RWDT XX: The System Is Kapp Putsch

[Bear Stearns]

Where would you prefer to work as an executive:

-Union Pacific Railroad, 1870s
-Standard Oil, 1890s
-White Star Line, 1900s
-Ford Motor Company, 1920s
-Pan-Am World Airways, 1950s
-McCann-Erickson, 1960s
-IBM, 1970s
-Merrill Lynch, 1980s
-Enron, 1990s
-Apple, 2000s
-Amazon, 2010s

[Bienenhalde]

(Question for monarchists) - What do you think confers legitimacy on kings and why are certain bloodlines chosen to rule over others?

In the case of the British monarchy, I would point to their descent from Britain's great Christian monarchs in the past, from Kenneth McAlpin, to Elizabeth I and Charles I. Of course, Elizabeth I did not have any children of her own, but the present day British monarchs are her closest living relatives who are still Anglicans and not Romanist. Now, the Roman Church is a far lesser evil than the godless liberals and communists, but I still prefer Protestant monarchs to Catholic ones and believe that even kings must be held accountable for their decisions.

[Cekoviu]

Where would you prefer to work as an executive:

-Union Pacific Railroad, 1870s
-Standard Oil, 1890s
-White Star Line, 1900s
-Ford Motor Company, 1920s
-Pan-Am World Airways, 1950s
-McCann-Erickson, 1960s
-IBM, 1970s
-Merrill Lynch, 1980s
-Enron, 1990s
-Apple, 2000s
-Amazon, 2010s

1970s IBM, just because IBM made some fascinating products and I'd like to be able to get them for free.
Amazon in the 2010s would be more lucrative, but you're also most likely to get (justifiably) beheaded by the socialist revolution if you choose that option.

[Diopolis]

Where would you prefer to work as an executive:

-Union Pacific Railroad, 1870s
-Standard Oil, 1890s
-White Star Line, 1900s
-Ford Motor Company, 1920s
-Pan-Am World Airways, 1950s
-McCann-Erickson, 1960s
-IBM, 1970s
-Merrill Lynch, 1980s
-Enron, 1990s
-Apple, 2000s
-Amazon, 2010s

1970s IBM, just because IBM made some fascinating products and I'd like to be able to get them for free.
Amazon in the 2010s would be more lucrative, but you're also most likely to get (justifiably) beheaded by the socialist revolution if you choose that option.

Nah, the executives can afford luxury war zeppelins to ferry them to private islands far from the fighting nowadays.

[Cekoviu]

1970s IBM, just because IBM made some fascinating products and I'd like to be able to get them for free.
Amazon in the 2010s would be more lucrative, but you're also most likely to get (justifiably) beheaded by the socialist revolution if you choose that option.

Nah, the executives can afford luxury war zeppelins to ferry them to private islands far from the fighting nowadays.

haHAa capitalism is horrifying

[Diopolis]

Nah, the executives can afford luxury war zeppelins to ferry them to private islands far from the fighting nowadays.

haHAa capitalism is horrifying

I know, feudalism is where it's at.

[The South Falls]

Where would you prefer to work as an executive:

-Union Pacific Railroad, 1870s
-Standard Oil, 1890s
-White Star Line, 1900s
-Ford Motor Company, 1920s
-Pan-Am World Airways, 1950s
-McCann-Erickson, 1960s
-IBM, 1970s
-Merrill Lynch, 1980s
-Enron, 1990s
-Apple, 2000s
-Amazon, 2010s

Standard Oil, no doubt. Assuming that they don't adopt the common racist practices of the time, I'd love to become an oil baron. The practice of shaping the nation's transport and energy, as well as dabbling in foreign policy in places far afield, is a tempting prospect.

I enjoy aviation, so working at Pan-Am in the beginnings jet age would be an amazing opportunity. Just the possibility of watching the 367-80 fly would be all I'd need.

haHAa capitalism is horrifying

I know, feudalism is where it's at.

"Sorry, I can't. Me and the boys are pillaging the rival lord's castle because he didn't pay enough tribute to our liege."

[Northern Davincia]

Where would you prefer to work as an executive:

-Union Pacific Railroad, 1870s
-Standard Oil, 1890s
-White Star Line, 1900s
-Ford Motor Company, 1920s
-Pan-Am World Airways, 1950s
-McCann-Erickson, 1960s
-IBM, 1970s
-Merrill Lynch, 1980s
-Enron, 1990s
-Apple, 2000s
-Amazon, 2010s

This is a tough one, but I have a soft spot for IBM and White Star Line, defunct as they might be.

[Northern Davincia]

Nah, the executives can afford luxury war zeppelins to ferry them to private islands far from the fighting nowadays.

haHAa capitalism is horrifying

That is my literal paradise, I can't imagine what flaw you see in this.

[Fahran]

I wish Enron had worked out differently.

[Diopolis]

Where would you prefer to work as an executive:

-Union Pacific Railroad, 1870s
-Standard Oil, 1890s
-White Star Line, 1900s
-Ford Motor Company, 1920s
-Pan-Am World Airways, 1950s
-McCann-Erickson, 1960s
-IBM, 1970s
-Merrill Lynch, 1980s
-Enron, 1990s
-Apple, 2000s
-Amazon, 2010s

Standard Oil, no doubt. Assuming that they don't adopt the common racist practices of the time, I'd love to become an oil baron. The practice of shaping the nation's transport and energy, as well as dabbling in foreign policy in places far afield, is a tempting prospect.

I enjoy aviation, so working at Pan-Am in the beginnings jet age would be an amazing opportunity. Just the possibility of watching the 367-80 fly would be all I'd need.

I know, feudalism is where it's at.

