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Smh they made video games political (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/7643915

As always in capitalism, video games have largely deformed from an art form into just another means to generate profit for large corporations

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[–] bernieecclestoned -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-system-made-me-do-it-corruption-post-communist-societies

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Are you aware that this is an article about how the poorly managed transition to capitalism allowed highly concentrated wealth and power, and thus corruption?

postcommunist Europe's economic transition and institutional vacuum provided ideal opportunities for state capture. The most attractive jobs sought by corrupt officials were associated with the privatization process, institutions that regulated business and the customs bureau

[–] decisivelyhoodnoises 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah the "postcommunist" is a very difficult word and the guy couldn't understand the meaning. He thought that it might have something to do with the post office