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[–] echognomics@hexbear.net 89 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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.

[–] star_wraith@hexbear.net 79 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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.

No, you don’t understand! That’s the fault of those union thugs!!

[–] TheLastHero@hexbear.net 47 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago

Damn those moralists and their checks notes good governance.

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

[–] axont@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago

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