If I wrote this as a plot point in a book my editor would laugh at me.

I share the same view as you on this, with the way imperial control mechanisms seem to be slowly withering away from Africa I believe it's not just an unfounded hope, we really might see it happen in the next 50 years. The eventual creation of a robust, self-sufficient AUSSR is likely part of the long term strategy of Chinese economic investments into the continent, as economic power grows so will leverage against systems of neocolonial control, while also creating a robust proletarian class.

A fun question to think about is where will the first spark of this movement start, where will borders start to dissolve first, I wonder.

You make a great point, I just find it hard to accept that Cuba will always be in a vulnerable position, doomed by geography and demographics. I'm glad we had this exchange.

My logic is that if a country needs something, it's always better to have the ability to produce it locally, I admit I left out the crucial part of the question about cost-effectiveness. But does it matter being cost-effective when self-reliance is at stake? Cuba only has 10 million people and a relatively small land area, but it isn't Grenada, Fiji or the Maldives, I believe it can achieve a level of autarky similar to the DPRK, a country with a similar land area.

China can definitely provide over the course of years the amount of solar panels necessary to power the whole country, but what about after that? The economy must grow to provide better conditions for the people and a growing economy needs a growing power capacity. China is a reliable partner, but what about the event in which the solar panel flow stops for any reason? Ultimately I believe these questions about long term economic strategy and self-reliance are still quite important, Cuba did barely survive for a long time with the way they handled things so far, but I wish to see them truly thrive for once. It's a sad sight to see all those buildings in Havana in a state of disrepair.

Could it be possible for Cuba to produce solar panels on their own? Or does the island lack too many of the basic materials?

It would be amazing if China gave an entire solar panel production line to Cuba.

Does anyone remember agar.io?

This is an absolute disaster waiting to happen and a complete failure to keep up the pressure in collapsing the U.S. economy.

Within two weeks the perfidious occidentals will gather up as many Iranian diplomats as possible in one spot and bomb them all at once, before resuming their barbarous bombings with all their planes reloaded and loading hubs restocked. The momentary relief in petroleum flow will also reverse progress made dismantling U.S. trade dominance and foreign relations, several countries were already making negotiations independently from the U.S. in regards to strait transit.

I do not know better than Iranian leadership, but what I know is that the moment you even entertain the notion of negotiating with the U.S. government you already lost. This decision might echo in history as one of the moments of divine providence that ensured the satanic U.S. regime will survive for another 50 years.

Sadly I have yet to find a centralized archive of his works, even on soviet art archive websites. All his paintings seem to be scattered in random articles about him.

Will do. I will give a short review when I'm done with it and make sure to ping you.

My true concern is that I need to finally muster the concentration needed to read and put into practice 250 pages of information. I am pretty sure I don't have an attention deficiency, but I always struggled with reading big books.

But alas, there is no choice here, I must get better until people have no choice but to notice my work.

I got a hold of Scott Robertson's HOW TO RENDER book and I hope it will be what I need to reach true competence.

Might as well set it to 4 trillion at this point, rip off the bandaid and defund everything to 0 except the military, let polio cull the population while their roads become mud pits, what's the worst that can happen?

I will also give a timelapse on xitter (with music), but first I'll do that for my last piece.

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I am glad to see you here.

I would go with Trotrons.

It seems we got taken out of the site's pinned posts, it was good while it lasted. (I have 0 idea who pinned it in the first place, but thank you if you are reading this!)

This mega will stay up before a new one gets made for 2 weeks or the entire month of April depending on activity. But so far it seems there's more than enough activity to justify a bi-weekly schedule. I have really been enjoying everyone's sketches and doodles so far, keep up the good work.

Next project is depicting a lunar base

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