The Slimy Sleaze Of That Apolitical Bobby Kotick (The Jimquisition)

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Videogame executives are getting very good at exploiting some peoples' aversion to political discussions, especially when it comes to covering their tracks and avoiding uncomfortable questions.
Take Bobby Kotick, for example, CEO of Activision. His company has stepped into some political messes this year, but by presenting himself as apolitical, he's avoiding talking about any of it.
What else does Bobby avoid answering for when we buy his snake oil about politics? Let's find out!
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[@MrKsingha]

"my responsibility is to satisfy our audiences and our stakeholders, OUR EMPLOYEES, our shareholders" -Bobby Kotick, after laying off hundreds of employees during a time of growth and success for the company.

[@JimSterling]

Yeah but once he lays them off, they're not his employees anymore, so he can say fuck 'em.

[@Keyfur91]

@@JimSterling Bobby Kotick? More like Bobby KoDi-SKELETON WARRIORS!

[@bonorbitz]

Notice how he mentioned stakeholders and shareholders, basically the same thing twice.

[@sweetpeabee4983]

@@bonorbitz maybe he meant "steakholders". An attempt to pander to the grill dad demo.

[@teoclaudiu3690]

@Kathy Kat stakeholders are not really the same as shareholders. As per investopedia "A stakeholder is a party that has an interest in a company and can either affect or be affected by the business."

[@mcj88]

A reminder that Activision was *founded* on a political statement: the radical-for-1982 belief that people who make games should be given credit for the work they did.

[@defaulted9485]

"Road to hell is paved with good intentions" - John Ray, 1670.

[@twistedoperator4422]

Man what a more simple time

[@Spook327]

They lived long enough to become the villain.

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

That's not political.

[@marialuke2116]

@@VGamingJunkieVT That _is_ political. It's workers recognition, a type of _workers rights._ Advocating or just standing with workers rights _is a political stance._

[@Ckoz2829]

Bobby “I once fired 800 people for my own personal gain” Kotick doesn’t like when people put devil horns on pictures of him. It really makes him look bad with the ladies.

[@suniface71]

Im sure those 800 people would like a word with him when were all in heaven.Im sure rhey'd like to chew him out here on earth.

[@yellowblanka6058]

I think his regular face probably does enough to scare off the ladies.

[@Siegberg91]

Isnt there a Amazon series about lucifer who gets all the ladies. Bobby is just not evil enough

[@popsicleman1834]

Bobby "I once sold my mother's ashes for $3" Kotick? No way

[@cyberdalek9374]

@@suniface71 tbh, I don't think Bobby "satan" Kotick will end up in heaven.

[@Alucard-A-La-Carte]

"Games deserve the same protections under the 1st Amendment as art!" "Games are products, not art! They aren't political like art!" -the same person, apparently

[@TheRogueWolf]

It's the classic case of having your cake and eating it too. Just like how some gamers wanted games to be treated as "mature creative efforts", but when things like sexism were discussed, thry turned around and said "it's just video games, brah, stop taking them so seriously".

[@Elnegro..]

Well I've never seen anyone state that 2nd statement. Most people know games are a form of art. Btw you realize art doesn't have to be political? It's as if I was born in another universe where I grew up with games like gears and such, (yes ik the new gears trilogy is a feminist political mess) point is apolitical games are the rule not the acception.

[@legoworksstudios1]

@@TheRogueWolf I was about to say the same thing, though I'm noticing the pattern that every time someone tries to have it both ways, they're just inventing new ways to dodge blame for wrongdoing. It's like claiming there's a method to the madness. That only applies to the results and even then the steps taken aren't ideal.

[@comettamer]

Hes a meandering bucket of conflicting views.

[@FakeHeroFang]

If the knob jockey wants to ride both, they better start making some products that are actually worth buying. Games don't have the same flexibilty as some people give other avenues of artistic expression. If the game's shit on a technical/mechanical level it doesn't matter how artsy fartsy it is, it is objectively a shitty game. Not that I think someone like this actually cares, games are just another business venture to them.

[@SHINOBI-03]

Developers: "We're supposed to please the customers." Bobby Kotick: "We're supposed to please OUR customers! Starting with our stockholders! Who's helping them out, huh?"

[@SPM0717]

The Incredibles reference.

[@EvlNinjadude]

@@SPM0717 A famously apolitical movie

[@slumbertrap6506]

why have a soul when you can have Stonks just look at how well blizzards been doing (looks at Blizzard Stock Value)....oh..

[@jubzero]

Who's going to keep insuracar..... I mean EA in the black Parr?

[@suniface71]

@@jubzero Throws Andrew Wilson through 10 sets of walls. ....Uh oh..

[@cindychung7002]

I think far too many people believe that a game is “political” only when the player disagrees with the politics in the game

[@tylernilson7021]

I agree with this, politics are in everything. the definition of politics is, "the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power." do me that is most games

[@KellyJoule]

political = making me uncomfortable with a way of thinking I refuse to even consider

[@bemersonbakebarmen]

@@evasan9432 and thats even more evident by the fact th big important proyect the left is pushing this days is the impeachment of a right wing president. Political or Social Values are a lie, what people want is power.

[@bemersonbakebarmen]

The political agende in the media is just moralism with political drags. Nothing against LGBT but people defending LGBT rights (or any other minority issues) speak with the righteousness of a priest giving a lecture about loving your neighbour while at the same time condemning the heretics and pagans to hell. Politics is rational. I have come to the conclusion Social Justice and similar topics are a distraction so you stop thinking about the real base problem. The same way the discussion about global warming turned into a debate about Greta Thurberg (because Its easy to argue about a person than about science facts)

[@hoodedman6579]

I find that most of the games I play are stupid enough that I really don't want to think of them as political even if they are. For example, every modern Persona game has had me thinking that it was fucking stupid at least once; their messages tend to not really be political per se though.

[@cr0ssed00]

Fun fact about latest CoD game. In russian version "russian soldiers" called just "soldier 1", "soldier 2" or "Barkov's people". Completely unbiased, apolitical game.

[@Guitar-Dog]

I think he is saying in the Russian version of the game, the end credits dont mention the bad guys being russian, just call them soldier 1/2 or barkovs people

[@CrowePerch]

That's so fucked.

[@bemersonbakebarmen]

@@CrowePerch like censoring someone for offending an autoritarian goverment. Its good for bussiness.

[@Fabelaz]

@@Guitar-Dog not end credits, subtitles and audio. Like there is an idea that Barkov is a rogue general - in previous CODs he was. And translation tries to hide the fact that political message has changed - but still does so poorly.

