Thank you for some great GAs.

Sparkle 2 Evo: H3W28-NB?KF-AXH?Y

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Thank you, yet again, for a great train.

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Thank you and Bump...

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Thanks for another very nice train! Took me about a week again to get through the whole thing :D.
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Thanks for the ride! :D

this train needs another bump :-)

thanks & bymp :)))

Bump. Great train.

Bump :)

Thank you for the great ride, like always LostSoulVL and have a great weekend.:) And I will be back on 26 for the cake.:)

Always a pleasure traveling with LSVL railways!
Thank you, my friend <3

when i think about gossip i think about blake lively.

so... bump.

Hey LostSoul!

I just realized that you have blocked me on Steam. We never spoke to each other and I find it awkward that you blocked me.
May I know the reason why you have blocked me? Not in a mean way or anything, I'm just really curious to know what I have done that lead me to being blocked.

Please forgive me if this isn't really the place to ask, I couldn't find any other way of contacting you. :)

Second bump. Ran out of points. Congratulations on your 3rd Cake Day. Great train!!!

What a ride! Thanks!

Since I am not a person of a mere bump, and the title of the first linked song seems initially quite similar to first line of anthem of Prussia in years 1830-1840 (Gregorian calendar), which is "I am a Prussian, know ye my colours?", I'll talk a bit about Prussia.

Firstly something from demographics from the year 1790, which may be interesting to some. Did you know that around the year 1790 more than 200.000 Jewish persons lived in Prussia, which had those days a total population of a bit more than 5 million? A number thereof were descendants of persons chased out (repeatedly) from e.g. Vienna in the 17th century or by Habsburg Maria Theresa from Prague in the early 18th century, but mostly quite settled anyhow, and many became Prussian citizen (of who many also fought alongside e.g. in the liberation wars against Bonaparte).

All that without any forced conversion in terms of religion. Which was arguably particularly due to historical experience of when Teutonic Order unjustly conquered Prussia and forcibly converted (or subjugated, exiled or killed those who refused to become baptized) and then brought their feudal friends and many colonists which caused that German language became dominant to an extent that Old Prussian (Baltic) language disappeared reportedly around 17th century. And/or arguably particularly due to influence of Reformation and Enlightenment, and/or Pragmatism. Or simply since the concept of approaching individuals of society as if part of some herd was a rather unknown concept in Prussia. But in any case, freedom of religion, or religious tolerance, existed in Prussia even in days when e.g. in France for most of the 18th century only Catholicism was allowed, or when Austria had prohibition for Jews to immigrate and for Roma to enter cities. E.g. in the 30-Years war in the early 17th century, Prussia was one of the rather few German speaking participants on the anti-Habsburg side, which represented a concept of religious freedom while the Habsburg side was quite about only one denomination to be allowed, which was often propagated even after the war arguably in similar tradition in which e.g. Inquisition was based on.

Then came the 19th century, in which ideas of Enlightenment, which emphasized what people have in common, was in many minds replaced by ideas of nationalism and so-called Idealism, which emphasized differences. The mentioned anthem of Prussia was in that context arguably rather a response to rising German nationalism than as if typical example of nationalism, and that in days when Prussia wasn't part of the German Bund (which was led by Austria). By the way, Prussia never was a member of the so-named Holy Roman Empire, in which e.g. witch burnings happened or in which in 15th century Roma were by decision of some assemblies brand-marked as traitors to Christianity, something which culminated in many executions in central and western Europe in the 18th century. And the early 19th century had e.g. the Hephep-riots, which was opposed by both Prussian and Austrian authorities but quite an example of that there were not few being quite hateful and sort of hiding among those who surely legitimately pointed out some issues about feudalism not really being cool (as was).

In the second half of the 19th century Prussia sort of pushed out Austria from being as if daddy to Germans, and the Kaiserreich was formed in 1871, where the king of Prussia also was in such function emperor of Germany. Prussia remained its own state during the transition tho, and that Kaiserreich was in state-structure not really different than what EU is known as, that is a sort of federal union of states. Of course a bit simplified put, but was a federation anyhow. And even after WWI, November revolution and abdication of Wilhelm II., there was the so-called Weimar constitution, but it didn't really change anything about the state structure as was, meaning that not only Prussia remained its own state.

Then 1932, in which the Prussian government of Otto Braun was removed (and chancellor Papen re-allowed SA, which was prohibited prior not only in Prussia). Then in 1933 by Papen lobbied appointment of new chancellor and what followed were not really free and fair elections, in which NSDAP overall gained merely 1/3 of votes but due to federal powers given to chancellor had quite some control over media, police, and so on, and even had mandates of elected taken away. And then there was basically as if abolishment of individual state parliaments, prohibition of all parties except one, and in 1934 abolishment of Prussian citizenship, once again as so many issues in those days without really any consent thereto by the persons it concerned and all in the name of some alleged one-nation land with centralized and total power.

After the war the allies decided to prohibit Prussia even tho most of NSDAP leadership did come from areas around Alps and Rhine, which also caused many an expulsion from areas Prussia had as its territory (with e.g. during expulsions from Prussian Silesia more than 600 thousand persons reported to have been killed or gone missing). And the GDR was established, which was basically an one-party Soviet satellite even if it had democratic in its name, and not really an opportunity for free media or political activity as that GDR was quite forbidding anysuch. Meanwhile in the west, German nationalists didn't really have any reason to not continue in their nationalist view about "Germanhood" especially as colonial powers still had their provinces as prior, and due to that apparently no reflection whatsoever about e.g. that Senegalese are Senegalese and not French even if they have French as official language (similarly to how Prussia then had German as an official language), or about who guarantuees e.g. Belgium to not be abolished in EU like Prussia was, or if e.g. Irish would be happy to just be called British without even right to own identity and kind of forced to be subject to will of Brits just because some guy decided so.

And in 1990 Germans as far as I know basically took all that from both State of Prussia but also private individuals confiscated property, didn't agree to give it back at least in case of individuals, and often privatized it into own pockets - with many especially those who lived in GDR not having had any money to be able to purchase any of that, and even these days former GDR regions are the poorest among regions held by Germans, with even average wage being lower than in the (south)west. All that apparently as if in some notion as the most normal thing for Germans to nationalize what they want, have as if provinces and as if servants, and German nationalists even pretending to be representing Prussia even tho they have not a single piece of paper that would really prove they not seldom presentation of as if Prussia being their property.

So, and that is sort of where we Prussians, or descendants of Prussians (as "Prussian" is apparently officially not not allowed to exist), are at. With an arguably clear claim of right to existence of State of Prussia, yet not really having official means of representation as we seem by many considered to be subjects of Germans just because some guy decided so.

All that not meant as if hijacking the thread, just sharing a bit about a real story in context of some things being shared.

Thank you very much for the great train (again)!

Bump! Good train again! =D

Bump for the mega train LSVL :)

Thanks.

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