Damning certain governments

[HazieDaVampire]

Anybody here never used a certain government?

I've used every government except Democracy!

[HazieDaVampire]

sorry, i made a mistake on the question!
You should vote for the government you've not used!

[nbarclay]

I've used Communism for exactly one turn of one game, probably with the 1.16f patch. When I saw what my empire looked like under communist rule, I immediately switched back to Democracy.

Nathan

[HazieDaVampire]

suppose it counts

[vondrack]

I usually change from Despotism to either Republic or Monarchy (whatever is available earlier and whatever better suits my situation at the time). The next change is for Democracy. I have once switched to Communism because of a prolonged war for quite a few turns (played a Religious civ, so it was not a big deal). I can't recall feeling extraordinarily bad about my empire under Communism... but then, I did not try experiment with switching back to Monarchy or Republic... might have done better with one of them, dunno...

Otherwise, I try to avoid Communism as much as possible, for personal reasons... personal experience, that is.

[miccofl]

I have never used communism, nor am I likely to. (I read the stats in the editor.) The AI won't even use it; at least in any game I have played. "Better dead than red."

[HazieDaVampire]

i use it when i'm in a long war and war wearyness is getting bad and hard to control

[statusperfect]

I always go for republic. Low corruption. Low war weariness. Lots of trade. There is no need to go for Monarchy or Communinsm no matter how much war you do and Democracy is so damn lame.

[FrustratedPoet]

I've used them all at one time or another, but I mostly just use Monarchy and Republic depending on whether I am at War or Peace.

[Spaced Cowboy]

You can change goverments? No seriously, I've tried. Nothing beats the whip!

[Arrian]

I've never used communism. I'm pretty sure I never will. Monarchy is superior for war, Republic or Democracy FAR superior for peace.

-Arrian

[phunny_pharmer]

I've never used communism either.

[Meldor]

I use communism all the time......I sell it to the AI and then watch them self destruct in a long war by switching to it.

[Dimension]

Interesting signature, but saying "I'm a liar" is not a paradox, because being a liar just means you have lied. It makes no claim as to whether or not you are presently lying.

A paradox would be to say "I always lie," but that could never be true, and any person would logically arrive at the conclusion that the speaker sometimes lies, because every person exists in one of three states:

- they never lie
- they sometimes lie
- they always lie

Obviously, if someone never lies, they could not say "I always lie," because it would be lying. If someone always lies, they could not say "I always lie," because it would be the truth. Therefore, the only conclusion is that the speaker sometimes lies, and they are lying by saying "I always lie."

Of course, there's always the chance that the statement was made in error or taken out of context, in which case more information is needed...

Sorry to get off-topic... Just thinking out loud

[The_Hawk]

I tend to stick with using Republic and Democracy. I sometimes use Monarchy, depending on the situation. I never use Communism. In the games i've played, i've never seen a scenario where Communism was advantageous. Even when playing with Democracy, i've been able to manage War Weariness effectively through building the right city improvements and GWs. So my pick would be Communism.