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Themes for Crooked Wings

TODO: 
  -add/remove/edit elements on the document
  -WEIGH elements on the document 
  -how can the protagonists and other characters push these elements? 
  -how can events and choices push these elements?


Frequency is roughly done as a percentage score but that's not very necessary 

STATEMENT IMPORTANCE FREQUENCY DIRECTNESS
"free" unregulated markets allow actors with power to limit freedoms of others
Less Important
40 Subtle
your worth transcends a paycheck 
More Important
20 A Little Subtle
socioeconomic class is not divinely (or morally) fated
Much More Important
30 Direct
passing down wealth without property taxes (??)
Much Less Important
10 A Little Direct



QUESTION IMPORTANCE FREQUENCY DIRECTNESS
'usury' might be a useful financial technology, but... 
Much Less Important
32
A Little Subtle
WHAT'S WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY, ANYWAY?!
  property as refuge 
  property as 'I can kick you out' 
  property as 'I get access to the resources here' 

Important
158
Direct
what is the difference between luxuries and goods? 
Less Important
95
A Little Direct
the real enemy isn't some individual person as much as it is INSTITUTIONAL ROT?
More Important
42
A Little Subtle
IN A CAPITALIST ENVIRONMENT: is the literal possession of money/capital INHERENTLY not-good? [does the money corrupt them?] 
Less Important
53
Subtle
Is property theft?
Much Less Important
1
Very Subtle
What is 'disability'?
Much Less Important

6

A Little Direct
How does one want their society to react to 'disabled' people? 
Important

20

Direct
when can an individual throw up their hands and say 'this is not my problem'? 
Much More Important
2513 Very Direct


THEME IMPORTANCE FREQUENCY DIRECTNESS
ABSURD/SLAPSTICK HUMOR
Much More Important
35 Very highDirect
Satirical humor
Much More Important
High19 Direct
exploring how institutions influence and coerce individuals 
Less Important
High15 Moderate?
you just know that some things are right (slavery was bad) [HEROISM] 
Much Less Important
Medium10 Subtle?
moral complexity!
Important
High21 A Little Subtle?

...do 'themes' need to be ranked ordinally with each other?

Unsorted notes: 
-people second-guess themselves about their difficulties? 

CHARACTER INTERACTIONS
  TODO 

EVENT INTERACTIONS
  TODO 


Link to general theme page