[@Fabelaz]

@@bemersonbakebarmen You know, while klyukva is nothing new, there are a lot of russian people that don't like to be the bad guys of _that_ degree. So it's not just about the restrictive government, but with the target audience too. "Gray morale" my ass.

[@siddhantbanerjee3328]

The automated "doors are closing" voice of my office elevator has more emotion than Bobby Kodick

[@vazzaroth]

Well the main thing is, he doesn't let you see the joy and cackling glee he takes behind closed doors, flinging his hundred dollar bills in the air as he squirms around them, with the remnants of lines of coke dusted around his nose. That's the only time Bob-o boy feels truly alive... rolling around on top of the blood money he's rightfully "earned".

[@thegameneededme5]

Trying to claim that Call of Duty, of all franchises, is apolitical is an actual joke.

[@rickylovesyou]

Curious, did he actually claim that?

[@Train_Hobo]

@@rickylovesyou nope

[@hossdelgado626]

I'm confused, if you mean jim mentioning it, then I'm not hundred percent here, but I think that was sarcasm. If your referring to the fellow who doesn't like devil horns, then yeah, dude will say whatever it takes to get away with it.

[@troypowers750]

Ah well, he'll just say he didn't make the game...which is true. But then again he pays little he is a literal parody of free market libertarians.

[@UnivegaSuperSport]

"At the heart of every great fortune lies a great crime."-F. Scott Fitzgerald

[@justabazikdude8592]

LoL I was all like: C'mon Jim, isn't all that Sith habillage a little bit overdone? Then I eard the quote in full. Sorry for doubting you Jim, sith lord tone is absolutely the adequate tone to read such a quote. Thanks God for you.

[@kieranmahon4382]

It is really scary though. Especially when the guy's lips move. Stuff of nightmares

[@DerAnanasbaum]

Fun Fact: Buyback Legality is largely blamed for the crumbling US employment rate and it's hypermassive wage gap.

[@SeanCrosser]

Hey here's a thought: Buyback *il*legality

[@jamesoleary2476]

DerAnanasbaum unemployment is really low

[@Nanook128]

@@jamesoleary2476 No it's not. The official numbers are misleading because it doesn't count people who have given up looking for work as unemployed, nor does it count people who are underemployed.

[@silverdragon122]

@@Nanook128 wtf is underemployed ?

[@yonghominale8884]

@@silverdragon122 A guy with a college degree working at Starbucks

[@NathanCassidy721]

When you make most of your money off of games centered around counter-culture music, middle eastern warfare, and plastic equivalent of Beanie Babies, you don’t get to claim that you’re apolitical. Ever.

[@ressljs]

Hey, I liked that plastic equivalent of Beanie Babies.

[@mossy40k]

No no no, its not political views, its "surprise opinions!"

[@Martial-Mat]

How fantastically original and hilarious.

[@mikaxms]

Hahaha XD

[@mpj12345]

Donating to Chris Christie is actually quite ethical, and quite fun.

[@Legion849]

Hahahaha

[@MaxxSkywalker]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cjr4908]

Hey, making Andrew Wilson sound like a Dalek is uncalled for. Daleks, unlike Andrew Wilson, are _not_ robots.

[@CheezMonsterCrazy]

In some timelines, Daleks are literally closer to human beings than Andrew Wilson.

[@CaptFitzbattleaxe]

“Video games aren’t political!” The CEO said while benefitting from questionable rules put in place through politics.

[@jeremyodwyer9232]

'We're not political' says maker of games predominantly about interacting with the game world by shooting everyone who doesn't agree with you in the back of the head with a shotgun.

[@alexsmith2910]

Best statement yet.

[@raikuFA]

Also while his biggest cash cow is about war.

[@MatrixExpress]

"Questionable rules" ... This is out and out Fraud

[@Dharengo]

How on earth is a game political just because it involves shooting people? What’s the statement?

[@alexhackett1312]

I need a Gif Jim Repeatedly smashing a Boglin stat.

[@DrewUniverse]

And done. imgur.com/a/O9wjkMw

[@MrLordDorfmann]

Alex Hackett just pounding it

[@headlesshunter8435]

Just whamming into it

[@xx-ph5ml]

Beat meat

[@matsug5704]

Here you go good fella gfycat.com/queasyjaggediberianbarbel

[@UrdnotChuckles]

And here we see Jim beating his boglin.

[@firesnakearies]

I've been waiting for this for so long.

[@wesleythomas7125]

I say, kids watch this show!

[@AbsoluteSkycaptain]

"We don't care about politics and neither should you!" *Rewrites American war crimes, blames them on Russia.*

[@evanremillard5640]

Genuine curiosity here: which crimes?

[@tyronechillifoot5573]

@@evanremillard5640 high way of death

[@jojbenedoot7459]

@@evanremillard5640 the Highway of Death was a US (and allies) war crime during the invasion of Kuwait in the 90s where we attacked retreating Iraqi soldiers by bombing the road as they fled. In the new COD the same thing happens (and they even still call it the Highway of Death) except now Russia did it instead of the US

[@MillenniumEarl014]

@@jojbenedoot7459 Wait people actually care about laws in a war? Or it only applies after the war?

[@deer4927]

@@MillenniumEarl014 It's international law, Geneva convention had many countries sign an international treaty on the laws of rule to keep war from having too adverse effects either with overly cruel warfare or overt violence to civilians.

[@justsomeguywithoutbluehair4159]

Employees - laid off China's boots - licked CEO salary - leveled up Yep, it's Kotick time

[@Peasham]

Hotel? Kotick

[@stingray4567]

CONSUME. BUY THE GAMES. DONT THINK. CONSUME Every year "They Live" is looking more and more like an expose documentary Edit: ha! wrote this before I saw the nod to They Live in the video :D

[@BlindErephon]

I keep feeling like from 2000 onward we've become unstuck in time and are hurtling backwards. Like we have guys like Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos and....don't they seem kind of like those captain of industry/robber Baron types from the 1800-1900s?

[@Sonichero151]

And Roddy Piper is Dead ........ Who will save us now?

[@LostOneOmega]

@@Sonichero151 Fun Fact Keith David

[@PhilosophyTube]

damn Jim you got political - good thing my video had no politics in it whatsoever!

[@fizzyshellfish5439]

"A difficult Hearthstone eSports moment"... I wonder if he could name any other difficult Hearthstone eSports moments?

[@TwistedBananaProductions]

He looks so bored in that opening clip and as a wise man once said, "If you're going to do something evil, put it inside something boring."

[@markcobuzzi826]

John Oliver on Net Neutrality?

