Time to vote (sorry for repost)

 It's time to vote 

 Sorry for posting this again, I forgot to add one of the picks to the poll. And sorry for reposting this yet again, patreon did a fug up where it demands that you click an extra box to ensure everyone votes only once. This post will stay up!

Also, the Baltics and balkans are two different things, some seem to have confused them.

Unfortunately only a hand full of 50$ dollar patreons came forward to make picks for this poll. One of them DMd me, which.... makes me fear I may have overlooked some picks as I frequently get swarmed in DMs and often overlook things because of that.

Either way. Monday is coming to a close, so it is time for you to vote. Here are the topics picked for you:

Bananas and Republics

A summary of the political and geographic difficulties plaguing Central America. And how it's countries found themselves crushed by American interests, geographic difficulties, economic failure, and dictatorships. But also contrast the failures of many Central American states with the successes of Costa Rica.

French Attachments

A video on how deeply France is tied into West African economies which are deeply dependent upon France. From mining industries, troop deployments, coups, and currencies. From Côte D'ivoire, to Cameroon, to Central Africa.

Baltic Squabbles

A video about the current conflicts between Sweden, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, and Russia. There will be an overview of historic conflicts and developments. From the formation of baltic states, Viking settlements, the winter war, the Swedish Empire, Russian imperialism, Nationalism, and the Soviet Empire to today. As well as an overview of how these past interests are represented in today's conflicts. 

The Chad Chad 

A video about the conflict arch stretching through Chad, Sudan, the Central Afican Republic and Uganda. And how Chad, eventhough an unlikely nation to do so, is increasingly building regional hegemony over central Africa.

Los Ladrones. The Myth of the Caudillo.

In the Venezuela video, which I am sure to make, I will be touching on the myth of the benevolent communist tyrant, to point out that "temporary communist tyranny" to smooth out social inequality only leaves behind enormous damage. And because I am doing this, I believe it is only right to tackle the other big popular myth of Latin American politics. The lie of the benevolent right-wing dictator who brings economic success. From Pinochet in Chile, to Videla in Argentina, to Stroessner in Paraguay, to the various crooked and thieving colonels and generals that ruled Brazil and Guatemala, but also far away from Latin America with Francisco Franco in Spain. I would like to make a video breaking with the myth of the "caudillo". The Right-wing strong man who brings economic stability. This myth is in particular popular amongst many conservatives in the U.S and Europe. And I would like to show just how much damage these people did to their own countries, not just in lives lost, but in the destruction of economic opportunities and leaving behind legacies of totalitarian government institutions.

American Cultures: The Origins of Political divides in the U.S

This would be different, a series of 15 to 25 minute long videos that in total would add up to 2 hours of content. The topic would be to try and disect and disprove the notion of the American political binary of “blue state & red state” and “north & south”.

I would like to explore the founding stories of several prominent U.S states, and the immigrant and settlement cultures, as well as ideological and political and colonial motivations that lead to their creations. And how these cultural frameworks created the modern political and social divides of the United States.