For instance, the Civ games are basically Whig History: The Game, presenting liberal capitalism as the ideal end point for all societies. It even includes uncivilized "barbarian tribes" whose sole purpose is to be exterminated so you can take their land for the glory of capitalism.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    combined, the endpoint of history is right around 1990, and theres such a paucity of imagination about the future, like the greatest possible use of science is to be able to use your entire countrys productive capacity to build a big rocket for a pointless space colony impossibly distant from actual earth, fundamentally indistinguishable in both mechanics and intent to just building the pyramids in space to say ‘look on my works ye mighty and despair’

    This is exactly what :my-hero: and his cult are permanently stuck in.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Just keep dumping all resources into those science beakers for the science victory! By that we mean keep giving more subsidies to ELO~N! :so-true:

      • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        It's about the material conditions of the land. Specifically the hammers and apples.