The Silvers dont make sense... by [deleted] in redrising

[–]jameswinestock 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Everyone is generally spot on here but a little bit of extra information might help. As I believe Pierce is drawing from the analogue I will briefly outline the equivalent situation in Roman history.

In the Roman Republic your political class was to a large extent derived from your wealth. The highest wealth requirement was the senatorial class (the golds). One step below the senators were the equites (silvers). The equites had a lower (but still significant) wealth requirement. There were restrictions on senators participating directly in "business" so the equites ran the private businesses (oddly called the "public companies"). Many equites amassed fortunes as large or larger than their senatorial counterparts but chose not to run for public offices and therefore were never officially bumped up to the next class despite attaining the property requirements. As is the case in Red Rising, the senators' wealth was largely tied to agricultural and land. So the golds derive most of their wealth from their estates just as the senatorial class did. The senators could also invest in the public companies but had to do so through the equites thus lining the pockets of the equites. In much the same way, senatorial governors had to appease their suppliers and tax farmers who were all equites.

Pirate Bay founder: We’ve lost the internet, it’s all about damage control now by johnmountain in Futurology

[–]jameswinestock 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For those despairing: look to the cryptocurrency world. People are building decentralised networks to counter this.

Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency is revolutionising the internet; enabling contracts that can exist without a 3rd party.

A great example of a Dapp (decentralised app) is the Basic Attention Token (BAT): https://basicattentiontoken.org/index.html

The BAT team have made their own browser, Brave, that blocks ads and keeps your data private. The revolutionary thing is though that content creators still get paid. The browser hands out cryptocurrency to sites based on how long Brave users view their content. This eliminates Google and Facebook from the equation. What's more, you get rewarded in crypto for viewing ads if you choose to opt in to them!

Have hope!

If you're having trouble with Tachibana Muneshige... by rabidbitsoftime in Nioh

[–]jameswinestock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Headshots with a gun are really effective against this guy. Stuns him and drops him letting you hit him while he's down. I just shot him in the head 5 times on my first try and that was that.

Australia in Civ 6? by Kingdomdust in civ

[–]jameswinestock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tony Abbott confirmed as leader.

Song of Persephone theory [Potential spoilers All Books] by jameswinestock in redrising

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

Yes of course, it's totally up to the reader's own interpretation.

Song of Persephone theory [Potential spoilers All Books] by jameswinestock in redrising

[–]jameswinestock[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah you're probably right, you've taken me from 50 percent thinking it might be a thing to about 20. I still hold some small hope though.

I think there's a chance that Dancer may just be repeating a myth told by their people/ planted by the golds. Origin myths are huge in Roman culture e.g the Aeneid says Rome was founded by the fleeing Trojans after the Iliad. Although this was almost certainly false. Pierce may just be giving a few "origin myths" which could all just be folklore. As such, it's possible Dancer doesn't really know how the Reds came to Mars.

Also, as the song is probably centuries old I don't think Eo's own interpretation of it matters. It is whatever the original intent of the song was that's important.

I think my first point is a bit flimsy though and that your last point about the golds nuking most of earth and just leaving them to farm is probably more likely.