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Governmental Centralisation vs. Personal Freedom
One of the fundamental questions faced by real-life societies today, and over the centuries is this:
To what extent is it necessary to create a strong central government in society?
By this I mean nations where government has a strong grip on the economy, industry and state affairs in general. I won't stray into the areas concerning the state's relationship with religion, because I know many other Civ veterns have covered the subject much better than I could.
It is the above question that I hope this post will address.
"So what use is this to Firaxis and the Civ III presenters?" I hear you ask!
I think this is a point that was missed in Civ II. Even in the government choice 'democracy', the player's government had complete control over the running of the economy (marketplaces, banks, stock exchanges, etc). How realistic is this? (answer: not at all).
What should be represented in Civ III, is the modern free-market economy. How should the Civ III crew implement this?
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Josef Given
josefgiven@hotmail.com
To what extent is it necessary to create a strong central government in society?
By this I mean nations where government has a strong grip on the economy, industry and state affairs in general. I won't stray into the areas concerning the state's relationship with religion, because I know many other Civ veterns have covered the subject much better than I could.
It is the above question that I hope this post will address.
"So what use is this to Firaxis and the Civ III presenters?" I hear you ask!
I think this is a point that was missed in Civ II. Even in the government choice 'democracy', the player's government had complete control over the running of the economy (marketplaces, banks, stock exchanges, etc). How realistic is this? (answer: not at all).
What should be represented in Civ III, is the modern free-market economy. How should the Civ III crew implement this?
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Josef Given
josefgiven@hotmail.com
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