Comments on: Population centers were once built with defense as a top priority https://www.isegoria.net/2023/12/population-centers-were-once-built-with-defense-as-a-top-priority/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:12:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: McChuck https://www.isegoria.net/2023/12/population-centers-were-once-built-with-defense-as-a-top-priority/comment-page-1/#comment-3637854 McChuck Sun, 24 Dec 2023 09:33:43 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50722#comment-3637854 People stopped wasting their time fortifying cities when effective artillery was invented. Artillery and air power are much more effective now.

Tank ditches are dealt with by using bulldozers to push dirt into them, making ramps if the obstacle is wide enough.

A modern siege would begin with cutting electricity, gas, and water supplies.

]]> By: Michael van der Riet https://www.isegoria.net/2023/12/population-centers-were-once-built-with-defense-as-a-top-priority/comment-page-1/#comment-3637787 Michael van der Riet Sat, 23 Dec 2023 21:50:03 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50722#comment-3637787 That’s right, make the cities so invulnerable that they’re a. unaffordable and b. uninhabitable. First rule of defence: never make your strongpoint so impossible for the enemy to get into that it’s impossible for you to get out of. Maginot Line?

]]> By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2023/12/population-centers-were-once-built-with-defense-as-a-top-priority/comment-page-1/#comment-3637748 Jim Sat, 23 Dec 2023 16:14:24 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50722#comment-3637748 I’ll believe it when I see it in Jackson Hole, Wyo.

]]> By: VXXC https://www.isegoria.net/2023/12/population-centers-were-once-built-with-defense-as-a-top-priority/comment-page-1/#comment-3637634 VXXC Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:28:14 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50722#comment-3637634 Ah, History has returned.
We missed you.
Yes, you did too.
Don’t doubt it for a moment.

Life is ephemeral.
The Degradation of the Last Men was an ETERNITY.

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