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It's funny how analogous this is to the underlying debate driving modern politics. Should the state (Rockstar in this case) offer direct monetary provisions to
by CrunchyJams 13y ago
It's funny how analogous this is to the underlying debate driving modern politics.
Should the state (Rockstar in this case) offer direct monetary provisions to the citizens without requiring productivity in exchange? The tough part is that both sides of the argument make sense. It's not fair that some players have had an unduly difficult time getting started, but it would also be unfair to diminish the value of the achievement of people who have succeeded by distributing gobs of cash to satiate the masses.
The analogy breaks down in that there's no inflation in GTA (as far as I'd guess, haven't played), but interesting nonetheless.
- acjohnson55 13y agoI think the analogy also breaks down with regard the opportunity gap that exists in the real world between those born into at least some level of affluence and those born into poverty. In some ways, you could say being gifted $500k is more like inheriting money versus those who've had to earn it themselves.
- nkg 13y agoYup, if every one of us had $500k, we wouldn't risk going to jail for a $10k job. Wouldn't that be cool, if we could negociate our salary in GTA?! My character is already day-trading, anyway.