Technology or Peace

[Beskar]

Says a lot about now. We are giving up our rights to the government in order for them to stomp all over them in the interests of safety and security.

I was guessing the case was, that the advances in certain areas keep people happy, as lets face it, many people if given a far easier life of luxury wouldn't be thinking "Last week, I will working in a pig sty, now I am in a big fancy clean factory earning 4 times as much, this country is so awesome."

[Sir Beane]

Says a lot about now. We are giving up our rights to the government in order for them to stomp all over them in the interests of safety and security.

I was guessing the case was, that the advances in certain areas keep people happy, as lets face it, many people if given a far easier life of luxury wouldn't be thinking "Last week, I will working in a pig sty, now I am in a big fancy clean factory earning 4 times as much, this country is so awesome."

I think that researching food supplies and things will keep people happy in the short term, and will certainly please the nobility. In the long term though education breeds Republics.

[Megas Methuselah]

Imma be a monarch, but I will still build a lot of schools and research techs. Any educated peasant dogs who seek to rebel will be crushed like beetles beneath my heel.

[batemonkey]

Education, Education, Education - as previously stated by a well know war monger

No point ruling over ignorant peasants, who's going to make all those fancy items to decorate my imperial palace

[Alexander the Adequate]

Lusted has already stated that simply researching additional technologies is not what brings revolution, researching technologies of a decidedly liberal variety is what causes it.

If you want to tech up in areas other than the sort of "philosophy-related" areas, I don't think it will cause a revolution.

[quadalpha]

Lusted has already stated that simply researching additional technologies is not what brings revolution, researching technologies of a decidedly liberal variety is what causes it.

If you want to tech up in areas other than the sort of "philosophy-related" areas, I don't think it will cause a revolution.

(You and Pretty Good should have a match.)

[ArtillerySmoke]

Lusted has already stated that simply researching additional technologies is not what brings revolution, researching technologies of a decidedly liberal variety is what causes it.

If you want to tech up in areas other than the sort of "philosophy-related" areas, I don't think it will cause a revolution.

That makes far more sense...thanks.

[Beskar]

That makes far more sense...thanks.

No it doesn't make sense at all, the world does work like that at all.

I can throw up millions of examples in the real world to prove my point.

French Revolution - Was it too much education or the fact people are starving to death, the pain, the anguish and unhappiness?
American Revolution - Was it the tax without representation or the did America just decide throw a big tea party and had a merry good time.
Russian Revolution - The Tsar took great care of his people, with plenty of education. That's why they got upset, surely. Nothing again, due to people dying, starving, shooting their own citizens...

The list goes on and on.

The fact is, people hate change. I will throw up again, many real life examples. In Britain, people cry about changing to metric from imperial. Even though metric is better, they cry, they don't want the change. Have you ever heard grandparents talking of the dark ages without consoles, computers and the dawn of the television speaking on how all this change is evil.

That's right, people hate change, the only time great changes occur are in times of war, times of misery and depression.

No one is going to through a revolution over you finding ways to make them sleep better at night, they will only throw one if you are starving them, or just wasting large amounts of money on big battle ships when people are dying.

Being honest, if Empire:TW comes out saying that things like Linen are better than wool causes a revolution, the game needs to be modified for great justice.

[A Very Super Market]

I will RP it. Maybe have one or two techs researched, as random discoveries, but if I'm doing fine, no changes in government for me.