chrisjgregory1

I remember getting my mom to buy me a 3dfx Voodoo graphics card to play this game. Ahhh the days when they sold cards that ONLY accelerated 3D, and left 2D to a different card.

I use the Social Engineering screen from this game to explain to people that just because the US is a free market democracy and others have been planned police states, doesn't mean that they are the only options that could exist. And that within those combinations, that your societies values still matter. I tie in that even impeached republican Richard Nixon ran a free market democracy, but that he prioritized knowledge as a core value. And that from the high school movement in the 1920s forward, having knowledge as our values is what enabled us to become so strong. And contrast it with Wealth values policies like tax cuts for the wealthy while ignoring the knowledge values policies to make education accessible to everyone, that were already proven successful in our own history.... And then I use the Future Societies to hammer it into people's heads that eventually we will progress past many outdated views. Cybernetic utilizes automation to free humans for more creative tasks. Eudemonic encourages citizens to achieve happiness through fulfillment in a tolerant society without violence. Or we can continue the path of Thought Control, using triggers that create a population that is obedient, loyal, and rejects outside ideas.... I also use SimCity 2000 tax rates to explain the concept that if taxes are too low, you can't afford the services that enable a strong and thriving economy. And if taxes are too high, your government will kill all growth, and create a downward spiral, and also... won't be able to afford the services that enable a strong and thriving economy. In conclusion, I believe that all members of congress and presidential candidates should be required to demonstrate that they can successfully balance these priorities by succeeding in these two games before they are given the green light to prove that they are incapable and fail to effectively manage the government in the real world.