Ron Paul can't be used as a player because he opposed the Iraq invasion from the start on principle. With Dennis Kucinich out of the race, he's the one true anti war (not just anti Iraq) candidate in the running.

Metaphysical Politics - Democratic Vagaries

The Democrats have some dangerous policies that will create significant increases in body count. But they lack the creepy Republican blood lust and focus on death. They're all about their "version" of the future, the specific qualities that make them capable of solving all the problems that they refuse to discuss. Solipsism meets narcissism. It's all about them. (L: Daniella Zaclkman CC)

Hillary Clinton is joined at the hip with her husband. "I never did anything without discussing it with her first" says Bill Clinton. That refers to Bill's two terms and also, apparently, every one of her primaries. Hillary's theme is - "experience." She's been there, she knows how the world works, and she's got that special "wisdom" that comes only from the experience of listening and watching great events. If we were a royalty, she could be our "Watch Queen."

Barak Obama is a true metaphysician.. His campaign is a 100% vision. "Hope" is the centerpiece. If it all works out, he'll replace Bill Clinton as "the man from Hope." He let his vision slip in his victory speech when he talked about a night "years from now" when our children "inherit a planet that's a little cleaner and safer." (L: Daliella Zalkman CC')

I guess he didn't see the movie or read the book. Either we start cleaning up our mess in a couple of years or we're all doomed. Oh well, at least he's got a vision.

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Sim/End Game

Massive Multiplayer - Online Role Playing Game
Virtual Fantasy World
Persistent Presence - Players Attributes Remain During Absence
God Game - Territorial with Delusions of Salvific Power

Sim/End Game allows players to assume the role of a Savior with the recurring theme of failure despite their delusions of omnipotence. The territory is a fantasy version of this world just before humans reach the point of total extinction. The job of each Savior is to prevent human extinction. Each fails due to the fatal flaw, "hubris." Their delusion of salvific powers is caused by two mistaken assumption: (1) there will always be conflict and war no matter what anyone does and (2) the Saviors come from a land occupied by a special breed with special powers. This creed is taught throughout their land at the instruction of the tiny minority in control. They teach that the land and its people are so different, so exceptional; they're entitled to save the world through any means available: "exceptionalism" where "the end justifies the means."

While their stated goal is salvation, the Saviors (candidates) inevitably commit acts that cause the destruction of the human species. The tension of the game is between the ego based claim that the Saviors are "God's" agents and the reality that they're just flunkies for the Archons, rulers of the "le nouvel ordre du monde" (the new world order).

While the characters are able to buy "special powers" and weapons, they must ultimately deal with The Deity.

SAVIORS

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