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[–] mursejoy@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

My group of buddies always say that if gaming hadn’t become so wildly popular a revolution started by young men would have happened already.

The US is really good at placating the masses with media. Stay distracted, stay oppressed.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Bread and circuses. A concept thousands of years old.

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah but the rich forgot to keep paying for the bread and circuses.

[–] staph@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Don't worry, gaming is quickly becoming unaffordable to anyone without a serious income stream.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online -1 points 1 month ago

Gaming systems are made for the top 10% now. They are fully rejecting regular consumers and focusing entirely on the high end market.

Basically they want to cater the economy to the top 10% and neglect the bottom 90%. This is one reason why everything is so damn expensive. Budget options aren't a thing anymore.

[–] xav@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Hahaha ! "We would start a revolution but we're too busy gaming on the couch". What a bunch of losers indeed.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

We can’t even get gamers to stop pre-ordering games from even just the shitty companies. They literally can’t simply go play any of the thousands of other amazing games because they’re too busy letting themselves get rat-fucked by companies like EA and Ubisoft who actively hate their customers.

[–] Tetragrade@leminal.space 4 points 1 month ago

Uhh, yes. Unironically. Revolutions happen when the masses can't afford to game & jack off any more, so their only source of entertainment is to LARP overthrowing the government, which they do so realistically that it actually happens. Open a history book smh.

[–] mursejoy@lemmy.zip -2 points 1 month ago

No need to be a douche