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[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If you want those things then you are a republican, there's no pretending.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

If the democrats would have given them those, they'd have continued their "woke capitalism" arc...

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 58 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

Yeah, they may retain a different self-image, but their actions & goals are in line with Republican ideology.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 40 points 6 days ago (1 children)

God damnit sweeny. You have had a visit from the ghost of Christmas past or something?

Don’t make me agree with you.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 41 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well Tim you went from a -10 in my books to a -8 with this. Keep it up.

[–] westyvw@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

I was trying to think of a way to put it, and I think you nailed it.

[–] Jinni@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I wouldn't call it pretending but... Yeah, no shit.

[–] waitmarks@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Guys it was just a prank. I’m not really fascist, I was just pretending. I just gave money to the fascists as a joke, isn’t that funny?

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Epic got so much bullshit for - reads annotation - making platform exclusives that were only temporary and helped developers with stable financing with better terms.

After pulling those games off other stores, some of which refused to refund pre orders

[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Epic halted development of UT4 for Fortnite. They are dead to me.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Blame market demand. Quake was also halted. UT4 was halted 3 years before Fortnite was out. Fortnite wasn't even supposed to be a battle royale, it just coincided with the popularity of one. The original game mode Save the World that it implemented wouldn't even had had any crossover with the fps multiplayer deathmatch shooter genre. Even games with novel mechanics like Titanfall have struggled and failed to survive in it. I think the generation that never got into Minecraft and think of it as just as a joke kiddie game is still resentful of the types of games it encouraged and continues to do so.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

They didn’t even make things exclusive

There were no clauses saying you couldn’t release on mac/linux/ps/xbox/switch

They just only carry games for the Windows platform. They did buy EAC and make a Linux version as well as gave all devs the ability to implement crossplay regardless of engine

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[–] WilderSeek@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Eh? I think they're trying to prevent Musk from becoming an AI god.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

More like some kind of sad joke/curse god that thinks its all knowing but really sources all its knowledge from reddit meme threads.

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

The "All-Knowing" Know-It-All, less rare than you'd think.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

One of the only CEOs speaking truth.

[–] Mandragora@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

If only they can focus on making good games instead

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Emphasis on games, plural. Make something other than Fortnite!

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

other than all the spinoff titles you do realize that Fortnite is a platform right?

[–] Rose@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

Have you played it recently? It's not a single game anymore but basically a launcher containing many games of all kinds - quite a few of them from Epic. You may absolutely hate battle royale but find Rocket Racing or Lego Fortnite very enjoyable and different from Fortnite Battle Royale.

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 1 points 6 days ago

zzt was pretty rad

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Fascism and capitalism go hand-in-hand because their goals align almost exactly. I also read or heard that fascism is the enforcement arm of capitalism when the peasants become unruly (ergo regulating enterprise and the leverage of tax in the rich). I'll see if I can find the quote or video I saw about the comparisons between capitalism and fascism. It was a really interesting read.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Do you have an example of a political system that can somehow handle "peasants" becoming unruly without turning into some sort of fascism?

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