From: Martin Crim (mcrim@erols.com)
Date: Thu 06 Jun 1996 - 20:06:54 EEST
D.M. McNamara writes:
> Personally, the only people likely to have an 'industrial revolution'
>in glorantha might be the mostali. However, having said this, they
>probably aren't bothered about profit motives. Personally, i suspect that
>applying the historical 'accident' of capitalism to glorantha might be a
>mistake.
Hmm, yes, but the Mostali are at least as much a satire as anything.
They're a satire of modern consumerist society, so I think they have
something like a capitalist ethic. Now, maybe they've turned into "Lottery
Capitalists" like most of the people in the U.S. (and U.K., from what I
hear). But I think they have a "profit motive," more succinctly labelled
"greed." Like traditional norse dwarves or Tolkien's in that respect.
That's my horse's opinion, at least.
- --Martin Crim
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