i just tried workers and resources only to discover the factory genre just isn't for me. i wanted to create a communist utopia! oh well, back to tropico/farthest frontier
unless you're talking bout a specific thing I'm unaware of, i don't believe it's really a comprehensive plan so much as the single overarching message they do where they compartmentalize problems we all face as problems others face. i.e. "millennials can't/are doing x"
in this case they take 2 facts— college is out of reach for most, the job market sucks for everyone—and frame em as deserved pains only them uppity wokes are feeling, it allows people who can't afford college, and are in trades by necessity to imagine they are smart and vindicated, that their non-choice was a smart choice, givin em an outlet like aesops fox
what made [AnimeJunkes, a 2000's era fansub group] a laughingstock was when they translated a line from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, about numerous kidnappings by foreign mafia agents, as "Are you aware of the frequent occurrences of the mass naked child events within the country?" The "mass naked child events" line became a meme referring to terrible translations.
dwarf fortress. love the game (hypothetically). practically? brain melting like all the other games i want ta want ta like (factorio, KSP, dyson sphere). I'll enjoy following y'all tho, DF stories are epic
Ukraine, whose population exceeded 48 million in 2001, faced demographic decline well before the conflict, with millions of citizens heading westward from eastern Europe to escape economic strife and rampant corruption at home.
Anastasiia Yushchuk, a 21-year-old... said that although she hoped to start a family some day, she had no intention of doing so in the next couple of years.
"There is no stability, nothing to build upon."
Existing financial pressures have been exacerbated by the war, such as rising rents and the cost of living, she said.
so... a continuing trend but author wishes reader to attribute it to something different, yes?
if every piece has an agenda what's this one's? To promote empathy for Ukraine and hope reader blames the problems the citizens face on Russia's 'invasion'?
ill give credit for it being more subtle prop than some I've seen.
i want these in main to be clear but if there was a comm dedicated to these tweets I'd break my finger subscribin