What Bret Devereaux thinks about politics
Ancient and military historian specialising in the economy of the ancient Mediterranean, who writes the long-form blog A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry on pre-modern economies, logistics and warfare, and on what popular history, film and games get wrong about them.
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Their wordsHearts of Iron IV's simplified politics serve to present an essentially authoritarian vision of politics in which the opinion of the people matters essentially not at all, where state power can easily and effortlessly shape outcomes
↗Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part IIIa: Focusing on Politicsacoup.blog 1st of 2 in this piece