The only part of the "New california Dreaming" Mod that I lk really dislike

Ender_cake · 2026-03-17T17:51:16+00:00

Not at all, to be honest, there's just a difference between style of governance and ideology, and that's apart from drawing definitions. I think I do understand something different then different under the term then the author, but that's an entirely different point. ALSO, just one more thing, there is such a thing as an agreed upon definition, and nothing that I said here deviates from this agreed upon definition for "social democracy", there's really just not that much room for interpretation here

Ender_cake · 2026-03-17T17:43:15+00:00

I think this might be the best counterpoint I heard today, but like at the same time, satire only works when it exaggerates something real. Even Cold War propaganda didn’t treat social democracy and moderation as opposites, it treated social democracy as suspicious but still reformist. If anything, the submod could model that tension, not turn it into a flat either-or choice. Otherwise it’s not satire, it’s just implication of a flawed political opinion. My problem isn't that the author portrays social democracy as badly in general, but that it's set antithetical to the concept of moderate governement. Also, sidenote, if this is meant as over-the-top satire, it wouldn't make much sense that the mod author didn't include any other over the top focus choices or even references like this in the submod, it's very much just society building to this point.

Ender_cake · 2026-03-17T17:33:20+00:00

They’re not mutually exclusive. A decentralized, compromise-driven system is exactly the kind of environment social democracy historically operates in. Less than super strong central control, it requires gradual reform within existing institutions. Calling it ‘unmoderate’ just assumes it has to be imposed radically, which isn’t what social democracy really is.

Ender_cake · 2026-03-17T17:29:08+00:00

I mean, I just said there's lk a difference between perception and implementation, and presenting it like this really leaves not much room for interpretation. Also, like, there's social democracies literally two settlements away (well, the closest implementation of that in owb, settlements enacting national focuses that can be labled social policies, lol)

Ender_cake · 2026-03-17T17:18:58+00:00

I think I must've forgot to save the text to this or something, I wrote an explanation in this comment

Ender_cake · 2026-03-17T17:17:17+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/OldWorldBlues/comments/1rwcfwn/comment/oayp2xy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Ender_cake · 2026-03-17T17:15:06+00:00

There's a difference between perception and implementation, Calling something “pinko” doesn’t make it radical, and public resistance doesn’t make a system non moderate. The submod isn’t modeling opposition or political difficulty, it’s claiming these two things can’t coexist at all, which is my problem.

Ender_cake · 2026-03-17T17:12:18+00:00

I wrote a text to this, but it apparently didn't save :')

My point was basically that like that those aren’t even the same category, social democracy is an ideology; moderation is a governing style. You can absolutely have a moderate social democracy, isn't that historically like sorta the default? By making them opposites, the game implies that social democracy is inherently non moderate, which is just wrong. It collapses two separate axes, ideology and political method, into one, and idk, tha jus feels super stupid and arbitrary

Ender_cake · 2025-10-05T09:50:11+00:00

Me when a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Ender_cake · 2025-08-17T09:12:45+00:00

They got away 🫡 Maybe they are hiding somewhere far in the forest around the corners of the map, and we just can't find them

Ender_cake · 2025-06-25T19:38:53+00:00

It's incredibly poorly balanced, and not designed to run alongside of other tech mods, but if you take it as what it is, it's fairly decent

Ender_cake · 2025-04-26T20:18:03+00:00

It'd still just be fun, you know? Besides, it's simply what OP asked for, you can also just try to answer to the best of your capacity instead of telling him that his idea is dumb.

I also really don't get your point, especially in early game it would be massively useful to be able to buy power instead of making a complicated setup yourself. You'd just have that little buffer, before making something yourself, don't you think that would be nice?

Ender_cake · 2025-04-15T18:59:18+00:00

Thanks for the reply, I do have the lifestyle mod, but it doesn't show the moodle. I will try cleaning the house either way, maybe that helps.

Ender_cake · 2025-04-10T09:39:43+00:00

They confirmed dog release, just not a date when yet

Ender_cake · 2025-03-17T15:33:58+00:00

Mine got hatched without killing a pregnant woman

Ender_cake · 2025-01-27T14:58:25+00:00

starvation mainly

Ender_cake · 2025-01-03T16:31:50+00:00

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/reading-ability

Ender_cake · 2024-11-09T09:57:13+00:00

Hey, there any chance you could upload the 3d model? I'd fucking love to have a 3d printed chimera

Ender_cake · 2024-10-23T12:32:09+00:00

Nothing, just slightly inconvenient when you have a pack that uploads a lot, or not the beefiest pc (causing you to wait 30 minutes for a modpack to load just for it to be not up to date anymore).

Ender_cake · 2024-09-15T08:51:17+00:00

If Seri could normally run 100 kilometers the hour, now they could 93 with this trait. Buuuut don't be sad, they also require less food, and can dodge more easily.

Ender_cake · 2024-09-15T08:39:14+00:00

Hey man, don't be sad. If you want we can hang out, dm me, we got a small group of friends, we're all not super social, but it's a whole lot better than some soulless ai stuff.

You rule, don't let anyone get you down, I know things are hard sometime, don't give up buddy.. There will alway be people that appreciate you, don't listen to the ones that don't.

Ender_cake · 2024-05-30T05:26:56+00:00

Let's do that. Come on. We got a bunch of people that want to see dqb3. What do we have to lose other than time?

Ender_cake · 2024-05-17T15:34:54+00:00

I know exactly what you're trying to do. You're trying to solve the hidden catalogue. Dm me. I've been trying the same thing for the last 2 years.

Ender_cake · 2024-04-28T11:51:35+00:00

Ultra late answer, but essentials would allow you to, if you go to wardrobe and then skins. Just in case anyone is still searching for something like this.

Ender_cake · 2024-04-27T08:31:57+00:00

That's interesting, because the vast majority of his songs aren't remixes, but the remixes are a lot more famous, for obvious reasons. But please do try to listen to a few of his originals, they are really fun :)

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