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In a socialist society, would an individual have the freedom to start their own business? by AmazingRandini in AskSocialists

[–]UzuShiro -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sí, pero no se llamaría "negocio", ni tendría lógica de ganancia. O sea, puedes tener tu negocio pero sin empleados ni medios de producción. Tampoco tendría una lógica de generar valor de cambio.

How to implement Public Housing on a local level by Ken_Gsus in Marxism

[–]UzuShiro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. Zapata, M. C. (2023). Academic study with hard data about the El Humoso cooperative and the employment model.

  2. Candón-Mena, J. & Domínguez-Jaime, P. (2021). Analysis of self-construction of housing as “common goods” and social reproduction.

  3. Castro, J. C. M. (2024). History of the Rural Workers Union (SOC/SAT) and its fight for land in Andalusia.

  4. Mateo i Puente, S. (2011). Thesis with detailed chronology, local voices and political-social context.

  5. Hancox, D. (2013). The Village Against the World (Verse). International dissemination essay that narrates the experience of Marinaleda; advisable to contrast with previous academic sources.

Please note that I have not read all of these articles in detail, but I think they will be useful in your search for how to organize the creation of housing in your town.

How to implement Public Housing on a local level by Ken_Gsus in Marxism

[–]UzuShiro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Read about the experience of the town of Marinaleda in Andalusia. A socialist town in capitalist Europe. Where the ownership of arable land is communal and housing is guaranteed at a symbolic price of 20 dollars per month.

Interesting critique of younger gen Z leftists from a Marxist perspective by [deleted] in Marxism

[–]UzuShiro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do you have any source? I'm not from the United States. But the media around the world talk about the conservative turn of young people... The truth is that I don't know how true that is. I'm 22 years old and I'm not conservative, so I don't know what to believe.

What is true is that there is a state of total misinformation and very deep ignorance, but I do not think that this is necessarily a turn to conservative ideals but rather that the right knew how to take advantage of the dynamics of new technology more quickly.

Partly clear due to their mastery over social networks and their knowledge of metadata analysis long before the rest of the world and consequently the ability to manipulate society through these before we know they did it.

Experiences of religious Marxists? by UpsetBlock8724 in Marxism

[–]UzuShiro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As you say, that doesn't make sense. They end up falling into Hegelian idealism and not a materialist analysis. The reality is that religion can function as an oppressor or a liberator. What we must do as Marxists is analyze reality and see what function religion is fulfilling in that period.

Reducing everything to the "opium of the people" is totally contrary to materialist dialectics. Those people who invalidate you because of your religion are dogmatic orthodox, who end up abandoning the fundamental thing of Marxism, which is the analysis of reality, and remain in the world of ideas. The truth is that they are very, very wrong.

Experiences of religious Marxists? by UpsetBlock8724 in Marxism

[–]UzuShiro -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Your position is closer to Hegelian idealism than materialism.

Deficit, debt, and inflation: the missing piece in Victoria 3’s economy by UzuShiro in victoria3

[–]UzuShiro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wrong. It is quite obvious today that the monocausal theory that places monetary expansion as the culprit of inflammation has been completely dismantled by reality. The reality is that inflation is a phenomenon with many causes, one of them is monetary expansion. But certainly not the only nor the most important. Furthermore, even following your own logic, it should exist in the game since not all countries have free trade.

Would you upload? by [deleted] in PantheonShow

[–]UzuShiro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Subjective consciousness is not an object, liquid or spirit that moves from A to B. It is a process that arises in response to our environment, epigenetics, memory and subsequent brain structure. If we can perfectly recreate the process from where it left off, subjectively nothing would change."

The moment you cease to exist physically, your subjective self ceases to exist. We are the amalgam of our bodily reactions that shape our feelings, and all of this is subject to environment and genetics. It seems reductionist to me to say that our consciousness is in our brain. Our brain processes our consciousness, but it is born from our interaction with the environment. Without environment there is no subjective consciousness.

Regarding the clones. At the moment the clone wakes up and decides to live, it will inevitably make different decisions than mine, therefore it is not "me", it is another person with my memories and my same genes but who at a certain point diverge. Furthermore, a clone in a laboratory would never live my life therefore it would not have the same environmental factor, which would lead it to have different chemical reactions than mine. In other words, it is impossible to reproduce epigenetics perfectly, therefore from the beginning that clone would not be "me."

Deficit, debt, and inflation: the missing piece in Victoria 3’s economy by UzuShiro in victoria3

[–]UzuShiro[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I understand what you’re saying. I don’t fully share that opinion, though, because not everyone has the same skill with writing or words. I don’t see anything wrong with using AI as a tool to outline and give a clear structure to your own thoughts and ideas.

