The Prison Doctrine

tons0phun · 2013-04-05 19:56:07

So it dawned on me today that the Castle Doctrine is essentially a big experiment of the Prisoner's Dilema!

Which perhaps then by design too, one could argue that the most intelligent and ethical decision to make is to not participate in any robbery!
Think about it: everybody and their wives makes money when they are not robbing, or in their house, right?
If everybody comes to peace, everybody prospers, and everybody lives!

Some men must just have gold in their eyes...

They will, inevitably, lose though.

I think I'll stay busy winning.

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tons0phun · 2013-04-05 20:24:29

One more thought in lieu of that last post...

There is another realization about the game when it is thought upon.

How many of you have robbed, or killed another person in this game?
Or perhaps sold goods (and firearms) which were not yours?

Thievery, murder, and contraband.
That's quite a rap-sheet you have there.

We better lock you up tight so that a murderous crook like yourself doesn't damage anything again.
This facility to lock you up will cost a lot though, and it's going to have all kinds of things you wouldn't believe.
Guard dogs. Guard chihuauas. Guard cats. Hydraulic doors, electric floors, trapdoors, and much more.

Yeah, this thing is going to be a real death-trap. Somebody would have to be deranged to risk their life to try passing through this thing!
Or perhaps we'll do it the easy way, just throw a combination lock on the front, and let you go insane trying to figure it out. That could be fun to watch on the security feed, ha!
Either way, you're going to be alone in here for some time. No family visits neither, only people you'll be hearin' from are the prisoners in the cells next to your own.

And there's a name we've got for this tomb, made just for you:

Home.

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Wyld Stallyn · 2013-04-06 01:52:28

There's one fatal flaw in your argumentation: It's a game. Solving puzzles and all that stuff is what this is all about, not making money. The way to the safe is the point of this game, not the money in it. That's just incentive to play it.

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tons0phun · 2013-04-06 10:28:31

Is it about solving puzzles? Or is it about discerning what has true value?
There is no definitive goal to this game.

But there are certainly definitive ways to lose!

Wyld Stallyn · 2013-04-06 11:14:36

I guess I'm not avantgarde enough to find that kind of thinking even remotely intriguing, let alone convincing.

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