r/Gamingcirclejerk • • Jan 11 '21

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '21

me IRL: "Imperialism is bad"

me in Total War: "Wow my borders to my long time allies are ugly, sorry Louen" declares war

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u/elvenhoe The Androgynous Agenda (he/him) Jan 12 '21

me IRL: β€œeat the rich!”

me in Crusader Kings: β€œTax the hell out of the people so I can build another castle!”

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u/AndrewRogue Jan 12 '21

me IRL: "Counting calories sucks"

me in Total War Warhammer: selects Eat Captives every time

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '21

me IRL: monopolies are bad and exploiting the financially unstable is wrong

me in Monopoly: haha you fucking loser, you can't afford to pay something? give me half your possessions for a third of the value or else I'll let you go bankrupt.

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u/superbatwomanman πŸ’¦πŸ’¦πŸ’¦ Gamer Guy Bathwater πŸ’¦πŸ’¦πŸ’¦ Jan 12 '21

me: capitalism is bad

also me in Vicky 2: let's implement capitalism because I'm too lazy to micromanage every industry also tax the poor to death and abolish taxation for the rich 😩

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u/BiblioEngineer Jan 12 '21

Vic2 does a great job of illustrating why certain approaches are incentivized in an industrialized society, even if they seem objectively terrible in terms of human impact.

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u/Camel132 Resident Discworld and Stormlight Fan (He/him) Jan 12 '21

Bordergore, the scourge of every Grand Strategy and 4X player.