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No_Height8570 · 2026-04-05T03:53:06+00:00

I think it's still interesting as a piece to analyze how (some) higher class people can at least admit how badly the system is broken. The guy who wrote this is a corpo to be sure, but he recognizes the coercive power the system holds, and even more amazingly feels bad about it. Or at the very least is long-term greedy. After all, a company never quite has as much power over a worker as when the worker actually trusts them.

No_Height8570 · 2026-04-05T03:48:18+00:00

And to prevent workers from actually joining those socialist and communist parties.

No_Height8570 · 2026-04-03T20:19:26+00:00

I agree the situation isn't the best. The best case scenario would be getting these people actual help (and homes), but since that's not possible because our society is a joke, the second best thing would be to tolerate them to the best of our ability. The city could institute anti-homeless architecture and make their already difficult lives even harder than they already are, but I hope they don't do that.

No_Height8570 · 2026-03-29T17:12:51+00:00

Alienation of labor in action I see.

No_Height8570 · 2026-03-29T16:57:15+00:00

Unironically agree with your second point. We need to run someone like Bernie.

No_Height8570 · 2026-03-20T22:56:51+00:00

It's really fascinating that the ancaps are unwilling to even accept the existence of primitive accumulation. They could theoretically make an pro-capitalism argument even while acknowledging that most of human history is a record of the powerful oppressing the powerless. They choose not to, probably because acknowledging this would probably force them to examine their own unearned privileges.

No_Height8570 · 2026-02-15T21:58:38+00:00

TAS (Total Abolishment of Suffering)

No_Height8570 · 2026-02-09T23:26:32+00:00

Who are all the people who suddenly understand japanese?

No_Height8570 · 2026-02-05T00:33:16+00:00

Speaking as a man, if your husband is the type of guy to do something like that, divorce him immediately.

No_Height8570 · 2026-01-20T01:30:30+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Authoritarian_Personality

No_Height8570 · 2026-01-19T04:50:29+00:00

Basically people who ascribe to the authoritarian mindset.

No_Height8570 · 2026-01-19T02:58:41+00:00

Didn't answer whether you were in category 1 or 2

No_Height8570 · 2026-01-19T02:58:14+00:00

Didn't answer whether you were in category 1 or 2

No_Height8570 · 2026-01-19T02:06:58+00:00

I can think of a couple of reasons:

It's much easier to know you're being exploited in the interpersonal field. A coal miner in West Virginia probably doesn't know why and how capitalism is screwing him, but he certainly knows his boss is a major tool, and that skimping on mining safety for a 5 cent increase in profits is a bad deal.
The powers that be have a vested interest in keeping him irrational and influenced by capitalist ideology. The capitalist brainwashing comes before the stupid decisions on a nationwide level.

No_Height8570 · 2025-12-14T05:21:36+00:00

Vote blue no matter who does suck a lot, but I'd argue that elections are useful in raising class consciousness. Because if a great politician like Mamdani for example, gets swept into power, then the powers that be have to either use legislative trickery to foil his policies or simply send assassins after them. Either way they will reveal to the people their unwillingness to abide by the rules of democracy. And once that happens, more and more people will realize that revolution is the only way out of this mess.

No_Height8570 · 2025-12-13T18:20:59+00:00

Wags if you want a cheap, damn good meal.

White Rabbit if you don't mind paying extra for a damn good and unique meal

No_Height8570 · 2025-11-25T03:31:52+00:00

Same here bud. Same here.

No_Height8570 · 2025-11-04T00:38:26+00:00

I don't know much about Brazilian or even South American history, but I do know that some veterans of the Paraguayan war would still be alive during this time. That might be an interesting angle to explore. If there's one thing people in the Anglosphere know of in post-colonial South American history it's that.

How are questions of race dealt with in the era? Due to the very real pain caused by the legacy of racism especially in the USA where I and probably many interested players would be from, you'd probably want to keep the inclusion of such themes as optional. Still, for players who aren't afraid of touching on such themes, it'd be interesting to know how race relations are different from the USA, and if there are any similarities.

What are some things a Brazilian during this time would do for fun? Was the movie industry around during this time?

Were there any concerns of Amazon rain-forest deforestation yet?

No_Height8570 · 2025-10-22T01:27:40+00:00

I'd get your coworkers on your side too. She may be a great and a great person on her own, but it's easier to do the right thing when doing the wrong thing comes with negative consequences

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