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Bernie Sanders pushes for gaming industry unionization
- Thread starter Chindogg
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Sure. Having heard so many nightmare stories from workers in this industry. Can't say no to that.
(In the meantime, other candidates are still figuring out their stance on abortion and climate change...)
(In the meantime, other candidates are still figuring out their stance on abortion and climate change...)
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This is true
but it's still nice to see a politician acknowledging our favorite problematic entertainment industry
When is he gonna protest in from of Take-Two Interactive? (this is really cool actually and Bernie's great with worker's rights activism which is why i like him)
I'm rooting for both Warren and Bernie. They both seek out corporate accountability which is unfortunately rare in politics. A Warren/Bernie 2020 ballot would be a dream come true.
Very cool and good. Hopefully this ends up being a big moment. And yea Warren is pretty much Bernie but better on a wider variety of issues and knows how to articulate well-reasoned plans into an overall compelling message. Been giving money to her every month just to do my part to keep her in the game cause it seems like she's being shut out.
I get a classic, yet fun vibe from Bernie. He's gotta be a Majora's Mask man.
Warren is politically aligned with Bernie for the most part and has the most ambitious policy proposals by far. She should be the front runner, but Bernie is not too far behind.
Because they would have to wait longer for their games to be released.
Can anyone find a pic of Dragon Ball where all the people on earth raise their hands to create the spirit bomb for Goku? Then label the people "gamers" and label Goku as "Bernie."
Id do it but Im having trouble finding the pic. I appreciate it.
Id do it but Im having trouble finding the pic. I appreciate it.
All it takes is a decent propaganda campaign about how unionization would make fewer games happen to get them rabid.
Something something "crunch is part of the job", something something "AAA games make all the work worth it"...
No they wouldn't.
Crunch only gives short term boosts, long term it actually causes game development to go longer.
Which would be absurd. There is so much product out there now I can't even keep up.
This is very cool. Regardless of your political affiliation, if you love this medium and respect the people who make the games you love, you should always push and support game workers unionization.
Don't forget the (not biggest but) most vocal side of gamers are little children prone to get recruited by alt-righters and become potential adults with that mindset, and be able to vote. Even if you know Unionization is good, wouldn't be surprised if these kids who don't know a lot about the world get "brainwashed" into thinking this is bad for everyone.
Yup, pretty much this. Someone with a lot of money/power could just start a fear campaign that your games are gonna lower their quality/quantity/content, getting delayed, filled with "SJW Propaganda", etc. I mean, we already saw the reaction of the market and some "gamers" after the Animal Crossing delay for the well being of their employees.
Yis. I genuinely didn't know the homogenized opinion of a bunch of different demographics crammed into one labeled "community." Forgive me please sir?
This should have happened a long time ago. Glad Bernie can use his platform to make this more of a public issue, he's done a good job of highlighting awful practices from companies like Wal-Mart and Amazon in the past few months.
Meanwhile Biden out here saying how DMC2 is the best in the series and how there should be way more underwater levels in video games
