On this day in 1945, Hồ Chí Minh announced the Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to a crowd of thousands at the Ba Đình flower garden (now Ba Đình Square).
The Proclamation led directly to war with France, which concluded in the country being divided between French and self-rule at the 17th parallel. Vietnam would not achieve a unified, independent rule until 1976.
The Proclamation quoted heavily from the American Declaration of Independence and was vehemently critical of French rule. An excerpt reads:
"‘All men are created equal. They are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among them are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.’ This immortal statement was made in the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America in 1776. In a broader sense, this means: All the peoples on the earth are equal from birth, all the peoples have a right to live, to be happy and free.
…Nevertheless, for more than eighty years, the French imperialists, abusing the standard of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, have violated our Fatherland and oppressed our fellow-citizens. They have acted contrary to the ideals of humanity and justice. In the field of politics, they have deprived our people of every democratic liberty…They have built more prisons than schools. They have mercilessly slain our patriots; they have drowned our uprisings in rivers of blood…They have robbed us of our rice fields, our mines, our forests, and our raw materials.
For these reasons, we, members of the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, solemnly declare to the world that Vietnam has the right to be a free and independent country - and in fact is so already. The entire Vietnamese people are determined to mobilize all their physical and mental strength, to sacrifice their lives and property in order to safeguard their independence and liberty."
Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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Anybody played or seen Statfield yet? Feels like every Bethesda game gets good reviews when it comes out, then everyone hates it for a few years, then everyone decides its just okay. I’m sure I’ll play it in a few years when it’s heavily discounted and includes all the DLC.
Im playing Starfield. I really like it. That said its a bethesda ass bethesda game. If you dont like Skryrim or Fallout 4 I doubt you will enjoy Starfield. I really enjoy bethesda style games since the days of Morrowind so Starfield really appeals to me on a lizard brain level even with all its flaws. Also a couple of things I noticed in my short play time.
-The game is not very great in terms of performance. I have a RTX 3080 and it runs only at 60-70 fps at medium/high settings on 1080p. (Lower fps in busy areas) Meaning if you have a weaker gpu…like many people do, the framerate is gonna be mediocre at best. If not bad in some areas.
-The world is not seamless. There is a lot of (short) loading screens. Doesnt bother me but I know some people like “real” open worlds like in Skyrim etc.
-If you want to play the game modded I would absolutely recommend to wait 1 year or at least 6 months or so. Im sure the modding scene for this is gonna be huge but its gonna be much more evolved in a year or two.
Plus all the good mods will be made by then. I’d pirate it but it’s too much trouble to keep up with pirated versions and mod compatibility.