Conversation 917: APT ORB / wearing fancy loafers

Putting the shoes on gives a one time +1 to Indirect Modes of Taxation, you capitalist swine.

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
0 None
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1 None
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2 You Oops, it's a fashion faux pas! [Discard the thought -- and the shoes!]
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3 Savoir Faire Mm, the luxury of fine things. Just look at those black monk straps! After spending an entire day hustling, who's to say that you *didn't* deserve a pair of ridiculously expensive shoes on your tired feet?
  • 4
  • 2
4 You You're right, beautiful things do make people happy...
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5 Savoir Faire Beautiful things give you a *rush*. It's power -- crafting your style, draping your flesh in silk and leather, deciding how to present yourself to the world.
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6 Savoir Faire Remember, when they come to take it *away* from you -- you *worked* for those shoes. Whether you like it or not, wearing these shoes has made you more liberal -- *ultra*liberal.
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7 Savoir Faire Let's hope no one saw you wearing these outrageously expensive -- and ultraliberal! -- shoes.
8 Rhetoric They're either a gateway drug -- or a booster pack -- to get you *deeper* into free market ideology.