| thismeintiel said: We already have a body governing them, us gamers. Whenever someone wants to pull a bullshit move, like MS's DRM fiasco, we rise up with our voices and, more importantly, our wallets. |
Yeah, that's a great premise, but it's clearly not working! AAA Publishers keep pushing for more shitty monetization, and while a game or another might suffer backlash, the majority won't.
| thismeintiel said: You complain about tax evasion, but that is 100% on the government and its crony capitalism, which yes, the Left loves to partake in, too. The government makes and enforces the taxes. They have made taxes so complicated and filled with loopholes for their buddies that we get things where companies like GE had to pay little to no taxes. |
Yeah, I'm sure they're not paying them because they're too complicated, and not because they're shitty human beings.
Asking for less taxes because corporations don't pay them is like asking for worse teachers because there are people who cheat on tests. You have to be stricter to the ones doing it wrong, not the opposite.
| thismeintiel said: Of course, the real solution would be a fair or flat tax, with no loopholes, but I'm sure you are against that. |
Yeah, I'm obviously against punishing the workforce for corporations being assholes.
| thismeintiel said:
The political point is just odd. It seems you want them to push your politics. But, what if they decided to push politics you disagree with? Would you be fine with that? Either way, them being regulated wouldn't fix that. Many devs just want to tell a good story, with maybe hints of politics, not piss off their potential customers, whether left or right. Unless you think it's the government's job to force business to promote their political ideologies. There's a certain Na sty anti- zi on group that believed that, as well, so I hope that's not what you are implying. |
I'm not asking for developers to be forced to push politics into their games. I love my Marios, my Goose Games and etc. What I'm asking for is that publishers be honest with the content they're offering.
I disagree with The Division 2's politics, and that's an example I used where I asked for them to be more honest about being political.
My point here is not that I want government to enforce politics onto games. I'm trying to show how, under this capitalist system, art is being held back because corporations don't want to piss anyone off.
