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[–] grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Dude was a piece of shit. Why are you so eager to defend him?

It's okay to be happy awful people are dead.

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Or you can just accept it as a net gain for humanity and move on.

No need to be either happy or sad.

Let's keep our dignity and behave nice, but also let's not pretend this is a tragedy, because it isn't.

[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 6 points 2 days ago

it’s 2026 the rich no longer get to expect dignity

they should be thankful it’s not worse given how bad off we are now

[–] grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Taking a steaming dump on their graves is keeping our dignity.

This man didn't give a tin shit about me, you, or anyone else while he lived. Why do we owe him decorum and consideration just because he got himself killed?

because our behavior does not reflect him, it reflects us.

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Because we are better then him, thats why!

[–] grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Miss me with that idiotic "we go high" mentality. That nonsense is what lead us to here.

[–] orochi02@feddit.org -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That just Sounds so bitter. Reread your comments later when you’re in a Calmer State of mind

[–] grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I'm more bitter than a stout, to be sure. That doesn't mean I'm not calm, though.

[–] sen@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Awful as in he was responsible for day one DLC and microtransactions or awful as in he raped and murdered children?

There's a spectrum and I'm not sure which end of it he's on based on your comments.

[–] grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I don't play Ubisoft games. I don't have a horse in that race.

He's awful because he was one of the money-addicted ownership class that collectively are ruining our world to fuel their addictions. Everyone in that class is a piece of shit and I don't find much value in trying to determine the particular vintage of shit we're dealing with. There are no "good guys" here.

I won't wish death or harm on any of them, but I'll certainly not shed a tear if karma gets them.

[–] sen@lemmy.zip -3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You need therapy.

I think you and I would agree that billionaires aren't people, and I long for the day in which we dismember them and feed them to the pigs, but this guy wasn't a billionaire. He was a successful video game developer who co-founded an awful company.

I'm not saying he was a saint, I don't mourn his passing, but I'm also not celebrating his death as his crimes pale in comparison to the ruling class.

[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

so he’s bad but not evil incarnate so we should not be happy he’s dead?

what kinda snivel is this?

dude was a net negative in the world, go spend your effort caring on someone actually good

[–] grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

He was a member of the ruling class. What the hell are you talking about? He was a board member and co-founder of a corporation with a valuation in the billions of dollars. Yeah, sure, he wasn't a billionaire but they aren't the only problem. He certainly had a lot less in common with poors like you and me, especially since the corporation he was part of wasn't exactly championing labor rights.

And yeah I'm sure I do need therapy. But guess what's one of many things I can't afford thanks to rich assholes like this guy?

[–] sen@lemmy.zip -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

We're talking about a fucking video game company.

Touch grass.

[–] grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A video game company with a valuation in the billions of dollars, yes. Of which this guy was a co-founder and board member, meaning he was doing quite well for himself.

Does it not count because "it's just video games lmao"? Would it be better if it was a music label or film studio?

Maybe instead of touching grass, you should pay more attention to the class war his type are waging against ours.

[–] sen@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

So what's the cutoff for you then? If a person has more than $10 million does their life no longer matter? $5 million? What exact net-worth cutoff indicates they're a cretin who is hellbent on enslaving the working class?

We live in a capitalist society. Even here in Canada where I have access to more socialized services, it's still a capitalist society. People are going to make money - sometimes it's borne of privilege, other times hard work, and sometimes the amount is egregious, but in my eyes the hard cutoff is whether or not they are a billionaire and/or use that money to influence policy.

Being wealthy at the age of 70 after spending literal decades growing one of the largest video game companies is not a crime and does not by default make this guy an awful person - AND - the amount paid to execs in many cases is disproportionate and would be better spent uplifting those who do the actual work.

I can believe both of those things simultaneously while not punching down at a dead guy who was not a billionaire. Why can't you?

[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 days ago

hoe about be a decent human being that isn’t fucking over someone, doesn't seem that hard

[–] grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm not punching down. I'm punching up. This dude didn't give a rat's ass about the people who made him wealthy while he was alive, so why is he owed consideration by those same people just because he's dead?

Why does growing a company matter, if it's done by stealing the wages of the people that are producing the growth?

[–] sen@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And where were you to punch up when he was alive? Ah right, on the internet being a keyboard warrior.

You're making an awful lot of claims about somebody you don't have any actual information on or had even heard of before they died based on what, perceived net worth? General dislike of large companies? Or maybe you're projecting.

I'm not here to mourn this guy or defend him, if you remember how this conversation started I was looking for a reason to piss on his grave right beside you, but I can't find one. Dude was nearly 70, had nothing to do with the day-to-day at Ubi for who knows how long, living his life until he wasn't. No scandal, no donating to MAGA, no Epstein association, no union-busting. Just a higher than average net worth though I don't think he was in the 1%.

[–] grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah. He reached that higher than average net worth by wage theft.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The difference between 10 million dollars and a billion dollars is roughly 1 billion dollars

[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

have you actually bothered to look him up?

[–] sen@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Actually yeah, and aside from being co-founder of Ubisoft with his brothers I couldn't find much. He ran some other audio company. Literally nothing that justifies people talking about shitting on his grave.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I never defended him. Just because I am sending his family my condolences doesn't mean I agree with what he did or believed, it only means that I am trying to be a good human.

[–] grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

I'm sure his family is just fine crying into their piles of money. They don't need my sympathy or yours.