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[โ€“] pyromaiden@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

While this is cool I don't think it's very accurate to how the D&D alignment system works.

Lenin for example can't be Lawful Good as he was a revolutionary, which is antithetical to a 'Lawful' character. The category specifically refers to how the individual interacts with authority, in which a Lawful character respects the authority of institutions/figures even while trying to fight against them (basically reformism).

'Chaotic' by contrast has little to no reverence for authorities - even nominally 'good' ones - and is closer to an anarchist than a communist. Not where I'd put Stalin at all.

"Neutral" is an explicitly moral quantifier; the middle ground between "Good" (compassionate, empathetic, selfless, etc.) and "Evil" (cruel, corrupt, petty, etc.) and refers to literal moral grayness; e.g. a "True Neutral" would be a mercenary-type figure. Not how I'd classify Marx at all.

[โ€“] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago

Also, Yeltsin doesn't belong on this chart at all since he wasn't a Marxist.