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Anon is 23 (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 20 points 3 months ago (16 children)

This is how revolutions start. Some smooth talker is going to come along and motivate all these people to do something wonderful or terrible.

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  • [–] 28 points 3 months ago (10 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.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months 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.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months 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.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago*

    Uhh, yes. Unironically. Revolutions happen when a sufficient number of people 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.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    4chan and reddit were instrumental in the election of Trump (45). CMV.

    Reddit's boner for Ron Paul in 2008 was a proof-of-concept for leveraging social media to astroturf. CMV.

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