![]() Character models, units, buildings, environments and so on have been remade from the ground up, showcasing the likes of Jaina Proudmoore and Arthas Menethil in stunning detail. Battle animations aren’t being significantly upgraded, taking the same number of frames in Reforged as they did in the classic version. But other features like 4K resolution support allow one to truly appreciate the crisp new visuals. To that effect, numerous cutscenes and cinematics have been revamped as well. This is best seen in the intro cinematic “The Prophecy” with all assets being redone and looking higher resolution with incredible texture quality. However, even the in-game interactions have seen some significant upgrades. ![]() Instead of Uther and Arthas standing around in a fixed perspective shot with talking heads and dialogue boxes, there’s now detailed facial and body animations with mid-shots of their character models. Even something as simple as Jaina leaving Arthas is now presented as a cinematic scene with camera cuts and the like. Reforged will have the same campaign by and large but some maps are seeing hefty changes. The Supreme Court’s recent decision, McCutcheon v FEC, granted further political influence to the 1 percent, enabling them to spend as much as they wish influencing political campaigns.The Culling of Stratholme, for instance, is different from the original game. It followed the Court’s 2010 ruling, Citizens United v. Some wonder if this is not a 21 st century form of buying an election? FEC, allowing the rich to spend unlimited sums on political advertising. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) lamented the toll these decisions will likely have on American popular democracy. He added, “this process - a handful of the wealthiest people in our country controlling the political process - is called ‘oligarchy.’” “If present trends continue, elections will not be decided by one-person, one-vote,” he warned. Sanders acknowledged the potential consequences of the Court’s decisions: “The great political struggle we now face is whether the United States retains its democratic heritage or whether we move toward an oligarchic form of society where the real political power rests with a handful of billionaires, not ordinary Americans.” The contemporary concept of oligarchy was popularized by the Russian experience. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, innumerable state companies were privatized. The country was in disarray and, in an effort to stabilize the economy, the Yeltsin government “redistributed” state-owned enterprises to trusted cronies. They came to wield unprecedented power over the economy, the state apparatus and the mass media. The term “oligarchs” is gaining currency in the U.S. Who are these oligarchs and how do they different from today’s plutocrats? And how does this generation of oligarchs differ from previous generations of the superrich who, over the last century, have dominated American politics? Sanders defined them as “a small number of very wealthy families who spend huge amounts of money supporting right-wing candidates who protect their interests.” He means to differentiate this “small number” from the larger world of the rich and superrich, the plutocrats, who – as a class – have long exercised considerable influence on the U.S. Oligarchy is defined as “government by the few” and came into English use around 1570. ![]() Plutocracy is derived from the Greek ploutos meaning “wealth” and kratos for “govern.” The term derives from two Greek words: oligos meaning “few” and arch for “rule” similar English-language terms include monarch or hierarchy.
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