there's this pc game, democracy 3, which is like this text-based government simulator. it's limited, but an interesting concept - the gameplay shows government policy within a basic neural network, so you can see the causes and consequences of your decisions. just played it again
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invested as much as possible in the nhs, education, in extending public transport, public housing, environment policies, arts grants, introduced capital gains tax, mansion tax, carbon tax, progressive income taxes - you get the idea - basically, as socialist is the game allows
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i eradicated homelessness, poverty, had some of the most educated and equal citizens in the world, increased life expectancy to 85, was winning 93% of the vote every election, then i got assassinated by capitalists in my third term lol
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basically, the game rewards you in in almost every way for tacking massively leftwards, except the fact that the wealthiest hate you, and so ends up presenting an argument that the biggest barrier to socialism is that rich people can always pay someone to murder youpic.twitter.com/JSydLKUBey
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returned to democracy 3 to right some wrongs. went full socialist, except for my security services, where i went full fash. thwarted every assassination attempt. also called my party 'hang the wronguns'. win every single election now. a lesson for the left.pic.twitter.com/JcqfhYytoU
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Only thing I’ve read is Wiki (someone in passing mentioned its political history)
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