[@TheLegendaryVGA96]

That Emperor Palpatine mock-up representation of Bobby's response is actually a disservice to the man himself. To Palpatine, I mean. Sure, the guy was unbelievably evil, but at least he didn't hide it and didn't make any secret of his political and personal views... which, to be fair, is despotism for despotism's sake, but you get the point.

[@FRESHNESSSSSS]

I greatly enjoyed this post.

[@kitmakin289]

He didn't make a secret AFTER he became Emperor. While Senator and Chancellor he was hiding it because playing long game. Thus maybe Kotick is planning to eventually come out as evil emperor type.

[@TheLegendaryVGA96]

@@kitmakin289 Maybe, but at least Palpatine had enough intelligence and cunning to portray himself as a charismatic and benevolent authority figure throughout the years until his fateful coup, while Bobby is just another stereotypical executive with absurd amounts of money that will only be remembered (if he ever gets to have enough reputation for that) for being the same kind of sleazy CEO that we are all so sadly used to seeing by now. The idea of kotick planning some sort of order 66 spooked me tho.

[@kitmakin289]

@@TheLegendaryVGA96 Looking at his... Physique... Any order 66 he tried will no doubt be mistaken for a pizza order.

[@TheLegendaryVGA96]

@@kitmakin289 I can already see it in my mind: *Bobby calls 911* Phone Attendant: Yes this is 911, how can I help you? Kotick: Finally, it is time. Execute Order 66. PA: Right away, sir. (Hangs up) Guys, it's Kotick again, he wants us to order him the full KFC menu again! Yes, I know it's the second time this afternoon, but orders are orders!

[@zer0_cool]

I've never been a fan of the "Get your politics out of my media!" attitude, burying your head in the sand doesn't make reality go away.

[@Peasham]

It's not even that, it's that you don't hear a peep if the politics agree with them, or if it's a childhood classic.

[@outtoxicated9104]

Yeah but when I get done at work, I don't want to come home to a piece of entertainment full of politics. I'm trying to escape reality for a little bit, no continue to be worried about it

[@StormMcBeth]

@@Peasham "Star Wars wasn't political in the 80's when I was a kid, how come it's political now?" Don't ever talk to those people about Alien or Blade Runner. Unless you have popcorn.

[@StormMcBeth]

@@outtoxicated9104 What form of entertainment is that, watching paint dry? Name one piece of entertainment that is 0% politics. That is a piece of media that never once ever touches on in universe or real politics. Do you hate Metal Gear Solid?

[@Xalth0rn]

@@outtoxicated9104 Star Wars pfp, doesn't want politics in his entertainment... Ok guy

[@hadlee73]

This is pretty typical stuff from corporations, though. I was recently let go by a global worldwide telecommunications and internet company because they wanted to replace their pioneers with a much cheaper overseas workforce even though they make billions worth of profit every year, and they did it just as many of us became old enough to no longer be desirable to our industry so can't be rehired. Their explanation for doing this was so that they could bring forward a more world-class service. Okay? So none of this surprises me.

[@LyricalDJ]

Maybe, but that doesn't really make it more okay. It makes it more important to actually do something about. Well, if you actually think that's not how things should be.

[@hadlee73]

@@LyricalDJ Yeah its not okay, which I why I didn't say it was. But doing something about it? Not exactly something the little guy can accomplish against corporations. I love Jim's work, but he does bugger all to change anything, sadly, no matter how hard he tries. And if that sounds defeatist, then it probably is. Most of us older workers gave up trying to make something of ourselves a long time ago.

[@silverdragon122]

Don't worry. All that wealth is going to trickle down.

[@hadlee73]

@@silverdragon122 It never did in my 20 years. I went the last 6 years without a pay raise even though my performance dialogue had me rated a top employee, while the upper management layer continued to reap the company bonuses... Seems pretty one way to me, and the gaming industry isn't any different.

[@silverdragon122]

@@hadlee73 I was being facetious. People usually say "trickle down economics" is the answer. When we all know those greedy fucks just keep all the money for themselves.

[@Jackallen88]

God damn the Android Wilson voice is terrifying.

[@Redsandjunkie]

Ever watched Doctor Who? There's a species of aliens in there called "daleks" and I'm positive that's what inspired the Android Wilson voice. EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!

[@marcthomas4488]

He should have used a more effeminate, libtard voice, since the context of both this and koticks position to try and run away from pisding of the prc?

[@peterclarke7240]

Huh? Activi

[@ToadAbode]

Bobby Kotick looks like he jumped out of a haunted painting and needs to be put back in by the Ghostbusters.

[@bvanhoek356]

Vigo the Carpathian is somehow way sexier. And probably slightly less of an asshole. Somehow.

[@albertzinger7132]

"Tough Hearthstone eSports moment" sounds a lot like "a heated gemer moment".

[@Zer0Tr1gger]

Bobby Kotick is the embodiment of that "Is this some sort of peasant joke?" meme.

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

Fun fact: CoD literally has people from the Pentagon employed as advisers on the games, with a big say in the storyline narrative. Because you know, that totally wouldn't be an easy way for the government to do pro-war & pro-recruitment propaganda, now would it?

[@Varsidian]

0:50 *Closed captions* (repeated strikes, no spoken words) The youtube system in a nutshell

[@sirapple589]

Your describing skills are improving Jim, just below Yahtzee’s. Also, every time you show a picture of Bobby Kotick with horns you should slightly increase the size of the horns as the video goes on. Also also, looking at Kotick makes me physically ill. Keep up the good work.

[@TheSpeep]

I'd like to suggest making the horns look more and more like a pair of dicks while were at it.

[@ToonGrin]

Eventually get them to the size of Darkness horns from Legend.

[@ChampippleD]

I don’t want to see a more horny Bobby Kotic.

[@bluester7177]

@Zippydsm Lee maybe, but wouldn't it be funny ?

[@CasualCoreK]

Punished "Bobby" Kotick?

[@carlosrfonseca]

Pro tip: whenever someone says they have no agenda, they most definitely have an agenda.

[@Peasham]

Especially applies to people who complain about politics in media.

[@Gooong]

And people who loudly claim they have an agenda are only using it to further their own selfish needs. The political landscape is between evil people who lie about how saintly their intentions are and evil people openly declaring their intentions because the world they think the world has been influenced by their evil that they don't need to hide anymore.

[@TheBlackwolf5011]

its like saying "I don't care." 9 times out of 10 you care. the 1 being that you really really care.

[@evilbob840]

Just like the longest speeches usually start with, "I'll be brief."

