[yellow, shrugging]
Anticapitalists are silly idealists
[yellow, crossing their arms]
Communism can’t work in real life
[yellow, pointing smugly at us]
The theory behind socialism is broken
[yellow, looking wavy]
Anarchism makes no sense at all
[yellow, smiling annoyingly in front of a huge wall of text]
As opposed to my support for capitalism, which works because the market is free and open and has no state intervention, there are no monopolies or oligarchies, everyone has a perfect understanding of the things they consume, there are no patents and other government sanctioned ways to slow down competition, megacorps absolutely love supporting the free market, and billionaires get no say in political decisions. Prices also magically reflect real social costs, because pollution, burnout, and infrastructure decay are all naturally priced in. Labor markets are frictionless, so people can instantly quit abusive jobs and seamlessly transition into better ones without rent, visas, health insurance, or time being a factor. Infor mation asymmetry does not exist, advertising is purely informative and never manipulative, and planned obsolescence would be irrational because firms are driven by a deep moral commitment to long-term consumer welfare. Crises never happen, but when they do they are excellent learning opportunities that only affect those who made bad personal choices. Banks fail responsibly. Housing markets collapse politely. Of course, capital never concentrates, because returns definitely do not compound, network effects are a myth, and first-mover advantage is just something lazy people complain about. If someone becomes obscenely rich, it is merely a coincidence that they can now afford better lawyers, better lobbying, better media access, and better laws. This has no feedback effect whatsoever. Democracy also remains pristine, since money is famously speechless and campaign finance has no measurable impact on policy outcomes. Regulators are fearless, revolving doors are sealed shut, and every captured agency is just doing a long, ironic performance art piece. When the state intervenes, it is always against capitalism, never on its behalf, and certainly never to socialize losses after privatizing gains. And if any of this sounds unrealistic, that is only because capitalism has never really been tried properly, unlike all those other systems, which failed specifically because humans were involved. But why does this paragraph end with a mention of thebad.website ?
Thanks !
The art I did for Future Invaders is a good example, couple hundred illustrations over there :)
Practice is the only trade secret, if you put an hour a day into serious drawing practice you’ll be starting to get good at it and have developed your own style within a year. I thought I was too old / didn’t have enough “talent” to learn to draw, turns out anyone can with some effort. Had a great uncle who learned to paint from zero in his 80s and made really beautiful art, remembering his work was my motivation: if he could do it, then anyone can.
Oh shit that’s really cool, I remember making a card game when I was like 9 and it was the best (worst) thing ever. I enjoy tinkering around in Godot on personal projects I never finish, would you mind if I played around with making this into a game or at least seeing how far I can get. Not having to focus on designing mechanics and art would be a big asset.
I’ve started practising again lately, mostly just posting random things on funhole as I try to copy parts of styles that interest me; It feels like there’s some sort of new European rough web-art style going on which you’re also all channelling, I love it.
Sure, if you want to have fun with it go ahead! It’s currently very complete game design wise, went through two years of iterating, playtesting, adjusting, balancing, and is regularly played by a bunch of people and showcased in a few conventions every now and then, just hasn’t found a publisher yet (card games are notoriously hard to get published, can take many years of trying).
Thanks, if I ever end up doing anything with it I’ll let ya know so you can see :)