Capitalism, Socialism, and Video Games.

[caz604]

Khuutra said:

caz604 said:

I am not implying anything.  Excuse me if you believed so. 

What I am saying is in the broader text of Capitalism or Socialism, whether you believe in it or not, cannot be discounted.  So to say it doesn't work... or cannot work, well that is a very diffinitive stance.

OT: In your example of achieving gold to show capitalism in a game like WOW.  Well in topics of business, resources are limited and finite.  Games such as MMO there is a limitless amount that you can harvest so in that sense, there is an uneven level playing field when trying to explain how capitalism works and socialism cannot.

You mean that in actual capitalism, one must produce capital by depriving other people of it, whereas in WoW this is not true?

To a certain extent.  You kill a beast or finish a quest, it respawns. You go dungeon hunting into an instance where that same reward is given over and over and over again. 

However, I know its not as cut and dry as that, but its the best I can explain it as.