If it was in the US, it would quickly turn into palworld.
I haven’t played Palworld but I’m told that you can capture people and force them to work for you. So technically the US is already ahead of this.
There would be no rioting in the US. Just corporations scamming you with „insurance”
The U.S. has been trained to see protesting as a bad thing, so now we all just take the hits and blame neighbors whose political values don’t line up with ours.
It’s amazing how many people I meet who think so highly of the American revolution, but are completely aghast at the idea of fighting against the government now.
While simultaneously opposing any form of gun control so they can fight… something?
Apparently the only protest worth anything is one where you’re shooting at someone
Did some digging and I think the original author is https://www.instagram.com/sephko/
Someone should make a ROM hack where Pokémon centres charge a game-world fee equivalent to what a person would pay for healthcare for serious injuries in the US, with insurance and loan sharks.
Do the rom hack right.
- Toll roads everywhere. Paid each time you enter.
- Pokemart is a monopoly and gouges you.
- Arceusism is the state religion and others are barely tolerated.
- Gyms are privatized and cost per attempt.
- Pokemon sweatshops.
- PC access is a freemiun model where you get the first 5 for free, but beyond that you have to pay for Pokestorage+ and pay monthly. Also pokes come out hating you so pretty sure they getting abused. And occasionally pokes get lost.
Cost per attempt? Gyms require an annual membership fee, and good luck ever canceling
Pokémon Sweatshops
I think that was literally a plot point in one of the earlier games or anime? That one will be easy to adapt, just make Team Rocket the heroes for being shrewd businesspeople and you the villain for daring to question the will of the free market.
Dont forget its a defacto state religion not dejure … just to make it more infurating
Why would they pokemon be on the side of the government during riots? Are pokemon stupid?
I mean, why would pokemon be on the side of team rocket or whatever other villainous (often apocalyptic) group the games have? They just follow whoever catches them no matter what.
Why wouldn’t they? Team Rocket/MagmAqua/Galactic/Plasma/Flare all have pokemon fighting with them. They listen to the trainer, not the moral obligation of the society.
Federal thugs get free Healthcare because they act as the enforcement arm of the capitalist state.