There is a dearth of customers in an uninhabited system

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There is a dearth of customers in an uninhabited system

FrankC — 6/24/2008 7:58:18 AM (archived)

It might be exploiting us to sell to us but sometime being exploited isn't all bad.

I play a 4X game called Galactic Civilizations in which I seldom fire a shot in anger. I pander culture ruthlessly and usually win a cultural victory before the AI can arm up to defeat me.

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Clash of Cultures - ER - 6/23/2008 5:41:21 PM
- re: Clash of Cultures. - Who owns the land? - Marcia - 6/25/2008 7:00:50 AM
  - This is actually an extremely complex issue - TB - 6/25/2008 3:40:04 PM
- re: Clash of Cultures - TB - 6/24/2008 4:00:44 AM
  - "Prime Directive" - TB - 6/24/2008 4:25:43 AM
- Travelling through Mexico one time. - Bowser - 6/24/2008 3:03:23 AM
- It sucks to be a primitive. - Lee - 6/24/2008 2:17:18 AM
- "The meek shall inherit the Earth, - podrock - 6/23/2008 11:52:18 PM
  - Nah. The aliens are too human, (n/t) - ER - 6/24/2008 1:18:44 AM
    - but the drive to exploit resources is not. - podrock - 6/24/2008 4:07:08 AM
      - PS: Did the alien species make the same choice? - podrock - 6/24/2008 4:46:36 AM
        
        re: PS: Did the alien species make the same choice? - TB - 6/24/2008 6:19:45 AM
        
        There is a dearth of customers in an uninhabited system - FrankC - 6/24/2008 7:58:18 AM
        
        Usually, colonialism hasn't been about "customers." - TB - 6/24/2008 2:11:05 PM
        
        re: Usually, colonialism hasn't been about "customers." - ER - 6/24/2008 3:06:02 PM
        
        True. - TB - 6/24/2008 3:19:15 PM
        
        re: True. - ER - 6/24/2008 3:48:31 PM
    - Exactly what I thought - FrankC - 6/24/2008 1:40:29 AM
      - You can read it. Through a glass, darkly. - ER - 6/24/2008 2:29:21 AM
        
        Just on a grander scale - Jody - 6/24/2008 3:29:07 PM
        
        how can an entire country, or alliance be "right", and their opponents all be "wrong" - FrankC - 6/24/2008 7:46:07 AM
        
        It's already been done. - Lee - 6/24/2008 2:43:19 AM
        
        You're right. - ER - 6/24/2008 3:34:40 AM
        
        It was a good series. - Lee - 6/24/2008 4:13:10 AM
        
        It was a Canadian production. - ER - 6/24/2008 1:23:59 PM
- Self evident. - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/23/2008 8:51:03 PM
  - Wag, wag, wag. Push another button in the juke box, I've already heard that one. - ER - 6/23/2008 11:29:30 PM
- re: Minorities. - Raoul - 6/23/2008 8:45:35 PM
  - Insurgents? - Nick Hoffman - 6/24/2008 3:10:50 AM
    - Aliens - Raoul - 6/24/2008 5:35:49 AM
  - re: Minorities. - ER - 6/23/2008 10:17:08 PM
    - Europeans in the new world - Raoul - 6/24/2008 5:47:28 AM

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