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

The rich can easily exploit the political system and lobby for favorable laws = Not only is it pay to win, the devs suck the dicks of their biggest whales

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's pay to win, where if you pay enough, the devs will add customized cheats that only work for you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's 90% grinding and 10% actual gameplay

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The Inherited Wealth perk is ridiculously broken.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spawn points are busted and too heavy RNG

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You're only complaining because you got a bad spawn. The truth is anyone can make it to the top of the lobby, it just requires grinding and being smart.

I know this because I started out with barely anything, just a few million dollars from my trust fund when I finished boarding school.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why is the richkid class locked for me?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Your parents need to buy the DLC first!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This thread got me thinking, do we have a replacement for r/outside on Lemmy? That sub was pretty entertaining at times

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Capitalism is very unpoggers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They were doing pretty good until they blamed everything on neoliberalism, what a fucking joke

Edit: If the wikipedia page wasn't clear enough, the 14 definitions and comments below should show that the term "neoliberalism" is a broken dog whistle at best. You might as well go outside and yell at the clouds while you're at it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it? Neoliberalism describes a modern conservative movement closely aligned to libertarian philosophy. Privatization, elimination of government programs, tax reduction, laissez-faire capitalism are all under the neoliberal umbrella.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, that is not what I expected Neoliberalism to mean. Thank you for the lesson. When I read about Neo-(x-political-term) I generally think of new ideas around it, not ideas reaching back to WWII. My biggest concern after reading your link is:

The term has multiple, competing definitions, and is often used pejoratively.

Also, the last few paragraphs of Current Usage emphasize it's use as a dog whistle:

"Several writers have criticized the term "neoliberal" as an insult or slur used by leftists against liberals and varieties of liberalism that leftists disagree with."

and

"the word is nothing more than a political slur, or a term without any analytic power"

I still think it would serve us all to be more precise about what exactly is failing us.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

When I read about Neo-(x-political-term) I generally think of new ideas around it, not ideas reaching back to WWII.

Everything was new at some point. Things are named relative to when they happen, not relative to when you hear about them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For the love of god can you shut the fuck up about this stuff all the time???

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No more talk of economic injustice, just consume product and look forward to next product. so-true

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You are free to do that... But not in the fucking MEMES community.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The kraut rages

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

i wasn't going to comment but this post was still top of active for some reason so:

stay mad lmao

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Alright, let's talk about pranking politicians then...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is reformist language at best...

Edit: Sorry for my harsh words. It's just ... the raw urgency and essence of the original criticisms here have just been squeezed out when converted into gamer-code language...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

What exactly are you looking for then? Sounds like normal points to me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the downvoters want to buy more votes mine only costs $500. You can send you money to the nearest food pantry or food bank.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Mine is $498 and I'll throw in a rude comment