znonymous [comrade/them, love/loves]
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1·17 days agoBut then again, Capitalism itself is not a good use of limited resources. Yet here we are.
In a world where people can collectively raise and spend $500 million for a group of software developers to build and release a game like Star Citizen, perhaps game developers and people who enjoy playing computer games could have a chance at carving out something sustainable for themselves.
But yeah, I get it’s a pretty dumb idea. :(
Would it be impossible or impractical to establish a non-profit trust to buy out Valve and be established with a simple clear charter: to sell games at a price pegged to a metric which at least modestly trailed inflation, and have that trust purchase, own, and act as a board of directors for Steam and Valve? The trust would be set up to have legal requirements to forever explicitly be operated for the benefit of independent developers and their customers. Valve would maintain its present flatter hierarchy.
Is this not a possibility? I presume it would require some sort of benevolent wealth contributions. (Are there not at least a handful of very wealthy people who lean anti-capitalist or at least pro- co-operative enterprise remaining in the US, or elsewhere on the planet? Ideally such persons would also share a love for computer games, but maybe that’s a unicorn stretch too far).
Could not also such a venture be funded at least in part by crowd funding from successful indie developers and well-off customers? I mean, isn’t SC funded to the tune of $500 million in this way? If an arguable scam company can be funded in such a way, why could not an organization with charter-codified explicit community benefits be carved out of this cesspool of a so-called marketplace?
beanising brainworms
2·3 months agoDamn. You are so dense and argumentative on purpose.
I have only noticed you make two posts. Both were AI slop, and one was pure disinfo that was deleted.
None of your comments are interesting or insightful. They are all extremely irritating to read.
I am blocking you. For everyone else’s sake. I really hope you just go into read-only mode. It’s been truly awful reading any of your thoughts.
John Barnett didn’t kill himself.
No. That is not in Texas.
Armageddon is gonna be here way sooner than I expected.
That’s how you stay early. That’s how you stay sharp. That’s how you keep the edge.
I am definitely knocking the content. This entire article sucks.
My rich lib extended family member always shuts down my shares of Hedges with, “Oh, Chris must be selling another book.” Fucking libs.
Seismoooooooo!
Wait. Did I see this first as a c/fakenews post that Kanye had deepened ties with China?
Edit: Yes. Yes I did. https://hexbear.net/post/4787827
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Ugh I see my old self in this comment and I hate it.
This stuff might help a little bit.
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Communism is when your dishes get robo-washed too efficiently!
Thanks! Will do.
I doubt there are any such groups in my redneck of the woods. But I will try.