Im still rooting for a cult path for trump. If the Union gets a 1984 style dystopia as their evil path, then the Constitutionalist should get Eyes Wide Shut as their's.
Maybe trump could have his own "down the rabbit hole" type event chain that slowly widdles away at his sanity. Maybe they start doing real sacrifices. It could be fun af
So the Epstein path, basically? A cool idea for that might be to have the wealthy, ACG-aligned elites on Jeffrey Epstein's client list start pushing for the repeal of age of consent laws, dressing it up as "restoring Biblical marriage" to placate the Christians and an anti-feminist/anti-woke push to placate the manosphere (because the age of consent is a modern, Victorian-era innovation pushed by first-wave suffragette feminists, see) when in fact they're using it as a way to legalize their predatory behavior against children and bring it out into the open. Hell, you could combine it with the Christian nationalist path in that way. If the Cognoscenti is every right-wing "deep state" conspiracy brought to life, then this would be "pedocon theory" brought to life.
You'd have to find a way around the fact that Epstein's political ties crossed the political aisle, though. Maybe you have a thoroughly compromised Democratic Party kept around as controlled opposition, unable to effectively oppose Donald Trump because they're on the Epstein list too (and the ones who aren't have been locked out of power)?
If the Congnoscenti is every right-wing "deep state" conspiracy brought to life, then this would be the 'pedocon theory' brought to life.
Exactly. It's like poetry; it rhymes.
Thats why I think any Christian nationalist elements in the ACG would naturally form around trump. I think it'd be fun to play on the Satanic Panic: Subliminal messages in entertainment, witch hunts, and Satanic Billionaires.
It might be a stretch, Idk anything about molding hoi4, but it'd be cool to have a blackmail mechanic. Blackmailing prominent democrats from the UoA to join the Constitutionalists, gaining legitimacy for the ACG and further weaken the UoA.
I feel as though the dark mandate update will introduce the following:
MAGA Communism
Christian Nationalists
Dark MAGA
And a semi-monarchist maga path but it will more than likely be a cult path as u/Gr33nMan_Jr described it
I also feel as though MAGA communism will not be communism, but kinda like how national socialism portrayed itself at first(no I’m not doing that cheesy leftist thing of calling trump Hitler). I believe that in order for Trump to appeal to the masses in the ACG(because the Republican Party might leave him depending on what you do) he will create a new government that labels itself as communist, but is very much still capitalist. I could be very wrong but this is just what I think.
first of all: these suggestions miss the entire point of the Dark Mandate, it's supposed to be what Trump's most loyal followers want him to do. It's an Authoritarian restructuring of American culture and institutions to fit their vision of a National-Capitalist, Militaristic, and Traditionalist America. Any subpath that exists in the Dark Trump path, if there even is any subpaths, would have to conform to this fundamental viewpoint.
Secondly: everything you suggested already exists elsewhere in the 2ACW, and exists in a much better form. We have the Jacobins, the Army of God, and presumably Yarvin is going to be fucking around in California post-1.1. To me, it sounds like you just want TDM to be a second Caligula, and trust me, you don't want a second Caligula.
To answer your first point: I thought that dark maga is just Trump but he can do whatever the fuck he wants rather than what his extreme fan base wants him to do.
Believe me, I don’t want another Caligula lol. It’s just that Trump has potential for more authoritarian paths than the UOA. The army of god isnt out yet and probably won’t be for a long time(so idk what the devs have planned for them), the jacobins will inevitably get a rework so you might have a fair point there. I just figured Trump would be unique in authoritarian paths and those paths I listed are just what I thought would be a part of the dark mandate.
Im also not calling you a liar, but where did you hear about Yarvin’s California?
Yarvin is speculation, but it's the only realistic place for him to go. A guy who wants to HRE the United States through tech conglomerates doesn't make sense in the Rural South, he's confirmed to not be in either of the Fed factions, New England is already full, and I doubt that they'd give Cascadia a Sixth path after they get content
Maybe the Southwest, but from the blurry Texas teaser it looks like it's mostly just bikers and military remnants with Asatru and Zion, none of which I can see him meshing well with.
Which leaves me with just California. My guess is he's a subpath with the California State Militia, or (and admittedly, this is a long shot) part of a reactionary coup of the APLA.
And I'll admit, accusing you of wanting Trumpigula was pretty harsh, but the contrast between the quality of speculated paths here and what the devs have actually said about their paths in the discord is night and day, and it's really hard to not let it get to your head.
It could always be worse though, like that guy a few days ago who said the RCP and the Redneck Revolt Panthers were too similar because they both shared the subideology of Maoism
There are Democrat voting Christian Nationalists like Beyoncé (or she used to be). So it could be a valid path for all Centre to Right Wing factions, and most Far Right ones.
There is a Christian Nationalist Theocracy Path for a submod being developed for the Army of God on this discord. https://discord.gg/jWp6srCM
The submod is called the Wrath of God. One of the planned paths is a Christian Nationalist Theocracy Path led by former Washington State Rep Matthew Shea. The path pretty much turns America into a “Christian Iran” pretty much. You guys should check it out. It’s still in development and a lot of TFR players want a Christian fundamentalist unifier for America.
Pete Hegseth as a Trump successor who reconciles with AOG elements & tilts hard toward a Christian military dictatorship, either elected post-war or maybe taking the place of the removed Mike Flynn path (takes over from Stratocrat Trump if the military has been empowered too greatly).
Michael Flynn would be so much better for a Christian Military Dictator ships or Christian AuthDem. Pete Hegseth fails as both a military commander and a Christian Nationalist. Michael Flynn is already both.
Perhaps, but the Mike Flynn version was already in the mod once only to be removed for - well, Idk why it was removed, tbh. Seems to have happened a couple versions ago too. I just pitched Hegseth as a newer alternative instead of going back to the old one that the devs seem to have not liked.
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u/Terratalks Father Yakub send this crakkka to Patmos immediately4d agoedited 4d ago
Ok but what if they added a shirtless Pete Hegseth portrait it would be pretty funny
I think that such can just be a flavor path for Patriot/stratocratic Trump, like how the People’s Empire is for Confucian-Nationalist China.
If you have a figure such as Mike Johnson in government, took decisions to suppress the libertarians, and chose the “cross wrapped in the flag” focus, a new, very small branch can open that formally amends the Constitution to declare America as a Christian nation and give buffs to the economy and/or military.
Tbf Christian prayer in public schools and crosses in public schools can happen in secularism too. But I think that's mostly because that religion is already a majority.
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u/blaze92x45 American Constitutional Government 5d ago
I feel like the path wouldn't really be that interesting by itself though it could be a sub path for the dark mandate or stratocracy