{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "27th January 2021", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/641510358981443584/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https://rui-cifer.tumblr.com/post/640708218166837248\" target=\"_blank\">rui-cifer</a>:</p><blockquote><p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/pseudomantis/640616644269457408\" target=\"_blank\">pseudomantis</a>:</p><blockquote><div class=\"npf_row\"><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"365\" data-orig-width=\"1080\"><img src=\"/media/e6043047eabab85b297bf7a76f5313d990ba7332_42fc28c3e522.png\" data-orig-height=\"365\" data-orig-width=\"1080\" srcset=\"/media/75ea45a9a5ea5f53df6a29315876fd3ee5fa6c2b_45532b7c850b.png 75w, /media/42ad8d20727259325770ece2e2bbaf79648c7068_4a4bd211b377.png 100w, /media/f7ecf825342fe2fd2801bf295778d41c6ff92676_aedebd4e0696.png 250w, /media/e8aaf74daa29eab40fc100461abfc1f9bf0bab73_28502dd646ca.png 400w, /media/cd96a45e4fec3b27ca0745d65e67945d2262821e_003f211cadb6.png 500w, /media/1f4f80a41cf910f121d7e6dbab4e65b3d034cecd_db1d0e9a7f31.png 540w, /media/e6043047eabab85b297bf7a76f5313d990ba7332_42fc28c3e522.png 640w, /media/36378cd095e5a2db739f1c501ec1b0e1e93e6dd3_742d474b281a.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\"/></figure></div><div class=\"npf_row\"><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"251\" data-orig-width=\"438\"><img src=\"/media/99b500d154ccf40694a55b749eed44e68e0cce32_97ba59ef2b31.gif\" data-orig-height=\"251\" data-orig-width=\"438\" srcset=\"/media/6cbdd07e7fd8ac272a119fe97d9abdca70739079_8dd0db95f27d.gif 75w, /media/65608ea72453e6bde8785f0e3a94ebbb6cb9134b_01bdb2a4e5cd.gif 100w, /media/b7f8d84d180fb9e349276f26918e72d1ade0e8f6_16ffcff22523.gif 250w, /media/476fcc7908fc70f32a103081cee00c40ba68fb5a_442f25c49d6d.gif 400w, /media/2070e174eac451eb8621007a4a73499408cea30e_0f121d950ccc.gif 438w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\"/></figure></div></blockquote><div class=\"npf_row\"><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"1080\" data-orig-width=\"1920\"><img src=\"/media/17ce5e2bca1b6b10cde71406f800adf089795b3b_838e5290e9c8.png\" data-orig-height=\"1080\" data-orig-width=\"1920\" srcset=\"/media/efe49055bc2577de818e77e814cca8c66236f855_29b912b28840.png 75w, /media/2649abbc75fa175781888c7e78dda30157b912f7_41befaa00b99.png 100w, /media/455bfae74fbf8dfc9df438222543b12d6066347b_16c2a4406716.png 250w, /media/eb8506b7f2368ddf2f30af6ee5f3718b959b5659_890dfb701b2b.png 400w, /media/1b334873957020cc445c25272e7034da7000bf2d_559d1d0d4059.png 500w, /media/8371833d282cd745af8c1adf060615d536c00b82_e5e53c768513.png 540w, /media/17ce5e2bca1b6b10cde71406f800adf089795b3b_838e5290e9c8.png 640w, /media/b77d749665b7ca40e4f67900bc3612480640a93a_0a76003a8ca6.png 1280w, /media/fcc72eb31217f99dd6e185db74cc8c83a2416562_fc08abbed726.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"/></figure></div></blockquote>\n<p>Friendly reminder I side with the Legion because in the setting, the thing keeping humanity in an apocalyptic state isn&rsquo;t a forgetting of technical capability but an inability to reach scale because the roads between stable settlements aren&rsquo;t secure.</p><p>&ldquo;The Roman Legion&rdquo; is an entirely reasonable form for securing roads and enabling civilization; in contrast the NCR&rsquo;s federalism and its Rangers would be overstretched and collapse trying to extend east across the desert and House&rsquo;s Las Vegas doesn&rsquo;t have the capacity on its own.</p>", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/e6043047eabab85b297bf7a76f5313d990ba7332_42fc28c3e522.png", "thumbnail_width": 640, "thumbnail_height": 216}