(01-15-2015, 02:36 PM)Seriphyn Wrote: It is from this that I believe that Ul'dah's love for coin equates to a love for hard work and earning your keep. Indeed, from "We have wrought sand into gold" shows a fierce pride in being able to set up Eorzea's wealthiest city in the middle of the freaking desert. "We can do anything" is the mindset. So, too, does that include coming to the city, working hard, and pursuing your own rewards from this diligence.
Curious to hear what people think.
I think the sense of greed and hedonism that people get from Ul'dah is that there is a point at which "Hard Work" becomes both relative and a scapegoat.
From the perspective of a Miner or laborer, Teledji Adeledji wouldn't know hard work if it swallowed him whole and pooped him out. He may work SMART, but Smart work is not what the Syndicate wants people to be able to do - they do NOT like fair competition, as canonical event after event bears up. The Syndicate is also quite willing to let the city fall into Chaos - again, invalidating the hard work, and lives, of a lot of citizens - for their own gain. Now, Teledji certainly believes himself to be a hard worker, but when your hard work is making sure that others' work benefits you more than them, again to said Miners and laborers, can you blame the skepticism?
Momodi put it pretty well in the intro quests- don't let the greed and nastiness of a few turn you off from Uldah as a whole. However, it's worth keeping in mind that propaganda is a tool of the Monetarists, who are eager for people to work for "Pride in U'ldah" and but keep all the gil for themselves.
Um, Calling Evangeline?
"But in the laugh there was another voice. A clearer laugh, an ironic laugh. A laugh which laughs because it chooses not to weep."
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