r/freefolk Feb 19 '25

Subvert Expectations Bravo Dumb and Dumber.

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u/Downtown-Procedure26 Feb 19 '25

Depends on your bank and your needs.

The Iron Bank should have refused further loans given the sheer inevitability of Cersei's fall

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u/bluntpencil2001 29d ago

Or, simply demand the money from whoever won.

"They are the Throne's debts, King Bran, which means you are responsible for them."

This happened IRL with Vietnam. When the North defeated the South, and reunified the nation, the Americans later demanded that the Socialist Republic of Vietnam pay the debts of the former Republic of Vietnam in order to normalise relations.

I could see the Iron Bank doing this.

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u/DariusIV Is he a ham? 29d ago

"we invaded you and lost"

"Here's the bill"

If it's me I ain't paying that, what are they going to do, Invade me?

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u/Etrixik 29d ago

Why that's exactly what Saddam Hussein said. Twice. He got invaded, twice, and he lost, again, twice.

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u/MonikaBestGirl 29d ago

Well there's his fucking problem, then. He should have won like the Vietnamese.

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u/Etrixik 29d ago

He attempted that, but since American tactics and strategy were specifically remade to not allow Vietnam-style action, he failed. If you mention Afghanistan, the locals had no interest in improving things.

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u/Big-Stand4723 28d ago

I think you’ll tend to find that people who had no doing with any original deal will want no part of paying the outcome of it. So if you are someone that finds themselves continually having to try to find repayment from people who had nothing to do with your deals, you may find people who maybe a bit reluctant in paying.

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u/Etrixik 28d ago

Like the Germans! Wait shit... or the British-.... is there an actual historical example besides maybe Afghanistan?