Tom Clancy knew foreign and defense policy better than the US Government knows foreign and defense policy. All of his words and thinking back then has come true in Oct, 2022, to date. Amazing track record.
Pretty damn cool that this very fancy-sounding chat is about a VIDEO GAME. Now, I am a Naval historian myself and video gamer and more recently a submarine obsessed guy in general. I've respected the gaming industry for a long time but for that same long time the world didn't. I commend this outlet for putting out such an in-depth and respectable interview back when the game industry wasn't the behemoth it is today. In 1996 I guess it was already a very big deal but now it's just insanely powerful. I guess PC games back in 1996 were more serious than I recall but this just seems extra dignified given that they're talking about SSN the game, not the book, not a movie. Thanks M.E.J. for the cool upload!
Yes but some of the things he said are a bit out of date. Tom Clancy believed the Neo-Liberal thought shared by both Democrats and Republicans that if China was to open economically to the West, it would usher in democracy. What bullshit - have they not been to Singapore? Nothing to do with capitalism or communism... China is entrenched in Asian philosophy similar to that of Korea and Japan. Authoritarianism, hard work and obeying the emperor is embedded in the Asian man consciousness.
I love tom Clancy's work and he seems really cool and knows his shit, whenever I see and hear a military person like captain littlejohn I feel alittle more at ease with the type of leaders in the military.
I remember trying to play this game as an 8 year old and had no idea what I was doing so I'd run around in circles actively pinging for the lawls. I wonder if I still have the CDs somewhere.
He'd roll over in his grave if he could see the situation we have now and how we armed our Chinese enemy and gave them control of our weapons and economy.
Does anybody still play SSN today? Tried to make it work again a few months back but did not succeed. At the time it was a super immersive game that i loved playing
When I was in the beginning of high school we had a guest speaker expert about the classical composer Bach and played the cello. I played the cello. He was middle aged or around 50 years old. I found his experience and interpretation so fascinating and refreshing and he was so calm, well spoken and knowledgeable and obviously very well traveled and well read like the British gentleman here and Tom Clancy. I was around 15 years old at the time. I knew for my gap year I was going to travel and meet an older man like that. They didn’t have to be British or American. He ended up being British lounging at a beach bar at the south of Spain and we happened to be at the same beach. 12 years later I would meet an American from New York. He would also be 35-40 years older. It was physical for them, it was mental stimulation for me. It also happened a great life for me because they were well off. I wouldn’t change that for the world with younger men. While my girlfriends were complaining about their BFs similar age. I was treated like a Queen in every way.
... and what has that got to do with anything? The new art of scamming or what? Commenting under 10 yrs old videos with sophisticated, educated elders in it to hook up with the next gullible _'well off'_ .... pederast? Try smarter, not harder next time.
