Tarnicus: This is the first time that I have made a post that appears to be too large to be done in one go, so I'll break it up lol Oh the irony, I used notepad and have to edit the formatting so it is readable :P

Tarnicus: We currently live in a world where there has never been such an inequity in the distribution of wealth. The basis of all wealth is the fallacious concept of land ownership(it can only be occupied and used, never 'owned') and all wealth derives from that. Sorry I do not have the time to write an economics essay so my apologies to those who do not understand what I mean by that nor do I have references on hand to point others in the direction of that concept. Use a search engine <3

We live in a world where we are willing slaves to sell our labour short in order to keep a very small minority insanely rich. We are taught that through hard work we can make it too. This is complete bullshit. This way of human existence is unsustainable. Money has no intrinsic value, it is merely a means of exchange with no value in itself. We are heading towards a global economic collapse and this is constantly being propped up by band-aid measures. Our species cannot continue to live this way without a collapse. It isn't a matter of if but when.

How would you live in an interdependent specialised society with skills that have very little application to survival if your way of life vanished now? Can you source your own food, water, shelter etc? In the Great Depression(something I have researched extensively) people grew food and knew how to find it. People went bush and built squats. People had a far greater understanding of nature and life and how to survive. Community and family existed in a way then that has since been fractured for many. These days it is far more of an "everyone for themselves" mentality.

How can I live freely as a being when I am not allowed to "trespass" or live where I choose or source or share food without breaking so many stupid laws that are merely there to protect the interests of the elite? (...)

bel_e_muir: But right now to survive you need to at least partially belong to the capitalist world we live in - and there's nothing wrong with that.

realkman666: Nothing?

bel_e_muir: Nothing.
Is GOG doing something wrong just because they are trying to make profit by doing something they like? And in the mean time hiring a lot of employees who thanks to that have money to support their families?
Are we doing something wrong by buying their games?
Money is not evil. It's what we do to get it and what we do once we got it that matters.

Tarnicus:

amund: I'm in, if I can be.

I don't know if I really fit the description but I have no job, never had one because of health issues so if it's only for people that are unable to find work then please ignore my post. If I can be in and if I actually win then it would be the $19.99 for the Banished game. I thought that would be fitting and as unemployment can at times make you feel banished from some social interactions because you often get the question "so, what do you do?".

Any way, thank you for your great giveaway. I'm sure it will make someone very happy. You got +1 rep from me :)

ddickinson: Thank you for your comment, I have send you a PM with a more personal reply.
ddickinson: You are welcome to enter the giveaway. While I never gave much thought to the circumstances of someone's unemployment when I started the giveaway, I see no reason to exclude someone due to health issues being the cause, rather than the bad economy.