BreadstickNinja

An orange cat could outsmart this orange president.

Every other genus: "We don't want her either."

Yeah, I agree, and that's what I was trying to get at with the last point. I think morality systems in the sense of a binary choice with a scorecard is exactly why those systems are unsatisfying. Real choices have complex consequences and games are more immersive when they show that versus when everything boils down to a simple "good" or "bad."

The games that do moral choices well do still give you feedback - alternate endings or lasting changes in the world - but it's not as simple as one number or slider showing a morality spectrum.

I'd put Witcher 3 and The Alters on the list. Both of them give you choices where it's not really clear which is the "good" or "bad" one. And if you play through both, you find that neither is one-sided - everything has pros and cons, and even if you judged one option to be morally better in the moment, you still have to live with the negative as well as the positive consequences of your actions.

Maybe you could argue that those aren't traditional morality systems, but for me, that's why they work.

Their best and brightest were fired or retired.

For context, the genocide started 80 years ago.

One thing I've learned as a socialist is that there is always a purity test by people who consider themselves purer socialists.

Karl Marx himself could post on here and people would accuse him of being a neoliberal stooge.

I know this isn't even the main point of the post, but this passage is just insane:

Bessent was at an event in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to launch what U.S. President Donald Trump has dubbed "Trump Accounts," an investment vehicle for children.

What?

The fact that they're not in uniform is closely interrelated with the fact that they're paramilitary goons and not a legitimate law enforcement outfit. It's all part and parcel.

The images are being generated by editing photos of real children. It's not fictional characters. This is discussed in the article and has been widely reported as this issue has been in the news.

Jerry's more than just a genocide denier.

He's a genocide denier who was banging a 17-year-old high schooler when he was in his late 30s.

It's only fair to paint a complete picture of the man.