The plan is DC 35, it needs to drop 5 since this is the second phase, and we have a plus 5 to DC.
I got a different answer the last time I asked.
Well...
The version quoted in Horologer's post had Foreign Aid (+15) instead of Johnson Doctrine (+10). That's where the "missing" 5 DC came from.
Given that you're voting Total industry, any chance I could convince you to also approval vote the similar Budget cuts? I think the war guilt is important enough to go down to demilitarization from johnson clause, but even if you disagree the differences between them are quite small.
I think you might be underestimating Johnson Doctrine. One of the really big benefits of it is that it gives extra credibility to the "Defender of the Midwest" narrative, which is the main thing mitigating the effects of the "Hostile Neighborhood" right now. Demilitarization is just about keeping Victorian forces off of Lake Eerie.
I'm aware of it's benefit, yes, but war guilt is also a really important part of the treaty option. There's a reason it was included in the Versailles treaty, and it's not because it made the winners feel better about themselves; it was considered a required reasoning for reparations payments. While I don't expect to get a lot of overseas dislike for extracting resources from victoria, it's historically used to define the difference between tribute and reparations; ie, that we aren't simply the winner extracting resources from our target.
