LarsAdultsen

This is hilarious, guy sounds like Jonathan Pie on one of his tirades.

I too remember enjoying Dragon Age II until I was told that I shouldn't by angry online s

This'll get spread around as heavily as that misleading bread line photo from the USSR, right?

Nah, they'll just blame it on the immigrants ez

My reddit brain just instantly wanted to comment ~~r/ABoringDystopia~~ before I managed to stop myself.

I have a lot to unlearn folks...

How's the regulatory capture going USA?

India, imo, is a loose collection of peoples with the single uniting factor being anti-colonial solidarity, a sentiment that looks to be fading fast. The faultlines in this artificially concocted polity are plenty, and what they're witnessing now can be interpreted as the Hindutva movement conjuring a national myth that solidifies the Hindu position (specifically the Vedic flavor) as the numerical majority and asserting their sole right to the land.

Must've fulfilled some ritual purpose

IMO the last time capitalism got something right the Netherlands was still called Orange

That is one part of the equation, sure. Buy It For Life should be a cornerstone of transition economies, at least. However, I feel like future policymakers will have to be more radical and find ways to shelve commodification as a mindset altogether. This includes the concept of "shopping" as a leisure activity, but also other things such as consuming entertainment at the volumes we do today, and reduction in the role of consumption in courtships. I'm not even sure if such a shift is possible, and would possibly cause widespread resentment if it were to be implemented at scale.

I have a feeling that it would be more along the lines of the patron-client model that propped up the creative economy of Renaissance-era Italian city states. The key difference being that, with basic needs met, you'll no longer have to bear the last name Medici to have the resources needed to become a patron.

On the other hand, I also think that, in light of the climate crisis, we may have to significantly scale back the commodity economy. One way I envision this playing out is a reservation system for raw material on a community basis that would enable a grassroots patron-client and gifting ecosystem.

[pls note I have no sources to back these theories up. They're a hodge-podge of stuff I've come across over the years]