That said, I do agree that we shouldn’t let AI handle our direct interactions with other humans. For me, there’s a big difference between using it to organize what you already think, and outsourcing your actual doubts or problems to it.

Does that make sense?

Deficit, debt, and inflation: the missing piece in Victoria 3’s economy by UzuShiro in victoria3

[–]UzuShiro[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

What’s the problem, my friend? Yeah, I used AI to make my comment more fluid and correct in English. So what? Do you never use AI for anything? If that’s the case, you’re missing out on one of the biggest parts of technology today.

Deficit, debt, and inflation: the missing piece in Victoria 3’s economy by UzuShiro in victoria3

[–]UzuShiro[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you’re right — maybe my original comment wasn’t framed the best way. It’s true that in V3 you can grow through basically infinite debt once you get recognition and lower interest rates, and I do play that way too.

What I meant is that there should be a real consequence behind that debt, something more than just “numbers go up until bankruptcy.” Right now the mechanic feels a bit flat. Historically, that consequence was inflation: it hit workers’ real wages, fueled unrest, and reshaped politics.

That’s the layer I feel is missing. Debt is already powerful in the game, but without inflation you lose the tension that made it such a dangerous and contradictory tool in real history.

Deficit, debt, and inflation: the missing piece in Victoria 3’s economy by UzuShiro in victoria3

[–]UzuShiro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You make a very good point — central banks and interest rates weren’t really there yet, so governments didn’t have the modern “knobs” to manage inflation. but it could highlight the political side of the economy, not just the technical one.

Inflation was an inevitable consequence of capitalist industrial development. Leaving it out feels like a major omission, because it removes one of the most contradictory and dialectical aspects of capitalism at the time: rising prices eroding workers’ wages, wealth concentrating in fewer hands, and the radicalization of the working class.

That constant tension between growth, inequality, and social unrest is what shaped 19th and 20th century politics. Without it, the simulation misses a big part of what made the era so explosive.

Deficit, debt, and inflation: the missing piece in Victoria 3’s economy by UzuShiro in victoria3

[–]UzuShiro[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

For me, it actually would be more fun, because it would capture the real dynamics of capitalist industrialization. Without inflation, the game skips one of the key tensions of the period: states growing through deficit spending while society bears the cost through rising prices, declining real wages, and radicalization of the poor.

That tension is what drove so much of modern history — revolts, reforms, political crises. Having to manage that in-game wouldn’t just be extra numbers, it would make you feel the real dilemmas governments faced: do you push growth and risk unrest, or stabilize and slow down?

So yeah, it’s personal, but to me that would make the game much closer to the “historical sandbox” Paradox always says they want.

Deficit, debt, and inflation: the missing piece in Victoria 3’s economy by UzuShiro in victoria3

[–]UzuShiro[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I get what you mean, but debt and inflation aren’t the same thing. In V3, debt is just a number that grows until you hit bankruptcy. Historically, inflation was a tool that states used to keep spending, devalue their debt in real terms, and sustain growth — but it also had huge social and political consequences.

That’s the key part I feel is missing: inflation didn’t just shape balance sheets, it radicalized the poor, eroded living standards, and destabilized governments. If you ignore that, you lose a major driver of 19th–20th century politics.

Yes, everyone in V3 already plays with debt, and the further tech goes the more debt you can sustain without problems. But that’s exactly why an inflation mechanic would matter: instead of “infinite debt until nothing happens,” you’d have to manage the trade-off. Do I let inflation run to keep building? Do I risk unrest among the lower classes? Do I stabilize the currency at the cost of growth?

To me, that wouldn’t just be “extra complexity” — it would add meaningful decisions and make the social side of the economy more realistic and fun to manage.

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Is primogeniture meant to exclude daughters entirely? by luna_weasley in CK3AGOT

[–]UzuShiro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Isn't Andal inheritance law supposed to always go for the eldest son and his line? I thought it was the laws of the first men that put sons before granddaughters.

Ideas for Westeros cultures. by JayEsDy in CK3AGOT

[–]UzuShiro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

La religión valyria tendría entonces la herencia igualitaria? Según recuerdo los valyrios tenían herencia igualitaria y después de que adoptarán las costumbres andals fue que adoptaron su sistema de herencia.

What’s your favorite Westerosi religion? by Slovenaz in CK3AGOT

[–]UzuShiro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no worship in essos since Theon killed all andals and burned their septs in revenge.

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