IWW and syndicalism

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[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

Any work that satirizes wealth or corporate greed, made by a public company, is almost definitionally hypocritical.

Outer Worlds has this same issue.

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[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

See also: Deus Ex

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[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

To be fair, the original Deus Ex is more anti-authoritarianism than it is anti-capitalist in the motivations of the villains. Grey Death wasn't done for economic purposes, it was literally a means to kick off a worldwide eugenics experiment. They used the Ambrosia vaccine to select who lives, not really to make money.

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[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

In the end the company that made it got bought by a massive public company using Saudi money. Double whammy

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[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I can almost imagine them making some ai-centered merch based on cliffford from gta online

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[–] danh2os@piefed.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Gonna either steal this game or not play at all anyways.

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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Good for you. But it won't help against the union busting.

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[–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

It’s a gross but established practice to fire loads of people before releasing a game. This denies them the opportunity to be listed in the credits and can be a huge set back to their careers.

I’m not surprised, but I am disappointed.

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[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago