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[โ€“] sanity_is_maddening@piefed.social 96 points 2 days ago (4 children)

What's this?? A politician in a position of power taking a stand on a principle with integrity?? Especially these days?

How did he sneak in?

They're usually not allowed in the establishment.

Hmm... Suddenly I can't trust him anymore. That's how fucked I am with the political class. Like, immediately it just pops "what's his angle besides some PR glow?" - that's where my mind goes instantly.

It's exhausting...

[โ€“] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 48 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Of course he's playing little games, but what are his goals?

[โ€“] anzo@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

WE are his game

[โ€“] absquatulate@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, I think he's actually genuine. He's one of our more progressive politicians and barely made the bar to enter the EP as an independent during last year's EP elections. I'm honestly glad he made it, he seems like a good egg.

I do vaguely remember reading about some dubious stuff in his family's history, but can't find the articles anymore and frankly, other than that his activity was pretty spotless so far.

[โ€“] sanity_is_maddening@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Notice that my comment was meant as a compliment to him. And a dig to myself for not allowing the belief that this might just be a decent person. That was the joke. That we are almost all conditioned to have a pavlovian level of reaction towards politicians, in which they speak and we doubt them immediately.

I know two people that are members of political parties and they are genuinely two of the most decent people I know. But at the same time, they are not raising ranks within their respective parties. Which are also not the biggest parties to begin with. I don't doubt that there are decent people that are trying to be decent politicians. I just think that the capital influence and its respective interests don't usually allow these decent ones to reach actual positions of power and they even get actively placated as a result of their integrity hindering the consolidation of that very same capital influence.

[โ€“] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Maybe Ross was right and politicians think this is an easy w for them as well. Kind of a no brainer for pr.

[โ€“] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, my immediate thought is "what kind of game is he playing?" and immediately thought him sus ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] rikudou@lemmings.world 12 points 2 days ago

Perhaps The Crew, sounds like the kind of game that makes you support it.

[โ€“] Honytawk@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago

Among us probably?

[โ€“] DmMacniel@feddit.org 40 points 2 days ago
[โ€“] MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If this goes through, I expect a closer look will be taken on other predatory practices concerning selling software (which games ultimately are) and possibly a precedent allowing to clearly put a hard stop to American understanding of "copyright" (as a "right to copy") and full embracement of native European originated "authorship rights", backed by current existing law for many many years in many of the members states. US anti-piracy organizations will not be happy, so following this line of thought - please prepare for a hard, dirty, unfair fight, with suspicious figures appearing with their backing to sabotage our efforts.

Longshot, but with this said, VP mentions SKG? Thatโ€™s good, we need publicity! Let them understand we cannot be ignored and you donโ€™t mess with gamers who were trained by their love for gaming to be stubborn, resilient and never give up.

This is important:

โ€ฆ but it's clear MEPs are becoming aware that they need to engage with the issue and work out where they stand.

[โ€“] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was all-in, because I misunderstood the phrase as meaning โ€œprohibit all games in which people are killedโ€. Man, do I feel like an idiot.

[โ€“] uranibaba@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

"Stop Killing-Games"

[โ€“] pyre@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

graphic design note: if you're gonna highlight every word longer than three letters you might as well not highlight anything. it's distracting, which is the opposite of what highlighting should do: attract focus.