Bread and Circuses<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@trantion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>trantion</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a2mi.social/@MegaMichelle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MegaMichelle</span></a></span> <br>I used to play <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CitiesSkylines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitiesSkylines</span></a> quite a lot, and I also spent thousands of hours with <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Civ3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Civ3</span></a> up to <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Civ6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Civ6</span></a> over the last couple of decades. I often tried to guide my residents-cities-nations toward responsible, sustainable living, but the games aren't really set up for that. Eventually I found it just too frustrating, too much of a reminder of what a mess our modern consumerist culture has made of the world, and I quit playing.</p>