So if you were here yesterday on good ol' ResetERA dot com, you might have noticed that I made an extremely cool thread criticizing the exuberence with which this forum engages in speculation and discussion in regards to corporate acquisitions and market consolidation, to an almost disturbing and sycophantic degree.
(that thread was locked after about two minutes without a single lick of mod communication btw :^]]]]])
Which begs the question
Like, seriously, what is the actual appeal of seeing huge companies gain more power in the market. Why should these huge entities get more and more pull when we know that their foundations are rotten and built on abuses? Why should companies where workers were working hard for actual, meaningful change be able to be bought out and have all their efforts crushed in an instant.
Is there really nothing more important to some people than seeing their "side" win or the idea that you might get a product you really want out of it when the efforts of hard-working, hard-suffering people get thrown in the trash while the rich get richer and our lives become increasingly placed in the death grip of mega corps that would rather bleed us dry and burn the planet in their ever-constant pursuit of the almighty dollar?
It's just utterly bizarre to see such slavering support of egregious behavior all for the sake of "ooh but what [company] buys [company] and I can finally get [game]!"
Sony buying capcom won't suddenly bring back dino crisis. Nothing about Banjo's future is bright just because a particular dev team was forced under the Microsoft umbrella. And Square Enix being bought by anyone won't bring back the JRPG magic you felt as a teenager. So, why? Why continue the act? Why keep up with the idea that these corporations will provide for you specifically? That buying into and supporting their corporate model will spare you from the all-consuming void of late-stage capitalism that seeks to rend apart the very ground we walk upon for the sake of a profit? Do you think that appeasing the beast will abate it? Do you believe that when the heavens fall and the hells rise that Daddy Microsoft or Papa Sony will protect you because you bought Gamepass Ultimate or Super PS+? Do you believe that the false gods you worship are the salvation of this twisted, wailing maelstrom that they helped create?
Let me know in the poll!
(that thread was locked after about two minutes without a single lick of mod communication btw :^]]]]])
Which begs the question
Like, seriously, what is the actual appeal of seeing huge companies gain more power in the market. Why should these huge entities get more and more pull when we know that their foundations are rotten and built on abuses? Why should companies where workers were working hard for actual, meaningful change be able to be bought out and have all their efforts crushed in an instant.
Is there really nothing more important to some people than seeing their "side" win or the idea that you might get a product you really want out of it when the efforts of hard-working, hard-suffering people get thrown in the trash while the rich get richer and our lives become increasingly placed in the death grip of mega corps that would rather bleed us dry and burn the planet in their ever-constant pursuit of the almighty dollar?
It's just utterly bizarre to see such slavering support of egregious behavior all for the sake of "ooh but what [company] buys [company] and I can finally get [game]!"
Sony buying capcom won't suddenly bring back dino crisis. Nothing about Banjo's future is bright just because a particular dev team was forced under the Microsoft umbrella. And Square Enix being bought by anyone won't bring back the JRPG magic you felt as a teenager. So, why? Why continue the act? Why keep up with the idea that these corporations will provide for you specifically? That buying into and supporting their corporate model will spare you from the all-consuming void of late-stage capitalism that seeks to rend apart the very ground we walk upon for the sake of a profit? Do you think that appeasing the beast will abate it? Do you believe that when the heavens fall and the hells rise that Daddy Microsoft or Papa Sony will protect you because you bought Gamepass Ultimate or Super PS+? Do you believe that the false gods you worship are the salvation of this twisted, wailing maelstrom that they helped create?
Let me know in the poll!
