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Yeah like, this is the best they've got? Pathetic.

... is it really yummy? Is that the problem? Americans just wanna eat a yummy apple treat?

I want to like Foundation. Ive made a couple bigger towns and I like the organic look of the paths. But it's hard now that Manor Lords is out, it's just outclassed in the "making a pretty city" department and doesn't have another draw really.

Got into a rhythm in Sailwind: get all my needs met, check the course is how I want, adjust the rigging for any wind shifts and then read my book until I need to do any of those some more. Nice way to get progress in the voyage and in the book at the same time.

Beyond that cracked DRG open again, lotta new stuff, bounced off of a bug where I didn't get the reward for my assignment, might go back might not.

Also looking at jumping back in Sulfur now that there's more places to explore and more guns and mods to try. Just gotta make sure I've got a spare set of good but disposable gear to test the new zones.

Who decides what is a "real job?" And why do people care so much about whether others have a "real job" or not? Your money isn't magically worth more because you made it working a construction job vs. me pressing a few buttons on an app.

I think it's a very rudimentary form of class consciousness, or at least a recognition of the illogic of the economy. People recognize that there is a disparity between the value of the work being done (hoarding children's toys to make money off of arbitrage, standing in a big building buying and selling stock) and the amount these people are compensated compared to the value of keeping trash off of the street or maintaining the sewer system or cooking food for people.

You're right that the system is basically unreasonable. I don't think it's weird for people to notice that and be upset about it though, even if they lack the terminology to say what they're upset about.

It will be interesting to see this side by side with what we're seeing from China, I'm guessing this is the first time since the Cold War that a country we view as a threat is developing planes roughly on parity with us at the same time.

I am curious if China's industrial capacity will give it an edge here.

My understanding is that the point of this is largely to give the executive more direct control over the way education funding is distributed, not necessarily to cut it entirely. Obviously this will mean directing more resources to private education but they might not decide to eliminate like, all school counseling or things that will be immediately noticed and prompt a lot of resistance like interventions and such.

But also they're running wild so who knows.

One thing I've never really gotten a handle on is the "laborer" economy, and despite being at near constant war, I keep running out.

The key is specialization and happiness management. You basically want to have raw material provinces where you throw all your labour, and focus on things that reduce unrest in those places to minimize losses turn over turn. Concentrating them in the appropriate places and keeping those places locked down reduces the turn-over-turn loss.

I also usually end up sending out caravans mostly to get back labourers, a continuous feed into my machine that is better optimized and more productive than any of the trade routes could match. I end up with a surplus of raw materials so it can feed back into keeping labour up.

Lol. Little babies.

LEAVE MY GOLD

ALONE !

Majesty was the first game I remember caring about enough to be good at, I beat all but I think one mission on the expansion. Loved that game, I hope like you that a good sequel or successor can eventually emerge.

Lol they are offering to house inmates for a fee. Literally the foreign policy of a private prison.

They were pissed off, they were waiting a long time for the negotiations to end and when it dropped it was pitiful. I am shocked they rejected by such a large margin though, I thought it would amount to a large minority protest vote.