Have any of you seen this film? I noticed that there are clear and obvious references to current and recent events in this film. Even the terms "great reset" & "social credit" were mentioned over the course of the film.

What happened to this? Does this no longer apply? Does this go flying right out of the window just because an arbitrary minimum number of people didn't "wake up" to the WHs' satisfaction?

You don't get to betray those who trusted you and expect them to remain loyal to you.

This was a betrayal, plain and simple. No amount of gaslighting, rationalization, and mental gymnastics will convince me otherwise.

What else am I supposed to think after being told that the thieves will be allowed to keep the diamonds they stole (basically Trump condemning us all to at least 2 more years under this illegitimate regime)?

Election Day 2022 is on November 8. One of my concerns about the election is not about the election itself, but what is happening that very same day:

Sonic Frontiers is being released the very same day.

This isn't the first time a major video game has shared a release date with a major U.S. election. This happened 10 years ago (Election Day 2012), but the video game in question was an entry in the "Call of Duty" series.

While Sonic the Hedgehog isn't Call of Duty, it is a name that still commands at least a significant amount of respect in the modern gaming community; the upcoming Frontiers release has even been endorsed by Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of the Super Smash Bros. series--which could be the gaming equivalent of Donald Trump endorsing a candidate for office.

My concern is this: Just like Call of Duty 2012, the Sonic Frontiers release could be a potential distraction for the election.

P.S. Yeah, I have the game pre-ordered. However, my vote is taken care of (priorities first!!!): my graveyard shift job as a janitor at a major university allows me the convenience of voting on campus (one of the polling stations will be on campus in the same general area as the building I am responsible for). The polls will open at 0700 CST, and my shift ends at 0630 CST.

Why is it that every time our side takes a loss, it is ALWAYS spun as some sort of 49D-Law-of-War chess move?

I may not have ever read The Law Of War, but I am still confident in saying that I'm sure it doesn't say anything about being able to win a war by losing battle after battle.

Want to know why winning actual battles is so important?

It does wonders for troop morale!

Like the vampire hunter Blade (from the movies) and his serum: he could only ingest so much of it before he would actually need the real thing to survive.

I brought that up to make a point: there is only so much spinning of failure and loss that can be done before actual/SIGNIFICANT victories must be won in order to build and sustain troop morale. Empty rhetoric may be able to somewhat build troop morale, but you need actual solid victories to sustain it.

Even if this is an "information war", the same rules still apply: you can't win a war by constantly losing battles.