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A collection of phrases that might be original to Wizardy and Steamworks.

• "seize the means of seduction", paraphrasing Marx' "seize the means of production",
• "philanthropy by other means" - just like this wiki,
• "technoturfing" by "technomages" / "technoclerics", etc., derived from "astroturfing" (new age babble), the act of worshiping or elevating technology to the rank of deity and used as a means of justification for everything else, ie: "technology will save us all", "technology connects the world", etc., see Alan Sokal,
• "genetic guilt", paraphrasing "genetic memory", the act of leveraging human self-hatred in order to justify further actions ie: "we (humans) damage the planet so much such that […]", "humans are violent creatures such that […]",
• "transfinancial" (not original), being a rich individual stuck in a poor individual's body,
• "cryptomancer", a person addicted to cryptography attempting to involve or apply cryptography to everything, softer variant of "cryptojunkie" (unoriginal), in severe forms also elevating cryptography to the rank of deity and attempting to solve all world problems just by somehow implementing cryptographic principles,
• "crapcoin", "shitcoin", paraphrasing "bitcoin", or "creepcoin" - that obnoxious person that incessantly wants to talk about cryptocurrencies,
• "alt-shite", as paraphrasing "alt-right", you know, that alternative stuff,
• "auto-solar transfixation", paraphrasing "auto-erotic asphyxiation" people obsessed with solar panels and themselves,
• "does the pope shit in the woods?" (not original, citing Big Lebowski), juxtaposition of the sayings "is the pope catholic?" and "does the bear shit in the woods?",
• "there is no [insert language] word for privacy" - for languages lacking an abstract word for the concept of privacy,
• "there is no cloud, it's just someone else's computer" (not original),
• warezophile, describing people that feel sexual gratification while pirating software; ie: "I won't fuck anything that doesn't have a pegleg and doesn't wear an eyepatch",
• touristic war, similar to "sex tourism" (the act of having sex under the guise of tourism), "touristic war" means doing tourism under the guise of war,
• counter-conspiracy theory, the belief that everything that is broadcasted by the mainstream media is balanced, uncensored and truthful; by extension, that there is one and only one truth,
• "too broke to care", as a response to "too big to fail",
• "you can be an angel in hell but you cannot be a demon in heaven" (there exist fallen angels, but demons cannot be (even) redeemed lest sanctified), original,
• "Islam for the poor, secularism for the rich", a transliteration of "kensianism for the rich, monetarism for the poor",
• "the spyshoe effect", the lengthier the lifespan of an espionage agency the more likely it is for that agency to become self-destructive, paraphrasing "the horseshoe effect",
• "mobile touch devices as an expression of feminism", due to the way how you play with the device, touch, pinch, etc…
• something to ask a globalist/cryptomancer/ecooligarch, concerningly: if we automate the planet, even life itself, we don't need to be around anymore, do we?
• "I trust your hatred of me more than I trust your love of me." (original) or criticism to Saul Tigh in Battlestar Galactica, "You just like being on the outside, looking in!"
• "thugconomy" (original), maybe along the lines of "gig economy", but with the extra bang of "thug" versus just the expected swindle of a bad "gig", related to "kleptocracy" but not just stealing, but also with the mandatory side-order of violence