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> Slavery, the single-most important economic institution of recent millennia, is entirely absent in the series. Not quite accurate. Civilization 4 has a Slav
by FrankBooth 10y ago
> Slavery, the single-most important economic institution of recent millennia, is entirely absent in the series.
Not quite accurate. Civilization 4 has a Slavery civic, which allows you to work your own population to death for faster production.
- waterhouse 10y agoThis was outside the Sid Meier series, but Civilization: Call to Power had a Slaver unit, a stealth unit which could capture enemy citizens from their city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization:_Call_to_Power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization:_Call_to_Power Also, in Civilization 6, from what I've read, the Aztec "Eagle Warrior" unit has an ability to "turn defeated enemy units into Builders". I think the subtext is clearly that the defeated units are enslaved, though it's curious that they don't say so. I do suspect that they don't highlight the subject because players might find it unpleasant.
- ajuc 10y ago> I do suspect that they don't highlight the subject because players might find it unpleasant. Which is hilarious thing to worry about in a game where you can nuke a whole city no problem. Cultural tabu is a funny thing.
- em3rgent0rdr 10y agothere are some other subtle references to slavery. Aztec warriors in Civ 6 have a chance when defeating enemies to capture them as workers.