I think it sells to them as the "Guardians of Civilization and Culture" fantasy. They have that "moral rights of the artist" legal mindset which extends beyond a purely econonic perspective. At least the American brand of the IP fiasco is mostly anchored in economic hoarding stupidity.
Considering how Europe celebrates the various mid-millenium artists that grew up to become Ninja Turtles, you'd think they'd recognize that culture ticked along just fine before the Statute of Anne.
I love the quality of hexbear shitposts. That's the era appropriate 10-chervonetz (100-rouble) note even. (Edit since the denomination is hard to tell until blown up; all four notes of the series varied mostly in size and colour)
I think the best possible fanfic plot would be the local pigs wasting Netanyahu on the grounds of the UN.
Not for any grand symbolism about peace and global cooperation, but because cop shows suggest the scene would turn comic as everyone, including the janitor and random foreign dignitaries, started arguing who had jurisdiction.
That's the glimmer of hope here. You've got greed and inconpetence all dueling with malice.
Billions of dollars will be squandered on overpriced and inappropriate equipment, or laundered through consultancies that won't be providing proper training, setting the stage for some dramatic rake-in-the-face moments.
My bingo card includes:
An ICE branded armoured vehicle driven over their commanding officer, DUI optional.
Antivaxxed recruits getting Super Malaria trying to operate the camps.
Some dramatic security failure (maybe a domestic-terror plot) that even Biden's law-enforcement apparatus would have easily stopped except that all resources were focused on ICE.
I think I had top ranks for the K6-233 in the day. Ran all day at 250 (3x83) which was overall better than 262 (3.5x75). Couldn't quite boot at 292 (3.5x83) without a big Socket A heatsink strapped on.
Even if they were trying to use this sort of rule with wholesome intentions, I'm not sure how targeting groups by name instead of deed makes sense. It's like doing a healthy diet by giving up Coca-Cola by name even though Pepsi and RC have the same nutritional profile and availability. Enjoy the Whack-a-mole game!
Taken to its logical conclusion, someone should start a pro-Palestinian squad and call it the Reform Party.
I always preferred the aesthetics of locomotives where the side walls don't slope inwards at the top (common in late German designs). I suppose the vast Soviet loading gauge makes it less neccesary.
Was the '80' a reference to power output (80MW?) Fun trivia: in the US, GE's first major mainline diesel was the U25B (for its 2500hp rating) so GM-EMD's competing model got designated the GP30, despite only being rated 2250hp.
Let's not sell Insect Overlords short. They've been aroubd for 350 million years, they must know something.