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So like... Where are they all? Is there still a brain drain to the US?

Disagree. That guy is in decent shape.

I appreciate the links and the discussion (not to mention the not devolving into insulting rhetoric).

I am heavily involved in local politics and I'm always interested in revolutionary policies as long as they are economically sound and actually function. Unlike many arguments I'm sure we both had online, I will actively read the links you posted to me.

With what? I know what a revolution is and how they can function.

I was speaking about the outcomes. Just because you get that many people together to agree that something must be done, doesn't mean they agree with what will happen after you've won the revolution.

What policies will be put into place if any? What about when two groups who were formerly together in the revolution completely disagree on what to do with the systems they are building? Do they just all kill each other then?

I want a system designed by people who know how to design systems. I want those systems to be greed-proof and have clearly laid out goals. I want economic systems to be circular with caps on the highest and lowest while still rewarding those who excel.

I want corporate and income controls. I want environmental policy that fucks over economic policy instead of the opposite. I want to heavily discourage corporate manipulation of human systems (such as addiction).

I want news to be publicly funded and with honesty legally mandated. I want more and better political parties. I want a legal system that doesn't need a degree and endless buckets of money to tell you if you're committing a crime or not. I want a legal system that applies to rich and poor in equal measure and with proportional punishments.

Yeah, I want a revolution. The problem is that everyone who also wants a revolution has a very different idea of the outcome of that revolution and I don't want someone to get in their idiot head that murdering everyone else who deviates from their revolution is a good idea. Because it isn't unless you want the revolution to be won by 10 hyper-opinionated assholes.

There's a pretty large delta between doing nothing and murdering people.

And we're happy to have you!

March of the Pigs - Nine Inch Nails

And yes, it does make me feel better.

Yup. That's why I started up a new community:

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To quote our pinned thread:

Why did I make this community? Well, mostly in response to the rest of Lemmy and the way many otherwise interesting discussion threads fall apart into downvoting and groupthink.

I don’t like people making baseless accusations and defend people on all sides when people are wrong about their opposition. I hate it when people think they know what others think and project incorrect (and often evil) bullshit on each other. It’s important to maintain solid reasoning and conclusions, not just one or the other.

I hate people being wilfully wrong because their group fetishizes a certain angle of the truth instead of the boring reality of the situation.

Ideas are important and I don’t feel we can get out of the current shitty slump we’re in with political discourse unless we are able to clearly articulate ourselves and discuss the world we’re in.

You (and all of you who feel the way you do) are welcome. You won't always agree with everyone there. That's okay. We talk about it. We're grown-ups.

Am Canadian. Can confirm.

I get it, but it doesn't have to be just pure stats. Could have been mild ability improvements or something or maybe changed some of the effects or visual things that occurred around you. Hell, even walking speed improvement or something like a tone to help you locate hidden items.

There's a lot they could have done considering we're dealing with magical items! Still had a pretty good time with it overall though.

Never got into Harry Potter since I was too old. This game was really fun to just explore and I constantly felt a forward momentum. Some of the stories were good, and some were awful.

I would absolutely play a sequel just based on the well done sense of discovery alone. I just wish more of what you found was impactful instead of cosmetic.