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Communists shaking and crying right now.
Capitalism is a very common/popular tag for games on Steam. Of course, it's a fantasy version of capitalism where you can actually get ahead.
These games are tagged capitalism, but they use this wild version of capitalism where the person doing the work gets to keep the value their work creates. I think there's a name for that...
Usually in these games I tell workers to do the work, I'm just the guy giving orders.
IS A MAN NOT ENTITLED TO THE SWEAT OF HIS BROW?!?!
Being fair, capitalism works great in games. The system necessarily determines a winner, there are no externalities inside of a video game, and the people whose labor you're profiting from are NPCs.
Just now I realized I'm the NPC in some rich asshole capitalists life.
๐จโ๐๐ซ๐จโ๐
Wake up sheeple ๐
This is true for board games as well. The classic example being Monopoly.
The only good capitalism sims are GameDevTycoon, which makes you complicit in the enshittification while playing a plagiarized game, and Roller Coaster Tycoon, which accurately depicts the tycoon mindset.
0.01$ super salty fries, 80% ice 1500% overpriced drinks FTW
In the first game I remember charging about $5.00 or something for the bathroom. Easiest fake money I've ever made to fuel the construction of my psychopathic murder rides.
RCT does a really good job emulating the massive desire to drown your guests that all tycoons eventually get.