[@bmylyzgtsqyfw]

I think it's fair to complain about political biases in media and it's pretty tonedeaf to assume that everyone who may not agree with your agenda must have a hidden one of their own or that it even inherently disagrees with yours.

[@nikolaigovorov9278]

Let us not forget what Bertold Brecht said once: “Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.”

[@vVAstrAVv]

Almost inspiring. If things didn't get even worse

[@libaf5471]

@@vVAstrAVv It's also been said that "history doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes". So things changing to worse is in keeping with that.

[@galloviking4766]

More like bringing the world's cash together in his wallet

[@sebas8225]

By scamming you with microtransactions!

[@FirestormMk3]

What an insult to Palpatine; he wasn't so cowardly nor as out-of-touch with how people think.

[@darkomihajlovski3135]

Palpatine wasn't out of touch he just didn't give a shit hed just zap your ass for the fun of it not hide behind terms like boby

[@nathanclark2424]

@@darkomihajlovski3135 I mean, he did say "EMBRACE THE HATE, BOY". Not "SIDESTEP THE HATE AND BORE YOUR AUDIENCE, BOY".

[@tzera_rhuon]

Just wait until Rise of Skywalker when Palpatine creates ''a facebook'' to manipulate the masses.

[@akaimizu1]

Another James Stephanie Sterling video that continues to age well. And given the employees that are calling for his firing; this really does sound like the case where his total issues with how he treats his employees, and the total moral killer of his bad decisions to Lay off workers during years of incredible profit, definitely did nothing to inspire any kind of loyalty from them.

[@MaestroDrake]

"I'd charge more money for games if I could. Tee-hee-hee-heeeeeee!" 😁 -Bobby Kotick

[@xwolfenstudx]

I heard that in Cartman's Cupid me as I read it.

[@kronksstronkstonks6360]

Bobby "I'm not gonna let my support of dehumanising governments get in the way of me selling products to people who are extremely against said governments" Kotick.

[@TheArbiter10]

Never fails to amaze me just how deliberately, insidiously, and painstakingly modern capitalism and the "free" market have been developed not only to ensure the people with money and power forever remain powerful and wealthy, but accrue even more ludicrous amounts of money and power with each passing day. It's not about having "all the money," (though I've no doubt Kotick and his ilk get off to the notion), it's about racing to accumulate as much of it as possible when the economy collapses and we degenerate into a cyberpunk-esque "high tech, low life" society ruled by corporate fiefdoms.

[@NoeLPZC]

Soylent Green is the most accurate sci-fi movie.

[@bobbyrne8591]

Shadowrun and Cyberpunk is never going to happen because in those Corporations replace the government which means that all those corporations would be fucked. Super fucked. Considering how many companies get bail outs which fucks a free market. With out Uncle Sam bailing them out these companies wouldn't exist. The free market works when it's you know free.

[@pofruin]

@@bobbyrne8591 Western version of Cyberpunk where Corporations take over as Goverments indeed is not likely. Asian Version though, where Corporations have huge power while goverments still egsist and have Authority and power of its own (but the invisible tyes binde them almost inseperably) is very likely if didnt come to pass already. Cyberpunk Aestetc is not likely, but Encroachment of technology into all social spheres HAS happened already. So Id say we LIVE cyberpunk right now already.

[@ebonshade]

@@bobbyrne8591 Well shadowrun was never going to happen at least, not unless someone's seen a giant dragon taking a nap on Mt Fuji lately. As far as megacorps who knows, I'm sure most ceo would give their left testicle to have darwinian capitalism run wild till they realized their lives and companies would be slashed and burned 7 times before they finished their first cup of coffee.

[@Nanook128]

@@bobbyrne8591 Free markets never work because a "free" market stops being free the moment it interacts with reality. People use their finical winnings to gain more power and money. This allows them to undercut, buy out, or otherwise crush competition. They then start using their influence to start bribing the government to rig the rules in their favor to ensure their continued success. You say shadowrun will never happen, but it already has. The government is just a empty puppet for corporate interests.

[@fen7662]

"...bringing the world together..." *Listens to someone literally screaming "REEEEEEE" and racial slurs at my BF on CoD* OK, Bobby.

[@john_doeherty]

Molly Lane must be my brother because why the fuck do they literally yell REEE

[@brano13177]

@@john_doeherty because they think that is, somehow "Owning the Libs"....I'd say that they act like they are pre-school children or something... But that would be an insult to pre-school children

[@gateauxq4604]

>Ok Bobby 😂😂😂😂

[@lostbutfreesoul]

"...Make sure our communities feel safe...." As China is part of that community, they plan to do everything to make sure China feels safe.... In addition: Those are some of the most terrifying words you can hear from a person in a position of power, for historians can tell you what comes next. A company cracking down on a virtual community is going to be less devastating then if it was a governmental entity using the same excuse, but expect it to occur. After all, these words exist to make communities feel less safe... they are always used by people whom wield fear as if it was a club. With how fear driven humans are; the only way to make them *feel* safe is if you demonize and target some 'undesirable' element within their community. Then you can prove to the community that you are 'the right guy to be in charge' by attacking and removing these hyped-up threats. It is a cycle that has been repeated so often in history that I have less then zero faith in our race as a whole, it is the easiest button for undesirable leaders to push! In this case - Those undesirables will be the people who speak up about the political actions the company is already undertaking, they will be painted as 'trying to ruin games by making them political,' and that will become enough to ban accounts....

[@Azariachan]

Been saying for years that Activision is the worst thing that could've happened to Blizzard. Well, second worst. It could've been EA.

[@benkemp2179]

At first I was thinking that buybacks sound like an important aspect of stocks, limiting availability so their value isn't solely tied to the company's current worth and giving the company incentive to spend money instead of horde it. Then you got to the part where Activision didn't actually buy back any stocks, just fed off the perceived notion of the company's increased worth. And that certainly seems like something which should be regulated.

[@boombaby1769]

@Ben Kemp THIS. I was actually baffled that it isn't.

[@vazzaroth]

Welcome to (/r/) LateStageCapitalism, my friend! Things are NOT alright and NOT functioning as intended. At least not by anyone that is actually a proponent of real capitalism. It IS intended by the current sitting CEOs of the world, though.

[@jgg-ox2uq]

It used to be regulated. Deregulation is a bitch.

[@Crowley9]

There is also the part that for example a much of the money corporations saved due to the recent tax cuts went to stock buybacks, therefore benefiting the CEOs and stockholders instead of the workers.

