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[-] the_q@lemmy.zip 70 points 3 weeks ago

GTA6 will still sell millions of copies, many to people in threads just like this one that are appalled at RS's action.

[-] orioler25@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's important to make a distinction between liberals who strive for moral purity through performativity, and people who value human life by recognizing the inequalities in labour and material security under capitalism. Narratives that reproduce the idea that people are just fundamentally impure and can't stick to their values only strengthens liberalism's claim to morality.

[-] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 weeks ago

I made essentially the same comment on another thread yesterday, but I think it might have gone over most people's heads. That or they didn't want to admit it.

[-] orioler25@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

I think it's a bit self-indulgent to consider that this is big-brained or world-shattering to people. You're just repeating the dominant explanation for why these companies can make profit despite their immorality, it isn't challenging or new.

[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Your point?

E: just want to make clear, the attribution of apathy or nihilism to the general pubic isn't genuine or useful.

[-] dom@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago

Companies can do whatever they want and it literally doesn't matter because they will keep making money

[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Missing nuance.

[-] 87Six@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 weeks ago

The point is people are impressively stupid and impulsive

[-] the_q@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago

This is the most disheartening reply, but also the most telling.

[-] orioler25@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's difficult to read this and not feel less empathetic toward you. Such desperation to feel superior without any clear indication that you are invested in actually embodying a set of morals yourself.

If you care, you should take the time to explore inconvenient explanations for why this happens and refuse satisfaction with actionless answers.

[-] the_q@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago

I live my life as simply as possible, and I don't feel superior to anyone. Having said that I stand by my reply. Just because it evoked some feeling of shame from you isn't my problem.

[-] orioler25@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

"... I don't feel superior to anyone... . ... evoked some feeling of shame from you isn't my problem." You can't even pretend to be an honest person without trying to suggest other people are less morally pure than you. This is not a simple life, it is a dishonest one. I will not be responding again, obviously. There's no conversing with people who lie to themselves.

[-] the_q@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago
[-] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

His point is simple enough that you should understand. Use your brain.

[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Ah. Good luck to you.

[-] orioler25@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

This is a good question to ask. This person is not very critical of what they've said and is clearly satisfied with liberal (as in liberalism) explanations for people's behaviour.

Their point is that people are just fundamentally bad and that is why these companies make profit despite an apparently universal condemnation of their actions. It's shallow, inaccurate, and is only useful to feel morally superior to some imagined decadent group that they believe is the source of this problem.

[-] hobovision@mander.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

There's no such thing as ethical consumption.

[-] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

Most people buying it will not know about this

Many would not care

A lot think that it is not their job punishing companies over how they treat their employees

I think it is the government’s job to make laws that empower people taking jobs over people giving jobs, but as well, in my opinion, each and everyone has the responsibility to watch over government that they do the job right

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