@Spooky Melon Actually no, your castle vs drm analogy isn't the same mindset. A castle doesn't oppress the peasants around it simply by existing

uh

it kinda does

pfft there's a horrible mental image

taxation

levies

tithes

so Alex Jones puts out a game right

for free

BUT

@killsode-slugcat that's a secondary argument. The fact is that gold has real scarcity, which sets the standard for its trade value

... no you fuckwit that's done by the people inside the castle

to play the final level

With a digital product the only thing remotely resembling a physical scarcity is the physical limits of data storage.

so the people

That's not done by the castle itself

who are required

to operate the castle?

you gotta invest in the gold company he's shilling for

gotta pay the troops somehow

Castle doesn't need people to operate it

and gotta pay the lord who has the troops

It's literally just a structure

or buy some vitamins

A castle wall still keeps people out fairly well if the gate is locked; Whether or not it's occupied.

or a water filter

@Eirshy wrong

@𝕯𝖊𝖗_𝕶𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖎𝖘𝖘𝖆𝖗 if its not occupied, people just get ladders

@Eirshy a castle without the manpower to defend it doesn't satisfy the purpose of being a castle

True enough; And those ladders are Pirates.

Literally mot and bailery

bailey*

>tmw Steam purchases are that the base game includes only the first "chapter" of content and the rest of the game is piecemeal DLC with no DRM necessary

It's a castle which is unoccupied most of the time till shit goes down

@Eirshy mot and baileys aren't all that a castle is

then you retreat into it

Motte and Bailey

Look my point is that a castle doesn't oppress anyone by *existing*

It can situationally do so

@Eirshy castles are also social centers, housing, tools of power projection, military installations, and storage space