Tropico 3 and commodity production

[Comrade_Stalin]

I know that some of you have played the game Tropico 3 and others Tropico 3 Absolute Power expansion pack. My Question, is in Tropcio 3, do we have commodity production. Can we model the game with and without commodity production? Also what production in the game counts as commodity production?

[Comrade_Stalin]

No one has a view on this question?

[Comrade_Stalin]

I see so we can quote Marx but not apply his workers to something as simple as a video game. I will have to find the answers my self it seems. If anyone would like to see my finding's just PM me.

[psgchisolm]

I've played the game and I don't think so. There's no actual "market" because there's no diffferentiable competetion. You only farm and produce certain products. I would assume it's implied in the game but there's no way to actually prove it unless you ask the developers.

[ComradeOm]

I see so we can quote Marx but not apply his workers to something as simple as a video gameDamn, I knew there was something I forgot to do. I've been reading Capital, State & Revolution, Mass Strike, Marxism and Problems of Linguistics, etc, but I forgot to play an obscure computer game called Tropico 3! Clearly my Marxist education is lacking. I'll rectify this as soon as I can and get back to you on this pressing application of Marxism to a digital medium

[Comrade_Stalin]

Damn, I knew there was something I forgot to do. I've been reading Capital, State & Revolution, Mass Strike, Marxism and Problems of Linguistics, etc, but I forgot to play an obscure computer game called Tropico 3! Clearly my Marxist education is lacking. I'll rectify this as soon as I can and get back to you on this pressing application of Marxism to a digital medium

You just proven my point that very few of us can apply what we learn form Capital, State & Revolution, Mass Strike, Marxism and Problems of Linguistics, etc to something as simple as a digital medium.

YOUR education means nothing if you can't apply it. And if you can't apply your education to a simple digital medium, then you CAN'T apply it to the real world.

[Kaze no Kae]

I've been playing Tropico 1 lately, not played 3 though

[MilkmanofHumanKindness]

If you want real commodity production, I'd reccomend Victoria II. Best economic management I've seen in a game.

[ComradeOm]

You just proven my point that very few of us can apply what we learn form Capital, State & Revolution, Mass Strike, Marxism and Problems of Linguistics, etc to something as simple as a digital medium.

YOUR education means nothing if you can't apply it. And if you can't apply your education to a simple digital medium, then you CAN'T apply it to the real world.Perhaps we should add Tropico 3 to the Learning FAQ (http://www.revleft.com/vb/revleft-com-consolidated-t131001/index.html)?

Or, to be slightly more serious (I really thought that referencing Marxism and Problems of Linguistics would give it away), perhaps its just a matter of very few people playing the game in question? You know, instead of a crippling collective inability to 'apply Marx' to either the real world or some digital environment...


If you want real commodity production, I'd reccomend Victoria II. Best economic management I've seen in a game.I was a huge fan of the original game but I could never get into the sequel. Not so much the economic model, although I do feel that this was too ambitious, as the horrible POP promotion system. I keep meaning to rework the latter in a mod

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

In Tropico 3, as in the real world, you can't eliminate commodity production because your small country needs to produce for the world market.

[Comrade_Stalin]

In Tropico 3, as in the real world, you can't eliminate commodity production because your small country needs to produce for the world market.

Not ture, Cuba for example has a surplus production were goods they selll are aslo ones they are willing to use. We only have commodity production if you are not willing to use the same good that you are selling.