

factoid: the old slavic word 'chud' was used to refer to baltic-finnic peoples
I burst out laughing when I read this sentence
Marxist analysis of Minecraft (serious)
Minecraft is under feudalism
Villagers live under the dictatorship of the Golem (DotG). Later, they turn into the dictatorship of the Steve (DotS). The Steve is the feudal lord. For STEVE owns all the land in the village. Villagers aren't slaves because Minecraft leashes don't work on them. But this only masks class exploitation under STEVE's regime. When Steve is in his highest stage of feudalism, he starts farming villagers for iron. He puts all the villagers in 1 sq block space for the rest of their lives.
The dictatorship of the Steve ends when HIS 2 week Minecraft phase ends, and Steve goes back IRL modern capitalism.
Germany's most important industrial sector grows - Volkswagen achieves record sales
WOLFSBURG (dpa-AFX) - Das Autogeschäft schwächelt, doch bei einem Produkt konnte VW 2024 erneut einen Rekord einfahren: Die VW-Currywurst verkaufte sich so
WOLFSBURG (dpa-AFX) - The car business is weakening, but VW was able to set another record for one product in 2024: The VW currywurst sold better than ever before. 8.552 million units were sold in canteens and supermarkets in 2024, as the Works Council announced in a post on the intranet, which was made available to Deutsche Presse-Agentur. This was a good 200,000 more than in the previous record year of 2023, a Group spokeswoman confirmed.
"With over 8 million Volkswagen Original Currywurst sausages sold, we are celebrating a new sales record," wrote Chief Human Resources Officer Gunnar Kilian on LinkedIn.
Almost as many sausages as cars
This means the Group sold almost as many sausages as cars. In contrast to sausages, vehicle sales shrank by 2.3 percent in 2024 to 9.03 million models across all Group brands. For the core VW brand, the sausage is even by far the best-selling product. In 2024, the 8.5 million sausages were offset by around 5.2 million cars and vans with t