Parvos Granum is a pastiche of a very specific type of capitalist - the same way Nef Anyo is a satire of megachurch pastors and Frohd Bek refers to the military-industrial complex (mostly in the North American cultural context). Overall, the Corpus are a critique of neoliberal capitalism and theocracy combined, and those social structures have strong thematic similarities that make them ripe with storytelling potential. But the main thing is that Parvos Granum is patterned after the American frontier's railway barons and titans of industry, sources of the myth of "pulling oneself up by the bootstraps" and valorized as symbols of hard work and grit. In reality, they were ruthless, exploitative opportunists who would do almost anything in the name of profit - who would cut any deal and backstab any partner if it meant the success of their very concrete aspirations. Rather than being passive boardroom executives who just talk over imaginary numbers, they were willing to get dirty. And isn't that the essence of Parvos? A man who will do whatever it takes to get ahead - even if it's cutting deals with the anarcho-syndicalist Vox Solaris on one hand, and forming a private armada on the other. 之前油管上看到的