[@DePhoegonIsle]

while suspect for sure & a topic of 'interest' in more then a few markets.. what again does this have to do with gaming? SO should someone not buy a game, or be forced to study how much economics when a insanely large company who owns any numbers of products does some shady loophole in the capitalistic system, or should we not buy their stuff.. being forced to literally change our lives adapt and change endlessly time after time, just because some ceo cunt bastard does a anti-social shady move that can be seen as 'greedy' (which is a morality stance, of which would mean we need to force everyone to have the same moral view on everything)

[@charlesbarkson]

Was that intro suppose to be a metaphor for how your "beating a dead boglin" talking about this robot of a ceo

[@EvanCops]

yup

[@X82YT]

This isn't about Android Wilson.

[@charlesbarkson]

@@X82YT lol

[@ChengTeoh]

Wait a minute ... so if I run a company that announces a buyback program and personally profit from the jump in stock price while at the same time NOT actual committing to doing the buyback, that's okay but if I do the Jordan Belfort ( aka Wolf of Wall Street ) "pump & dump" scheme that's a no-no? Seems fair to me. XD

[@ElFantasma2008]

0:50 i like to imagine he sees this Boglin as Bobby Kotick’s face

[@Mr._Sherwood]

If I was asked two years ago what I expect to see on KZbin, a large man beating a pair of Boglins into submission until his hat falls off was certainly not what I'd have had in mind. I love it.

[@Katy133]

A moment of silence for Jim's bashed boglin.

[@TheBanjhākri]

Every time I read the name Bobby Kotick it's in Jim's voice now

[@JimSterling]

I think this video might change the voice you hear in future. :)

[@TheBanjhākri]

@@JimSterling "In future." I love it I feel like I'm being audited

[@Drain_Life_Archive]

@@JimSterling He sounds exactly as I imagined. He is a real life emperor palpatine.

[@jackielinde7568]

That's okay. Because of Jim's videos, every time I see Bobby's name, I'm hearing it pronounced "kock-tick".

[@emprsnm9903]

I think "Fire bobby kotick!"

[@hektonian]

Nothing says "I'm an out of touch billionaire" like saying "a Facebook"

[@RealityIsTheNow]

The expression "a Facebook" or "a Amazon" refers to that sort of business, not the specific one. If I wanted to start a car company, people would ask is my model was to be like a Ford or a Tesla. FFS, people. :/ It's very common language among business types.

[@CaptainIcebeard]

@@RealityIsTheNow It's a shame that people choose to attack Kotick on what is otherwise run-of-the-mill stuff. He can be criticized for so much, but when people start attacking him for some standard terminology he used, it makes his detractors look unintelligent, and it delegitimizes any criticism he receives.

[@Golemoid]

reminds me of the "there is no such thing as a nintendo" thing

[@DoinItforNewCommTech]

@@RealityIsTheNow Ah yes, because if there's one thing Jimquisition viewers are, it's "business types". FFS, RealityIsTheNow.

[@RealityIsTheNow]

@@DoinItforNewCommTech I'm a viewer, and I wasn't ignorant of such common language. What's your excuse?

[@Th3Treasoner]

"Lucifer-adjacent businessman" Whoa now, that's really mean to Lucifer, you might want to reconsider those words.

[@melanino]

compulsive capitalist is my favorite insult ever

[@LilithOfTheNephilims]

Is now mine too, haha

[@originalscreenname44]

"Consume product. Get excited for next product." The compulsive capitalist mantra.

[@CommieApe]

Loyalty to Disney Loyalty to the Brand

[@slckb0y65]

when is the last time you worked for free ?

[@originalscreenname44]

@@slckb0y65 *Millions of college graduates doing internships raise their hands*

[@swimfeared]

Activision board room: Activision shall be re-branded as THE FIRST GAMING EMPIRE. To safeguard our financial security.

[@tomasparant8901]

You know, watching these videos about the political nature of videogames made me realize something really fascinating: _All of my multiplayer matches of "Age of Empires II" with my bros were expressions of our political beliefs:_ Friend A was out for blood and started raising an army as soon as posible and expanding his territory fast. There was no negotiating with him, you so much as touched a unit of his, you were added to the list of targets. Friend B always tried to be on everybody's good term to trade with them to get lots of gold (and not die), only to ally with the winner at the last minute. He was where the gold was. And then there was me, judging the situation and trying to get by with as little trouble as possible. Preparing armies "just in case", not building that much to avoid the anger of friend A. I would rarely win because of that, since exploring and expanding early is essencial in these games but oh well!

[@Malohta]

If The Mad Hatter and Elton John had a baby... you'd get a pretty good KZbin Channel.

[@samualwatkins]

If I ever made a game good enough to win a Jim Sterling award, I would slap that onto every box like a badge of honor. Like those games that slap "E3 award winner" signs on their cases like those mean anything. I'd call it "Recipient of a Sterling Award" and have Jim's logo on it. That would sell. Sounds better than E3 awards, people in a store see E3 think its a tax code or some shit. Sterling's better.

[@hyperx72]

Though he sometimes likes to shit on good things like Vanquish and the Mandalorian.

[@genderlesswhale2868]

Even to the uninitiated, 'Sterling' as a title suggests value and integrity, so it's a win/win either way

[@mrbadguysan]

"Keep politics (I don't agree with) out of video games!"

[@Tidus5005]

I never thought I would see Jim bashing his Boglin.

[@crazyluigi6664]

R.I.P. Boglin

[@JimSterling]

I bash my Boglin hard until something shoots out.

[@Mr._Sherwood]

There's a new one I'll be guaranteed to use in the future, thanks lad

[@headlesshunter8435]

@@JimSterling thats abuse, call the boglice

[@javierortiz82]

thankfully it wasn't his little ekans.

[@argenisraul8111]

When gamers say they dont want politics in videogames, I try not to roll my eyes out of my skull.

[@bigcrazewolf]

"If you're not turned on to politics, politics will turn on you." - Ralph Nader

[@kalevala1778]

0:20 I don’t think he was expecting his toy to die 😂

[@JimSterling]

I always forget how violently the projectile shoots out. It's the kind of toy that would definitely be pulled from shelves in a week these days. The damn thing's like a bullet.

[@blixer8384]

When people say they want to keep “politics” out of media. What they usually mean is they want to keep politics they disagree with out of media. And more often than not the people who demand politics be kept out of video games consider representation of marginalized groups a form of politics.

[@Peasham]

Remember kids, Ellie being gay is SJW propaganda, but Doom making fun of immigrants is a-okay! For the record, I don't have a problem with either of these instances.

[@blixer8384]

@@cade-h I'm going to hazard a guess: you think Liberal, Socialist, Communist, and Leftists are all interchangeable words.

[@Peasham]

@@cade-h Maybe it's because people like those politics?

