turn the tables on Germany.

“I pity the American Voters. They spend every four years shuffling the deck chairs of the USS Constitution, exchanging weak president for weak president in the vain hopes of their situation improving or effecting change. Sometimes they might even show up to the midterm or local elections trying to fruitlessly change a log jammed Congress or state government. In turn, their governments are staffed with officials less skilled than even the average college student in my country. They are manipulated by unscrupulous media and corrupt corporations. Their infrastructure is falling apart and they have the worst incidences of heart disease and obesity. One wonders why they keep on trying to fight the inevitable."