▲ 141 ▼ Uvalde families sue makers of AR-15, 'Call of Duty,' Meta over mass shooting (abcnews.go.com) submitted 2 years ago by BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to c/news@lemmy.world 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) On the other hand, CoD is just U.S. Army recruitment propaganda, so fuck it. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/22/call-of-duty-gaming-role-military-entertainment-complex permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago “When we have a new product that has elements that we’re not sure how people will respond to, what do we do as a corporation?” he asked. “We market it as much as we can — we do all the things we can to essentially brainwash people into liking it before it actually comes out. I’d like to see the government doing this too.” Under capitalism, production is obviously shaped by demand, and if something that is perceived bad is being produced, that is obviously because people vote with their wallets to do that. Obviously. See also why you personally are to blame for climate change for not recycling hard enough and paying for fuel. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago “When we have a new product that has elements that we’re not sure how people will respond to, what do we do as a corporation?” he asked. “We market it as much as we can — we do all the things we can to essentially brainwash people into liking it before it actually comes out. I’d like to see the government doing this too.” Under capitalism, production is obviously shaped by demand, and if something that is perceived bad is being produced, that is obviously because people vote with their wallets to do that. Obviously. See also why you personally are to blame for climate change for not recycling hard enough and paying for fuel. permalink fedilink source parent