[@Peasham]

@@blixer8384 I love it when they say companies are socialist. An oxymoron, yet, they continue to be morons.

[@iwiffitthitotonacc4673]

@@cade-h "Politics seen in media are usually very left-leaning." Did this guy seriously just say this unironically.

[@markhackett2302]

Capitalism is a politicial system: wealth is quantified political power.

[@mammon_is_god]

Amen

[@primuspilusfellatus6501]

I know right, i love jim but he should leave politics out of his videos, it just aint his thing

[@markhackett2302]

@@primuspilusfellatus6501 Except he does do politics, it IS his thing. TripleCaaaapitalism, and his video on how ALL videos take a political stance. So your claim there is 100% verifiably false, failed by the black swan effect.

[@primuspilusfellatus6501]

@@markhackett2302 I meant to say i dont agree with his stance on politics in a witty way you basement professor, bet you are real fun at parties

[@markhackett2302]

@@primuspilusfellatus6501 Awww, then you need to work out how words work, child, and not throw your dummy out the pram in a tantrum when you aren't given the benefit of what you thought but did not in any way or sense say.

[@starbird3939]

Cocktick: “Video games should be apolitical!” (Call of Duty Exist)

[@checkmate058]

I'll still defend that managers, the people in charge, the people orgonizeing and structureing the dealings of the business, the people whos shoulders bare the weight of responcibility, should be rewarded for sucessful management. But I'll also defend every Marxists criticism that the people with money often use it to protect themself's from the consequences of their failings. What we have is a system where the poor cant succed, and are only punished for failing while the rich are only rewarded for succeeding and never face consequences for failure.

[@badflamer]

yeah, there is no actual meritocracy in place because there is no greater arbiter of consequence than those who already have all the power. It's that very desire for an arbiter above economic or politically attainable power, a universal concept of 'fair', that has made the abrahamic god figure such a tantalizing narrative. Given, then, that we cannot trust the powerful to administer their own punishment, and there is no evidence of the misdeeds of the materially powerful being corrected by any form of supernatural or cosmic entity, the next best option is to simply create a system wherin material and social power cannot continue to amass within the few hands who already possess it (and preferably is taken out of those very hands that continue to prove to not be able to wield it in an equitable fashion due to their human failings). At least until such time as we can synthetically create the superior arbiter that so many of us crave.

[@checkmate058]

@@badflamer i dont know what kind of revolution your aiming at but im on board. Viva le revolution.

[@badflamer]

@@checkmate058 ah, well, that's the death of all ideology, isn't it? Implementation. It's all well and good to envision the perfect society, but by what means does one actually get there? after all, the power needed to break down the societal structures of the modern world tends to be the very same power that is both upheld by and used to reinforce those same structures. Without an outside additional input of power by some new force, the revolutionizing of society is forced to play within the current paradigm, which of course prefers self preservation over any real change. This is the base reason why nearly all politicians seem corrupt to pure idealists, and the few that don't are decried as naieve or extremist by realists. It took people literally dying in the streets (and none too little propaganda) to motivate the french revolution towards its bloody end. And even that in the grand scheme of things mainly led to the transition of power from nobles to the bourgeoisie, not truly to the mass populace (whatever your stance on how good that may or may not have been in either regard). Personally? I think the modern stage will most be influenced by information. Media can reach so many more people than ever before. Opinions can be shaped without people, without entire populations, ever even realizing it. While big money still controls mass media, so it's by no means an easy victory, but the ability of the common person to create a message or signal boost one they already support is more powerfl than ever before, so grassroots information campaigns to shift public opinion are very viable in he current landscape. Besides that, creating and monopolizing the distribution of revolutionary new technology would be a very straightforward, if hard to accomplish, way to change the current paradigm by shifting the ways in which people live heir lives in a basic function. Of course, the problem with technology is hat it always seems so obvious only in retrospect. effecting true chance seems most likely to function if one pour all their efforts into affecting the minds of people first.

[@HeadsFullOfEyeballs]

Yeah, what these managers have is simply _power._ "Responsibility" implies accountability. But as you say, they suffer no consequences even for disastrous, criminal screw-ups that destroy the livelihoods of thousands.

[@blitzknight5x744]

The only problem with your analysis on the rich is that in a capitalist society the rich consistently have to 'deal' with the competition and territories that keep evolving with the free market. Even if the income is safe the rich still have sociopaths trying to leech their assets and sabotage their market. The fall is ten times worse too than a poor person going poorer. Compare losing a house to worldwide mansions/assets. I'm not justifying the rich paying their way to avoid responsibility, im just saying it isn't AS bad as it seems for people on the lower income.

[@TheHocken]

Watching the animation of that reenactment of Bobby Boy's statement was the most unsettling 2 minutes of my life. I felt like some creepy uncanny valley version of Bobby was going to slip through the matrix and eat my face. GREAT WORK!

[@rootfelixfake6716]

I love when Jim does this, I consider myself one of those people who thinks politics are annoying and shouldn't be talked about, but trough the years that i've been on this channel I've learned trough the medium I love why it is important to talk about this stuff, even if it is annoying, and gaming has been the gate that opened myself to these issues but as JIm implies, these are stuff that affects everything in our life.

[@pR1mal.]

Root, I'm an American. The last election started my journey into politics whether I wanted it to or not. If you are curious what Americans who don't have their heads up their ass think about my nation and about the world, I recommend a KZbinr named Beau. "Beau of the Fifth Column", kzbin.info/door/0YvoAYGgdOfySQSLcxtu1w

[@gateauxq4604]

Welcome to the world! And yes please watch Beau of the Fifth Column-he really puts a lot of politics into perspective.

[@DePhoegonIsle]

Yep, and you going to stop playing all activision games because the CEO preformed some half assed loophole in stockmarket trading? You going to not play or buy games because the head of activision, that owns blizzard, hosted an event where they reacted in the dumbest way possible to a political statement from a winner? You going to suddenly donate all your money to programs meant to save women from sex trafficking because watchdogs had a mission about it, and you going to stop buying game from said publisher for daring to have victimized females in a scene for that mission where you are tasked to shut it down? You going to stop playing driving games because of the embrace of the waste of gasoline & oil, when we face shortages? You going to not enjoy 'sex events' because that's taking advantage of an NPC that is forced to act a certain way. The problem.. is the line never gets drawn.. we can't just have a setting of 'war', and not be preached at as if we don't know it's fucking bad.. are you kidding me? WE ALL KNOW WAR IS HELL... fuck sake, we know how it wrecks economies, how it destroys families, how .. even when you win.. you are still a loser, and the endless tragedies of PTSD... Do you really fucking want that in ever god damn war game? Imagine 'WoW', but instead of the stupid back and forth of the hoard/alliance fights, you had to do dailies to 'help' the civilians who where devastated.. who lost their loved ones, the old soldiers who can't cope with normality, the entire economy of simple day to day being ruined.. ya wouldn't that be a fun game instead.

