Original artwork, not a still
The Mazovian Socio-Economics thought, Disco Elysium (2019)
0.000% of Communism has been built. Evil child-murdering billionaires still rule the world with a shit-eating grin.
— Disco Elysium · 2019
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is Disco Elysium's joke about its own politics: a fantasy of building a utopia, followed by the arithmetic of how far away it is, and a hint of a university degree in truth to console you. The line is funny, angry and sad in a single breath, so people share it as a screenshot whenever the news gets worse. It also sums up the game's tone, where ideology is a mood your detective can try on.
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In context
Spoilers for Disco ElysiumShow the scene
Disco Elysium (2019). This is the finished text of the Thought Cabinet thought "Mazovian Socio-Economics", not a spoken line. The game unlocks it when the player picks three left-wing, communist dialogue options, which makes a Rhetoric orb appear. Internalising it takes three hours and ten minutes of in-game research. While it is cooking, the thought is described as a Big Communism Builder trying to raise the Commune of '02 from the sea. Once it is complete, it turns into a bitter report on how little has been built and into a precise model of the world.
Sources (2)
- Disco Elysium Wiki, Mazovian Socio-EconomicsDescription, Solution, Effects and Location sectionsReference checked
- Disco Elysium Wiki, CommunistsSection on the Mazovian Socio-Economics thoughtReference checked
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