"Sorry, I can't. Me and the boys are pillaging the rival lord's castle because he didn't pay enough tribute to our liege."

Make male bonding great again!

[Bear Stearns]

I wish Enron had worked out differently.

Same. Skilling baby!

[Hanafuridake]

Standard Oil, no doubt. Assuming that they don't adopt the common racist practices of the time, I'd love to become an oil baron. The practice of shaping the nation's transport and energy, as well as dabbling in foreign policy in places far afield, is a tempting prospect.

I enjoy aviation, so working at Pan-Am in the beginnings jet age would be an amazing opportunity. Just the possibility of watching the 367-80 fly would be all I'd need.

"Sorry, I can't. Me and the boys are pillaging the rival lord's castle because he didn't pay enough tribute to our liege."

Make male bonding great again!

Putting the Roman back in Catholicism.

[Bear Stearns]

Where would you prefer to work as an executive:

-Union Pacific Railroad, 1870s
-Standard Oil, 1890s
-White Star Line, 1900s
-Ford Motor Company, 1920s
-Pan-Am World Airways, 1950s
-McCann-Erickson, 1960s
-IBM, 1970s
-Merrill Lynch, 1980s
-Enron, 1990s
-Apple, 2000s
-Amazon, 2010s

This is a tough one, but I have a soft spot for IBM and White Star Line, defunct as they might be.

IBM isn't defunct

[Fahran]

["Sorry, I can't. Me and the boys are pillaging the rival lord's castle because he didn't pay enough tribute to our liege."

The only acceptable reason to cancel date night.

[Bear Stearns]

Where would you prefer to work as an executive:

-Union Pacific Railroad, 1870s
-Standard Oil, 1890s
-White Star Line, 1900s
-Ford Motor Company, 1920s
-Pan-Am World Airways, 1950s
-McCann-Erickson, 1960s
-IBM, 1970s
-Merrill Lynch, 1980s
-Enron, 1990s
-Apple, 2000s
-Amazon, 2010s

Standard Oil, no doubt. Assuming that they don't adopt the common racist practices of the time, I'd love to become an oil baron. The practice of shaping the nation's transport and energy, as well as dabbling in foreign policy in places far afield, is a tempting prospect.

Rockefeller was a straight thug.

I enjoy aviation, so working at Pan-Am in the beginnings jet age would be an amazing opportunity. Just the possibility of watching the 367-80 fly would be all I'd need.

I wish Pan-Am still existed.

[Diopolis]

Make male bonding great again!

Putting the Roman back in Catholicism.

And make Henry IV pay for it.

[Remaris]

["Sorry, I can't. Me and the boys are pillaging the rival lord's castle because he didn't pay enough tribute to our liege."

The only acceptable reason to cancel date night.

Who needs date night when you can have your parents negotiate your engagement to an eligible foreign prince(ss) and be married by proxy before you ever lay eyes on them?

[Bear Stearns]

Where would you prefer to work as an executive:

-Union Pacific Railroad, 1870s
-Standard Oil, 1890s
-White Star Line, 1900s
-Ford Motor Company, 1920s
-Pan-Am World Airways, 1950s
-McCann-Erickson, 1960s
-IBM, 1970s
-Merrill Lynch, 1980s
-Enron, 1990s
-Apple, 2000s
-Amazon, 2010s

1970s IBM, just because IBM made some fascinating products and I'd like to be able to get them for free.
Amazon in the 2010s would be more lucrative, but you're also most likely to get (justifiably) beheaded by the socialist revolution if you choose that option.

Actually, once you control for standard of living and relative buying and social power at each respective time, Amazon would not be that lucrative unless you were also a major stockholder. Compared to other major corporations, Amazon doesn't pay executives that well.

[Hanafuridake]

If you haven't burnt down at least one temple of a rival sect, are you even a real Buddhist.

[Fahran]

If you haven't burnt down at least one temple of a rival sect, are you even a real Buddhist.

The answer: no.

As he reflected on his rejection, desire for vindication drove out all compassion, and he fondly imagined “all Japan” devastated by the Mongols, and his enemies prostrate before him, crying “Nichiren-gobo, save us!” But the high priests of Japan would fall into hell, like Devadatta，through their inability to complete the phrase “Namu Nichiren Shonin” (Adoration to St Nichiren). (Senji sho, Asai 1934, pp. 1234-35; Hori 1952，pp. 286-87).

[Bear Stearns]

Will also throw in Dutch East India Company executive, 1650s and Arab oil sheikh 2020s

[Novus America]

The only acceptable reason to cancel date night.

Who needs date night when you can have your parents negotiate your engagement to an eligible foreign prince(ss) and be married by proxy before you ever lay eyes on them?

And then die of an STD you got from your various mistresses after they produced an heir.

[Fahran]

And then die of an STD you got from your various mistresses after they produced an heir.

Dying of the French Disease in an appropriately dramatic and tragic fashion is an art.

[The South Falls]

Standard Oil, no doubt. Assuming that they don't adopt the common racist practices of the time, I'd love to become an oil baron. The practice of shaping the nation's transport and energy, as well as dabbling in foreign policy in places far afield, is a tempting prospect.

I enjoy aviation, so working at Pan-Am in the beginnings jet age would be an amazing opportunity. Just the possibility of watching the 367-80 fly would be all I'd need.

"Sorry, I can't. Me and the boys are pillaging the rival lord's castle because he didn't pay enough tribute to our liege."

Make male bonding great again!

Oiling your armor, and maybe your abs.

["Sorry, I can't. Me and the boys are pillaging the rival lord's castle because he didn't pay enough tribute to our liege."

The only acceptable reason to cancel date night.

Another one would be "currently chained to village, can't go to that bar until 1351"