[off topic]But maybe I'm wrong in my assumptions. Maybe you do understand that violence is something that should not be tolerated.
I certainly hope so.
It's definitely not an insult, no, and I'm
not one of those people that support crime, et al.
I simply recognize what is as what is -- the human species isn't a very pleasant thing when you look at it large scale. The situation as a whole and specifics -- such as th'blood sport comparison, and the embracing of violent media by mass media and human culture in general -- sicken me, but I had to make the choice between laughing about it or killing myself, because there's not really a damn thing I can do on a personal level that'd make meaningful difference. There's a few societal-influence longshots that can be made, but I'm still a few decades from really being able to make those.
Obviously went with the first -- the smiley faces are me poking fun at society in general and the hypocrisy of it specifically. Gallows humor is still humor, so to speak
You and me, we might recognize that violence is something that can't be tolerated, not in any genuinely sustainable manner, but our
species doesn't, and no culture on earth even remotely embraces that in a unilateral, non-hypocritical manner. Which is probably good, in some sick meaning of the term, because at this point in history (and every other point we've had so far), any culture that held that would be crushed by some culture that
did accept violence -- to the out-group, if nothing else.
And really, a great deal of the opulence of first world nations is built on top of violence and exploitation of varying degrees. It's incredibly hard to actually separate yourself from the support -- especially implicit support -- of violence while you're part of a culture, etc, etc. So you either accept it and tolerate violence to some degree, bath in ignorance and not see it, lie to yourself about its existence, or either commit suicide literally to remove yourself from the situation, socially by removing yourself from the group supporting it, or effectively by trying to fight something entirely beyond the capability of an individual to fight. Violence inherent in the system, maan. Systemic change is effectively impossible for an individual to push through these days.
[/off topic]--Anywaay. Kusgnos, that would definitely be part of a wider historical picture. Slave trade's still pretty kickin' in modern society, from what I understand, for all that it seems to get downplayed in media. I'd be pretty curious to see a raw number (body count) comparison between modern slave trade and various historic slave trades. We've got a lot more bodies we wouldn't really miss nowadays.
Including th'periods in history where the main slave population wasn't african (ancient history stuff) and the main slave owners not specifically european/caucasian (i.e. not just rabble rousing, poorly) would let a dev make a game that would actually have a certain degree of legitimacy, especially if the historical aspect was played up ala Age of Empires. The history of slavery encompasses pretty much the history of humanity, after all. A broader focus might let stuff like indentured servitude or penal slavery be brought into the picture, too. Something that made an attempt to actually get into the head of the people running these systems at the time (instead of just playing to shock value) would probably be borderline brilliant, for a certain sense of the term.