Vid clip - https://xcancel.com/tsarnick/status/1842401670225125539

I made the big mistake of watching that. And now [redacted]. Holy mother of fuck are tech bros evil.

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    6 hours ago

    Tech Trees really just do re-package the whole "Stone age bronze age iron age steam gas atom jet whatever the fuck" mythos, don't they? Like often literally by name.

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]
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      6 hours ago

      That and reinforcing ideas about non-European cultures that are harmful. Shit like "Native Americans didn't invent the wheel because they spent all their tax money on war instead of science." Not like the real reason, which is wheels are fucking useless without large pack animals.

      • Tom742 [comrade/them]
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        2 hours ago

        The first invented wheels weren’t even for transportation, they were grinding wheels which even further erodes their point.

      • Hexboare [they/them]
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        3 hours ago

        Even then, many large pack animals aren't all that. The first 500 years after the collapse of western Rome was dominated by camels and limited road infrastructure.

        Water is and remains the most efficient way to transport goods.