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trade unions went fash (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 year ago by ZoomeristLeninist@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net
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as soon as they stopped being marginalized, my trade unions formed the first fascist party. there's already a social democratic party led by the rural folk (that used to include the petite bourgeoisie) and a communist party led by the armed forces.

its especially weird considering the ideologies my the trade unions IG are proletarian, egalitarian, populist, anti-slavery, and socialist. how do they go fascist w that set of ideologies?!

oh well, they have half the clout of the communist party, and a quarter of the clout of the socdem party

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[-] makotech222@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

the political system is the worst part of this game, entirely nonsensical

[-] ZoomeristLeninist@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

yeah its pretty wack. i play for the economy tho. love me a spreadsheet simulator

[-] makotech222@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

i wrote decision cheats to just switch out party leaders with traits i want

[-] ZoomeristLeninist@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

oo nice! personally i dont like cheats bc it becomes a slippery slope for me and i eventually go overboard and it saps all the fun. but kudos to you for having more restraint!

[-] BlueMagaChud@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

you should ask the New Deal Democrats, they went social fascist

[-] ZoomeristLeninist@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

except they dont have any of those ideologies except anti-slavery (except as punishment for a crime) and maybe a touch of populism

[-] BlueMagaChud@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

maybe the devs are hinting those were just costumes for careerist opportunists?

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

trade unions going fash is a thing though, look at falangist spain and italy. fascism subverts leftist organizing to spread fascist beliefs, its a key aspect of fascism as described by mussolini. key point is once the unions have run their use they are usually defanged.

idk anything about this game, i dont video gaem, but this seems at least plausible

[-] blakeus12@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

what game is this?

[-] ElGosso@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

allende-rhetoric

[-] lorty@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

The thing I hate the most about this game is how monolitic these groups are.

Are you seriously telling me every single trade union is fascist? As if that would happen.

[-] VapeNoir@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Probably because they have a nationalist (or auth ideolpgy, i havent played in a bit) leader. I've had parties adopt completely contradictory programs because of the tendencies of the figure leading them. It's super rng

[-] ZoomeristLeninist@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

this is what it was. the leader had the “ethno-nationalist” ideology. i ended up getting council republic in 1934, narrowly avoiding civil war. playing China can be such a mess but i avoided both boxer rebellion and heavenly kingdom in this run!

this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2023
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