Delta_V

yeah, "capitalism" literally means whoever has the most money can do whatever they want. its lawless chaos.

markets don't need to be lawless chaos.

The culture war would have taken a different direction, but the class war would continue unabated. The owners of the Republicans and the Democrats are all on the same side in the class war.

There's no content here, just a paywall.

non-zero chance Riker tries to flirt with you

most of them don't even realize that's the role they play

Rich people spreading propaganda to advance their interests is the origin of media, and its reason for still existing. There has never been a time when they haven't owned all the media.

OP is not wrong, but both are important.

If the billionaires were not concerned by the potential threat to their existence posed by democracy, they would not feel so motivated to destroy it.

Democratic government is among the most powerful tools that can be wielded by the working class against the capitalists.

and then there's Fallout 3 & NV, where low skill points in Small Guns makes bullets bend away from the crosshair

Nope. Republican-lite is (still) unappealing to everybody.

Kerbal Space Program / Factorio / Stellaris crossover

Key elements would include:
-design a factory/macro-economy to produce aerospace components & weapons similar to Factorio
-using those components, design vehicles that obey real-ish physical laws similar to KSP
-arm those vehicles and use them as units in Real Time Strategy with the option to take First Person control of individual units