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We could start by taxing billionaires and establishing federal arts grants.

"But Daaavid," says the strawman, "who would buy those games?! People are struggling to pay for gas and groceries!!" and that's the cool thing, when we tax the billionaires, we also put money back in EVERYONE'S pockets.

"buuut daaaaavid," the increasingly annoying strawman says, "capitalism doesn't wooork without the potential for infinite growth" I mean, if you think about it for like two seconds, that never worked anyway on a long enough timeline. And so, (gestures around at everything) here we are.

They’ve laid off so many employees that they could all just start a new industry with a full work force

the monkey's paw curls, job security skyrockets but it's all for gacha games

You make a good salary, but your whole career is now making anime waifus

That's still more dignified than going the grifter right-wing podcast bro route, but that's an incredibly low bar to clear... Every job deserves to have a living wage, some level of stability, and decent working conditions. The richest country in the world should be able to do that sustainably.

There are 2 industries that I am passionate about and would love to work in. Cannabis and gaming. All I want to do in life is smoke a little and play great games with great people, ya know? However, both industries are hard to get into, and the game industry has been consistently r*ped by capitalism