[@gabriellavedier9650]

@@DePhoegonIsle You are why I hate every single Brotherhood of Steel faction except Lyon's Pride, and why I loved to hate Scribe... damn, the one in Broken Steel, the weaselly little warmonger who basically WAS the shit Brotherhood-fellating Fallout fan who just wanted to blow stuff up and not manage things. All those missions sound like... missions. You know, side quests. In an MMO? Shocking. You're already on the endorphin drip food pipe. Why NOT have those missions? The bucket-pisser hardcores won't even notice and casuals probably won't turn down EXP. And yes, I won't be buying their games, I'll be encouraging friends to boycott, I already donate to charities about trafficking (strange you're opposed to that... or making a literally stupid argument that's either a twisted tu quoque or fallacy of relative privation) I privately think racing is kind of stupid, somewhat for the reasons you mention. And I do all that mostly quietly, except to answer the challenges of gamerdouches who can't live without their game food pipe shoved in their mouths, as though "gamer" was a thing.

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

How would you like to have games that paint Donald Trump's policies in a good light and everyone else as evil monsters? You probably wouldn't like that very much, would you? To you people who say you want more political messages in your games, what you really mean is "They need MY political messages in games, screw everyone else".

[@dragonhunterx5929]

Am I the only one who always bursts out laughing when hearing that "epic entertainment" line?

[@Medytacjusz]

Praise the Jeff Booth guy, that piece of Darth Bobbyckus voice work was f*n genius, I was down on the floor laughing (though if you think about it that laughter has more to do with despair than one would like to admit)

[@Sanodi21]

A man like that doesn't deserve to have his name pronounced right. That implies they're a person

[@spork8655]

Oh, he's a person alright. Just kind of a cruddy one.

[@DV-ou1yu]

"Implies they're a person" lmfao

[@Robocopnik]

@@spork8655 How is that thing a person, lol

[@aethertoast4320]

@@Robocopnik well given the deadpan deliveries and ran by a single directive, well he must be an earlier AI Android than even Zuckerberg. So not really human or person.

[@codycigar6542]

This dude is part of the Coca Cola board members lmao. All this dude wants is cash.

[@Veotrits]

hence why I question "are we in a dystopia?" because companies push groupthink and very few notice

[@Next0gen0]

The New Activision slogan: Don't think. OBEY!

[@Ashtari]

CONSUME!

[@samuelsolomon7330]

DRINK!

[@Razputin217]

Don't ask questions, just consume product, get excited for next product.

[@brandon8045]

Honestly if I was worrying about my reputation in the dating scene, I’d be much more worried about being mentioned in Jeffrey Epstein’s little black book than having pictures of me online with a pair of devil horns lol.

[@nathanclark2424]

OH JOY, THAT'S A GREAT THING TO HAVE.

[@andrewmarshall3408]

>make game about "the war on terror" set in modern London >Expect me, a British guy, not to see politics in it How the fuck was that one gonna work Bobby?

[@ThePotatoWitch]

Drives me up the wall when people pull the, "Keep politics out of video games," stuff, because their idea of politics basically boils down to, "anything that isn't the status quo and/or the world the way I want it to be." Never mind that this is a political statement all on its own, but oh no, it's only political if it involves a change in policies, not backing up policies already in place.

[@AusSP]

That's just because you don't understand the nuances of other people's speech. That's your assumption of what you think people believe, not their actual complaint. When most people think "politics", they're thinking of political statements, which is a specific concept, or more broadly, the ideas and ideology of a political party, in this case represented without representation of alternate ideas or the negative results of such. That is to say, people don't like it when a game goes and tells them that they should support an ideology, particularly when the game wasn't clear on that from the outset - an attempt to manipulate people into following a specific ideology. People are, however, okay with multifaceted or complex takes on political ideas, or unopposed support of more neutral concepts like compassion, or familial love, or piety. (Of course, there's also game where the point is to be really obvious, like a hypothetical "Trump Shooter 2020". It's hard to blame a game for being manipulative when it's that obvious.) Your definition of politics is something else. Whether something is or is not the status quo is not part of people's arguments. Though obviously it's harder to pick up on when it's close to your own leanings.

[@chrismacrae6990]

I could watch Jim Sterling bash boglins all day

[@jakek3293]

That moving portrait reminds me of those old talking heads from Fallout 1 & 2. Love it

[@Fjaloeat1]

The android wilson voice is my favorite 'running gag' type thing you do in your videos. Never stop.

[@tedjomuljono3052]

Someday we will have a film about him and his greedy ways by Martin Scorsese, and Jonah Hill will be the one playing Kotick

[@Jackalblade9]

Let's be honest, if there's a movie made about Bobby Kotick, he'll have funded it himself and it'll have all the sincerity and honesty of the Sepp Blatter FIFA biopic.

[@mattwo7]

14:49 The Joker doesn't fear the IRS anymore because every villain worth their salt has tax havens these days.

[@Rompelstaump]

I love Jim Sterling's advocacy discussions. I had no idea about the examples provided in this video. Wonderful content! I'm so happy to have the priviledge of watching this content for free.

[@jackmcmorrow9397]

Amazing how every just forgot that Bobby kotick was in Epstein’s black book

[@MungkaeX]

Jack McMorrow in all fairness that Black Book had 2.3 billion entries in it. Practically every human who ever so much as considered running for politics office, plus every registered voter in 30 countries; and that doesn’t even get to the weird stuff like every woman who has been, currently is, or will be 15 years old.

[@Barney-ii1no]

@@MungkaeX 2.3 billion what are you talking about? the actual book was not that big

[@jackielinde7568]

Jack McMorrow - Yeah, he was in it, but Epstein didn't even bother to spell his name correctly. I suspect it was nothing more than the two bumping into each other at some social event and Bobby pushing his card on to Epstein to see if he can make hi wallet bigger. There's no evidence that Epstein did anything for Bobby. I'm all for flogging a man for what he's done wrong, but let's restrict the flogging to things we can prove he did wrong. Jim's got enough here to flog Kock-tick for nine eternities. We don't need to be inventing more.

[@Zeriel00]

LOL that book had a lot of pages....what the fuck xD

[@belldrop7365]

@@MungkaeX Rich peeps: Quick, do something, our names are in a log book for pedophiles! Rich peep: But what do we do? Rich creep: ... Bribe them and make them say it has 2.3 billion entries in it. Rich tick: Fantastic idea!

