TBF, if I had a nickel for every old-money-inherited-land/wealth-person who scoffed at “vulgar” displays of wealth and the “nuveau riche” and likewise fetishized the restraint of their peers, who also self identified as capitalist and/or libertarian, I’d have at least a very nice steak dinner.
February 17, 2026 at 8:06 PM
TBF, if I had a nickel for every old-money-inherited-land/wealth-person who scoffed at “vulgar” displays of wealth and the “nuveau riche” and likewise fetishized the restraint of their peers, who also self identified as capitalist and/or libertarian, I’d have at least a very nice steak dinner.
It’s still there, though, just hidden behind abstracion layers like socioeconomic status and social mobility gatekeeping. It’s less “this is owed my line” than “this is owed my station” (or just as commonly “this which is beneath my station”) whis is just as tied to sociopolitical control and 1/
February 17, 2026 at 7:53 PM
It’s still there, though, just hidden behind abstracion layers like socioeconomic status and social mobility gatekeeping. It’s less “this is owed my line” than “this is owed my station” (or just as commonly “this which is beneath my station”) whis is just as tied to sociopolitical control and 1/
Actually just being metcantilista with feudalist tendencies.
February 17, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Actually just being metcantilista with feudalist tendencies.
Totally! And probably if you asked many of the in-game higher-ups of the houses, they’d self identify as capitalist (or at least *say* they adhere to the core concepts, since idk if there’s any Galifarian equivalent to Smith) which again TBF, many such IRL cases of self-identifying capitalists 1/
February 17, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Totally! And probably if you asked many of the in-game higher-ups of the houses, they’d self identify as capitalist (or at least *say* they adhere to the core concepts, since idk if there’s any Galifarian equivalent to Smith) which again TBF, many such IRL cases of self-identifying capitalists 1/
It’s clearly mercantilist with regulatory capture (esp. WRT the Dragonmarked houses vis a vis aberrant dragonmarks and non-family marked characters) and TBF there’s a lot of colloquial blurring of capitalist and mercantilist
February 17, 2026 at 6:20 PM
It’s clearly mercantilist with regulatory capture (esp. WRT the Dragonmarked houses vis a vis aberrant dragonmarks and non-family marked characters) and TBF there’s a lot of colloquial blurring of capitalist and mercantilist
I still have all of mine, back from when I was too invested in it LOL
February 17, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I still have all of mine, back from when I was too invested in it LOL
LMAO the congo free state would be a libertarian’s wet dream
February 17, 2026 at 1:25 PM
LMAO the congo free state would be a libertarian’s wet dream
Feudal lord hires adventurers to slay dragon because they were attacking his land and soldiers, hilarity ensues.
February 17, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Feudal lord hires adventurers to slay dragon because they were attacking his land and soldiers, hilarity ensues.
The “waaaaaaay easier said than done” answer, but the one I always keep coming back to is instilling civic virtue as a vehicle for liberal policies.
February 16, 2026 at 6:05 PM
The “waaaaaaay easier said than done” answer, but the one I always keep coming back to is instilling civic virtue as a vehicle for liberal policies.
Mine is the very very end of Shostakovich 7
February 16, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Mine is the very very end of Shostakovich 7
It’s all “who wrote about them” plus “Persia got annoyed at Athens so they put their finger on the scales for the Peloponnesian War”
February 16, 2026 at 3:28 PM
It’s all “who wrote about them” plus “Persia got annoyed at Athens so they put their finger on the scales for the Peloponnesian War”
Good for the Scots and Irish to be elevated to “white”, I guess.
February 15, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Good for the Scots and Irish to be elevated to “white”, I guess.
Oh they do. They just reject it thoroughly.
February 15, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Oh they do. They just reject it thoroughly.
CoDzilla (Cleric or Druid) ruiner of many prepared encounters
February 15, 2026 at 3:31 PM
CoDzilla (Cleric or Druid) ruiner of many prepared encounters
Lvl 5 druid + natural spell + fleshraker + venomfire, my beloved
February 15, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Lvl 5 druid + natural spell + fleshraker + venomfire, my beloved
Druid’s animal companion could, though LOL
February 15, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Druid’s animal companion could, though LOL
Love how in every single tankie telling of the Cold War the USSR was just smol beans and the US alone screwed the third world
February 15, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Love how in every single tankie telling of the Cold War the USSR was just smol beans and the US alone screwed the third world
🎵Summer is a coming in…🎵
February 15, 2026 at 3:58 AM
🎵Summer is a coming in…🎵
“Conservatism is a land of contrasts”.
February 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
“Conservatism is a land of contrasts”.
www.dailymotion.com/video/xflqt2
I have no idea why this isn’t on youtube, but it’s so on the nose.
Also, nothing against the man per se but Barry Goldwater, and more than the Koch brothers, Fred Koch who was an OG Bircher.
I have no idea why this isn’t on youtube, but it’s so on the nose.
Also, nothing against the man per se but Barry Goldwater, and more than the Koch brothers, Fred Koch who was an OG Bircher.
Si Rupert Murdoch n'avait pas existé...
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February 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
www.dailymotion.com/video/xflqt2
I have no idea why this isn’t on youtube, but it’s so on the nose.
Also, nothing against the man per se but Barry Goldwater, and more than the Koch brothers, Fred Koch who was an OG Bircher.
I have no idea why this isn’t on youtube, but it’s so on the nose.
Also, nothing against the man per se but Barry Goldwater, and more than the Koch brothers, Fred Koch who was an OG Bircher.
Something something hard to get to understand when his salary depends on it
February 13, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Something something hard to get to understand when his salary depends on it
People are really redoing “nutpicking” from first principles
February 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
People are really redoing “nutpicking” from first principles