Mehrtelb [he/him] @lemmygrad.ml Just a former liberal weeb radicalized.
Lonely Marxman in Germany.
Currently grappling with this question myself, germany has 2-3 small ML parties, but there is one that is revisionist and doesn't support AES, but they have a bigger reach, higher budget and more (and more diverse) members
Since apathy and alienation are at an all-time high around here, I really don't know what to do
Frodo Baggins from Lotr, Hajime Hinata from Danganronpa 2
edit: Cloud Strife from the Remake comes to mind, though he doesn't rank as high as the former 2
Fair and Balanced
geteilt von: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/829417
> Because you lost (?) this war in foreign lands, your entire country should cease to exist. > > source
Dark mode, but why are you asking this in this community?
It's pretty hard to write anything concrete that works for all possible works of fiction, but I'd say most of them are ill-suited to a character suddenly spouting ML-rhetoric. There needs to be some basis for the character's radicalization that is rooted in their material conditions. Harry Potter for example has almost no chance of achieving class consciousness, as he's quite privileged (and later on joins the wizard cops).
The benevolent ruler trope is just something I see often in fantasy, even if they mean well, it's just the reform vs. revolution argument.
Well, the conditions for communism to exist must be there. In our world, we have experience with slavery and wage-labour, as well as philosophers (Marx) that built on the ideas of previous ones (Hegel) to radically change society. The proletariat needs certain precarious conditions to achieve class consciousness and needs a vanguard. You can start your story without the vanguard though (maybe the protagonist will build the vanguard?). But to actually formulate it precisely: For the proletariat to rise up it actually needs to be exploited in the first place. Most fantasy societies will have people with different power levels, so you would need to think of an in-universe way of how they would resolve this too.
The benevolent ruler is just a trope that is loved by liberals, it's at it's core just the old reform vs. revolution argument
Let the Dialectics guide you Lenin. - Karl Marx in A New Hope
I thought the same thing as you before, especially when I started to watch Andor. As long as you keep in mind that the ideas the characters have come from their material conditions and avoid the trope of the benevolent ruler, I don't see much that could go wrong. Really interested in what others here have to say about it.
very based, thank you now I have something to read on the train ride
Couldn't find anything on prolewiki, anyone got some info on this war?
Some recommendations for beginners
This post is for beginners as well as seasoned Dungeon Crawlers alike!
Feel free to comment your own recommendations and/or experiences with mine.
Without further ado, let's begin!
- Comrades by W.M. Akers
RPG using the PbtA (Powered by the Apocalypse) System about a group of everyday people fighting an unjust regime by whatever means you can think of! Recommended for intermediate and advanced players, not impossible for beginners, but it requires a Game Master who is very good at improvising.
- Pathfinder 2. Edition by Paizo
Branch-off of the famous DnD modernised! This is without a doubt the best classic fantasy-RPG experience you can get, easy to play with almost endless costumization for your unique character! Recommended for everyone to at least play once!
- Hard Wired Island by Weird Age Games
"Retrofuture Cyberpunk" sound weird the first time you hear this but it makes sense trust me! If you know the cyberpunk genre you may know what's here: Style over Substance, cool prosthetics and every edgy adjective you can come up with. Except that in this RPG you try to get the community together to fight the capitalist system that brought you to this point! Earning money by doing under-payed gig-jobs in daylight, buying weapons and tools and then foiling the plans of your bosses by night! Same as comrades it uses the PbtA system, but this game is more focused on actually building and sustaining the community than Comrades, but it's your game, blow it all to high hell if you want! Recommended for intermediate players because of the system and all the rules for prosthetics.
- Voidheart Symphony by UFO Press
Ever played Persona (especially 5)? Wished there was a TTRPG like that? Many tried and failed, but this one is very good! Again utilizing the PbtA system (can you tell that I like it?) this game tries to capture the spirit of the latest persona game: a group of teenagers or young adults (animal mascot or robot too) become aware of a growing evil that gives its subordinates unimaginable power and wealth by oppressing the populace, awaken to their powers and decide to use them to fight back against the system! The game very much focuses on interpersonal relationships of the player characters and how it helps/effects or hinders their rebellion. Recommended for beginners and people who never played PbtA before because of it's cool Tutorial system.
I have many more, but this post is getting too long, maybe I'll make more if you like these? Only time can tell...