This reminds me so much of a concept from the book Ishmael that really stuck with me.
Ishmael explains by describing an early attempt at flight. He describes a man pedaling a bi-winged contraption. He says that if the man runs off a tall cliff, he will experience free fall for long enough that it will feel like flight to him, even though he's not actually flying. Additionally, the man will keep pedaling because so far it's working, even though below him he'll see abandoned crafts just like his own. But, eventually, he'll fall to the earth because his craft hasn't followed the rules of aerodynamics. Ishmael suggests that Taker culture is in the same boat: it's an experiment in free fall, even though it feels like flight, and Takers are accelerating toward a crash.
HyneksScale on May 17th, 2018 at 03:33 UTC »
Add a couple “1%ers” identifiers to the life boats and it’s perfect.
Edit: Maybe a “corporations” ID on the iceberg as well to really emphasise the point.
mettlemetal on May 17th, 2018 at 04:19 UTC »
Nice ship post. 10/10
briar5278 on May 17th, 2018 at 04:30 UTC »
This reminds me so much of a concept from the book Ishmael that really stuck with me.
Takers = capitalists