In the special edition of the game, having a political ideology lets you go on a side quest on Day 4. Ultraliberals get a quest which ends in them gaining shares in a company worth incomprehensible amounts of money... which you can't liquidate into Reál while stranded in Martinaise, but you can convince the pawn shop guy to sell you the streetlamp for one share because he's really fucking stoned. He doesn't agree to add shipping and handling though, so the lamp sprite doesn't even move.
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In the special edition of the game, having a political ideology lets you go on a side quest on Day 4. Ultraliberals get a quest which ends in them gaining shares in a company worth incomprehensible amounts of money... which you can't liquidate into Reál while stranded in Martinaise, but you can convince the pawn shop guy to sell you the streetlamp for one share because he's really fucking stoned. He doesn't agree to add shipping and handling though, so the lamp sprite doesn't even move.