Editing Capitalism (section)

== Grim Dark Capitalism For All Your Role-Playing <s>And Warning</s> Needs ==

Because capitalism is the boring dominant ideology of today, dystopian societies in works enjoyed by /tg/ tend to either be monarchies, [[Imperium of Man| theocracies]], fascist or [[Tau| communist]]. However, the extremes of capitalism are explored in works that show what happens when the [[Leagues of Votann| free market]] is not restrained by some force. These societies will have the wealth accumulated by [[That Guy| 1% of the population]] who reenact the pre-fall [[Eldar]] by partying and doing other decadent shit while their slaves get scraps despite doing the heavy lifting. While these [[Games Workshop| evil corporations]] may justify the state of things, that's easy to do from your comfortable position. 

Cyberpunk as a whole is a representation of where capitalism could lead us. Those wanting to create a cyberpunk role-playing scenario will notice that the established works will feature not only the previously mentioned class divide, but a lot of pollution and privately owned mercenary groups or corrupt police murdering the fuck out of dissenters they also spy on with the latest hardware. <s>Oh gee, that sounds like real life, only with fancier toys.</s>  {{BLAM}} ''Nothing to see citizen, keep on shopping.''

Another dystopian capitalist society may be a blatant analogy of old-school colonialism where certain empires invade random skubs for resources because corporate said so. 

Finally, the heresy known as [[Monopoly]] was designed to show us all how bad capitalism is with the most tedious and depressing board game you will ever play. Unfortunately, it is a best selling board game so either this was [[Just As Planned]] or the makers were the perfect [[Troll]].  Actually only the original version, titled the landlord’s game, was meant to bash Capitalism.  But then Parker Brothers changed the rules to make the long drawn out affair we all know and loathe today.