To what purpose though?
I can't see us attempting to set up the logistical supply lines to operate a bunch of salvaged T34s in frontline military use. Even in the boonies.
I take issue with this. It's no more a pantomime of a free society than California is in-universe.
He doesn't visibly interfere because they've been housebroken and are in policy lockstep with anything he cares to do, and he knows it. It doesn't matter if it's "technically" not a vassal- and in-universe, by the time they're in the crosshairs, I doubt it'll matter much to anyone else of relevance given the ideal time to deal with them is when Russia's on the backfoot even more and too busy to pay much mind to its foreign adventures and our affiliates have had time to make themselves better known.
Well, you're entitled to your opinion I guess.
I mean, they'll get their chance to reevaluate their priorities and prove they aren't part of the problem, the same way everyone else has, yes? It's a very binary set of outcomes after that.
No it isn't.
1) That's why you have manuals and trainers.
The thing is it's fairly likely Alex's Russia is a ticking time bomb- I don't see his set up as particularly stable in itself if he's the main point of failure. Catherine might be able to turn things around unless given a helping push. But if not on principle (and hate), a weakening in Russian interests means people might try and carve out their own niches at their expense.
Given that 2070s 'high tech' is significantly in advance of the present day (freestanding open-air holography, for starters)... I wouldn't assume that Alexander IV is going to die any time soon. He's almost certainly more than eighty years old, but not necessarily much more, and it's entirely possible that he's got another ten or even twenty years in him, given that he has literally the world's best medical care and doesn't show signs of being particularly self-indulgent.
So a time bomb with a longer detonator.
Pragmatism dictates that you remember that other nations are watching what you do and who you do it to.
Yes, but given how little goodwill their backers have and how everyone's using them as a slightly-less-obvious go-between, ie: it's not like they're unaware of the Russian backing?
Er, let's see, Russia blew up in '22, Alex wouldn't necessarily have to be a general by that point just 'cause he's got hella charisma and legitimate military talents, could've Starscreamed his way to prominence in pretty short order, but still would need to be a high-ranking officer of some sort, so assuming a meteoric rise because faults or no he's pretty damn good at this war business call it 30s when the shit hit the fan, mid-to-late to be perfectly prudent, puts him born in the '80s (casts his disdain for the old Soviet Union in a pretty interesting light, come to think, he'd have lived through the breakup), and would have him being about ninety years old now.
problem with that is his brain is still 90 years old. could have a stroke or go senile.
Interesting. Current medical tech has almost nothing in terms of actual life extension, just lots of ways to prevent varying types of illness/injury from preventing someone living out their full lifespan. What it does have, in terms of what you can do to improve longevity, is essentially 'diet and exercise' - it being very important to keep someone active in order to remain healthy in old age.
Everyone in this thread is sleeping on the fact that Alexander being 90 in the mid-2070s means that he's a millennial and, more to the point, a nineties kid.
From this I conclude that his environmentalism stems from his sexual awakening being due to Linka from Captain Planet.
Ah...A Man of Culture LoGH is the PINNICLE OF political Anime and is not only fun and engaging but makes you think about what comes before and after a great man.
I think all of this madness was based on a if he could become a real-life Reinhard von Lohengram.
