Some weird, German communist, hello. He/him pronouns and all that. Obsessed with philosophy and history, secondarily obsessed with video games as a cultural medium. Also somewhat able to program.

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  • (Also I’m still salty about Origin Systems in 1992!)

    They are finally getting re-discovered by younger generations a bit more, but they are often missing from memes like this. Considering how groundbreaking their projects like Wing Commander and of course Ultima were, it is a true shame. They truly fell from the very top and slowly died thanks to EA. (And, admittedly, also in part mismanagement and not being able to overcome the prohibitive cost of physical media i.e. floppy disks and CDs properly)




  • Depending on the surrounding context, it actually isn’t that bad of an idea. I do think a lot of “shit that just has to be done” is better served as collective duties instead of “let the poor people that have no choice do it”.

    That being said, it often also ends up rife with corruption (see conscription/draft dodging tactics) in current contexts. And it can be used as a punishment instead of a duty.

    Also, in this specific case, it would essentially be free labour in service not really of the common good, but in service of privately owned farms, which I think are romanticised a lot. Homesteading is not the standard, most are actually already pretty big, and consolidation is still the name of the game.

    I am pretty sure the solution the system will land on with the current trajectory of things will be an even more intensive use of prison labour. (i.e. legal slavery)