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08-07-2016, 11:35 PM | #22 | |
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I've always thought that Centrum would agree with Karl Marx on his point that capitalism inevitably leads to boom-and-bust cycles and that these are a bad thing. I'm reasonably sure they would canonically reject communism as well as capitalism (both the 'failed' and 'successful' forms of communism), but I could never quite say why. Possible reasons include: 1) Most communist timelines tend to be Russia or China-dominated, leading to severe linguistic problems for Centrum. 2) Their command economies tend to have glaring inefficiencies compared to Centrum, which Centrum would reject. 3) Leading communist thinkers in history have tended to be outside of the Anglo-French philosophical sphere, leading to cultural rejection of the label, regardless of the possible similarities. 4) By the time Centrum became a thing, 'class warfare' on their timeline had largely become an outmoded concept, replaced by "societal survival". This line of thinking was reinforced again by the WMDs in their final war, which didn't even care about wealth or merit, let alone social class. Even if they came across a successful Anglo-French communist timeline, they'd reject it because the philosophical basis of that society is something that they simply consider outmoded. |
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08-08-2016, 12:51 AM | #23 | |
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08-08-2016, 08:48 AM | #24 | |
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08-08-2016, 09:13 AM | #25 | |
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08-08-2016, 10:22 AM | #26 | |
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Assuming higher tiers within Centrum manage lower tiers then there must always be more lower tiers then higher to necessitate the number of higher tiers needed to assure order. So you can't justify Tier ones being treated poorly do to lack of merit when their are other factors that can denie them elevated status. |
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08-08-2016, 10:28 AM | #27 | |
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Part of the trick is centrum isn't particularly well defined.
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08-08-2016, 10:54 AM | #28 | |
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08-08-2016, 11:22 AM | #29 |
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I would assume this could lead to some sabotage attempts among people who are vying for sparse promotion slots. The competition could get very cutthroat, which would be a wedge Infinity would be more than willing to use. :)
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08-08-2016, 11:59 AM | #30 | |
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Is the Department of Making Products expected to turn a profit?
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