• echognomics [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Damn those moralists and their checks notes good governance.

    The entire game is set in a Moralist-controlled deindustrialised slum area where drug abuse is rampant, and almost everyone lives in abject poverty.

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      1 year ago

      The creative team are all Estonian leftists/Marxists who lived through the 1990s. It’s clearly what they draw on - the absolute devastation of global capitalism.

    • TheLastHero [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      but have you dumb commies considered that the *price stabilitié* is fantastic now? Didn’t think so. Maybe if you actually attended an EPIS meeting you’d understand why you can’t just fix problems and improve your local living conditions.

      (Note: I don’t understand either but I am paid to to pretend)

    • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      Damn those moralists and their checks notes good governance.

      The Adults In The Room have Made The Hard Decisions and Got Shit Done hypersus

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      Also the large building that used to be full of thriving small businesses is destitute and nearly abandoned except the one dice maker lady. You can literally pick through the remains of the failure of capitalism that has left only a husk of itself behind.

      And yeah, nearly every NPC in the game is living in poverty, is angry all the time, or has resigned themselves to quietly suffering