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This lesson showed me that rulers must struggle to make decision for there country.It also showed me that if a ruler makes a wrong decision there can be an argument between the rulers and the citizens.
This lesson taught me that it can be really hard to keep as many credits as possible because my team started with 50 and ended at 30. I enjoyed the lesson because I got to find out everyone’s opinion on what they would prefer.
Did you enjoy the lesson and found it very easy or did you find it stressful to make your own decision?😜👍🏼👎🏼
This lesson taught me how national decisions can vary depending on its economy.
During the board game where each player started with a different capital, I was assigned to the wealthiest country. It allowed me to choose preferred options giving me more freedom than other countries to such options as to pursue more humanitarian options like aid. Conversely, teams assigned to poor countries unlike me wanted to participate in aid, but their limited financial resources prevented them from doing so. And ultimately, the board game ended with the victory of the wealthy countries which started with more capital.
Although we used imaginary countries in this board game, it also reflected in the real choices made by real-world countries. In real life, when war or any conflict occurs, governments must consider their own financial situation no matter how much people want to help. Even if they want to help, they may find themselves in a situation where they have to prioritize self-preservation and face criticism for their decisions.
This has been shown during the Russia and Ukraine war as well. A lot of wealthy countries provided help or seek for opportunity for their economy like USA, which provided and sold their countries' products. However, small nations were not able to help Ukraine nor sell their products because they needed to maintain the stability of its own first before helping Ukraine.
Overall, this lesson allowed me to have time to think about factors that create decisions of nations and their governments. I really enjoyed this lesson and learned a lot!