[@FerralVideo]

The "overpaid executives" line confuses me. All executives are overpaid. By definition. They don't do anything of value yet soak up billions of dollars doing it.

[@Roxor128]

I propose making it so that as you go up the hierarchy of a company, you take pay cuts, rather than get raises, with CEO being a minimum-wage job.

[@Sonichero151]

@@Roxor128 at that point however, we would have to reform the minimum wage. Cause seeing Bobby working at McDonald's to just make Rent for a tiny apartment is a whole different Kaffkaesque nightmare

[@Roxor128]

​@@Sonichero151 Not really. His wage would cover the basics, and he can pay for anything more out of the money he saved up when he was doing the drudge work. Though I do have to admit it _would_ be funny to see a CEO working a second job as a burger-flipper to cover the rent for his luxury apartment because he didn't save anything while he was at the bottom of the corporate ladder of whatever company he heads.

[@ionbing2884]

If they didn't do anything of value they wouldn't get paid so much.

[@Roxor128]

@@ionbing2884 A scammer gets paid a lot. Do they do anything of value?

[@SpoopySquid]

"I'm not political!" said the billionaire boss who supports capitalism

[@otakon17]

3:59 Christ that animation is creepy as hell.

[@brainflash1]

"Link the fire"

[@shizanketsuga8696]

Creepy but accurate.

[@inquisitionagent9052]

Downright unsettling

[@Myx0mat0sis1]

Just remember that with the money Kotic made from those shares he could've given $100,000 to every one of the 800 employees that were fired and still had nearly $100,000,000 left over for himself....

[@bificommander]

11:15 Ah, good old (some pun intended) The New Statesman "Bastard!" "B'stard." Part of me wants a new season, parts of me realizes how superfluous it would be today.

[@ilGardo01]

And I'm here to remember the late Alan B'stard. (No Richie, he's not late. He's dead, and we should drink a sip of Weapon Grade Lager in his honour).

[@DodgerOfZion]

Hearing Jim Sterling dunk on the abject embarrassment that is my state's former governor...really makes my day better.

[@Dokdiamant]

_"Bringing the World together." Yeah, against a common enemy: Activision Blizzard and Bobby "The Devil" Kotick! Mission accomplished! ... I need a drink! xD

[@raikuFA]

I think you don’t have to have every game be political. But when your biggest cash cow is a game about war, you don’t get to be apolitical.

[@bemersonbakebarmen]

You can get away with Super Mario but not with a freaking war game with a real world setting

[@Peasham]

@@bemersonbakebarmen Even Super Mario has political traces, what with there being a monarchy. A game doesn't have to have a statement to be political.

[@BihagDave]

@@Peasham exactly. It seems when a game talks about things people are uncomfortable with, it suddenly becomes 'political'

[@Peasham]

@@BihagDave Oh, it ain't what makes them uncomfortable, it's when they disagree with them. Find me someone who normally complains about politics in video games complain about The Division 2 or COD Modern Warfare. I'll hazard a guess that you can't.

[@user-vp6cq4sv3d]

@@Peasham Why do you bother with this sophistry? You are obnoxious.

[@originalscreenname44]

Part of me ever buying an Activision game again relies heavily on Bobby Kotick's involvement in the company. There are other changes they'd need to make of course, but that's like #1.

[@Ceegore]

3:33 - 4:44 best rendition of Bobby Kotick I've ever seen. Right on the mark!!

[@desmondbrown5508]

"In sidestepping politics and focusing only on his duty to make as much money at any costs..." Hold up. That's actually very political. I'm sure you're being facetious but Bobby Kotick isn't sidestepping politics by doing that. He's directly engaging in them. Making as much money at any costs including but not limited to: the laying off of their employees, the manipulation of customers via lootboxes and other gambling mechanics, the appeasement of China via the controversy with Blitzchung, hiring and using lobbyists to get legislation deals passed in their favor, and utilizing offshore tax havens to avoid paying rightfully owed taxes is supporting the political values of capitalism. Yes, that's right. Capitalism is as much a political ideology/system as it is economic. It believes that democracy... ain't so great because that doesn't maximize profits very easily. It also believes that gambling is cool, regardless of age, as seen by the actions and excuses of executives and their lawyers at video game firms. It believes that the ruining of lives via layoffs for medical reasons or monetary benefits to the company (or just its executives) is cool because... ya know, power and profit supersede peoples' ability to live. Oh and income inequality not only is good, but also is just a conspiracy theory according to capitalist believers. Capitalism is basically the belief that might is right and unjust, arbitrary hierarchies are the best and that nothing else works... despite many examples of better working ideologies in history (even in American history, looking at FDR and his policies).

[@vazzaroth]

That'sTheJoke.JPG

[@1inchPunchBowl]

Your right, and they label Marxism as the political one. It's a childish belief that politics has no place in gaming.

[@TheHylianJuggalo]

@@1inchPunchBowl They're both just as 'political', and that's not what they mean by 'getting politics out' of games.

[@tiamagus6641]

As Vazzaroth pointed out, I think you misunderstood; that's precisely Jim's point here. By indirectly engaging in political discourse he's able to advance his political agenda without scrutiny. All that said, I do agree your personal breakdown, and think that Jim could've made his point a little bit more clearly. I so adore his ramblings, though. RIP poor, smooshed Bogling.

[@Peasham]

@@TheHylianJuggalo By all means, what do people who say that actually mean?

[@Captainkebbles1392]

There's a difference between 'Politics isn't something that I want involved in my vision for this product' Vs 'I don't want to do anything that might loose me a cent'

[@SquintyDork]

The difference is the second one is being honest.

[@Liiineeepiiieeeceee]

You were calling him "kitten" in Russian for 10 years - you knew what you were doing you big gay

[@33melonpaws77]

Ohh is that what was going on? Tbh kitten is too nice an insult.

[@mikolajwitkowski8093]

@@33melonpaws77 Kitten is not an insult.

[@robertnomok9750]

@@mikolajwitkowski8093 Depends of how you use it. Certain animals names used in prisoners therminology as insults.

[@andrewmarshall3408]

Kitten may not be an insult But pussy is 🤷‍♂️

[@mikolajwitkowski8093]

@@robertnomok9750 *on. And why would anyone care about prison language? Insults have to be understood by both sides to be insults.

[@ShayminPunk64]

"Next you'll be telling me that Robocop is political" I see what you did there Jim. Edit:Yes I know it's from a tweet.