The PC is not the master race: that's reactionary nonsense. It is, however, the next obvious step in the dialectical march of historical progress. Consoles are the horse-drawn plows of our times.
Entertainment is a need, absolutely. However a Playstation is only one specific form of entertainment out of many. I struggle to imagine many types of people who have a mental or physical need for a specific console as their only acceptable form of entertainment.
Thats not what I'm suggesting at all. What I'm saying is that while entertainment is a basic human need, specific forms of entertainment are merely preferences within a need.
Think about it this way. Food is a basic human need, but specific types of food preferences are not needs. If I really want a cheese pizza and someone gives me a roast dinner instead, my need for food is met but my preferences are not.
Poor people should be able to get things that they want, of course. But a specific gaming console is never really going to cross the line between want and need in my book.
I mean, who am I tell people how to spend their money, but the cheapest entertainment method? Come on now.
I've bought my $200 laptop like a decade ago and have been watching movies and shows, coding hobby projects ever since without paying a penny. Now that's cheap.
A $500 machine that locks you into buying games that cost like half of median monthly salary in India? That seems like first world entertainment to me.
Literally nobody needs a game console.
Mods ban him.
Ban me, you cowards. You are only banning a liberal!
Yes, because the PC is a superior gaming device.
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The PC is not the master race: that's reactionary nonsense. It is, however, the next obvious step in the dialectical march of historical progress. Consoles are the horse-drawn plows of our times.
you have to give that having mass produced pcs makes it better to make it available for a larger group of people
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Entertainment is a need, absolutely. However a Playstation is only one specific form of entertainment out of many. I struggle to imagine many types of people who have a mental or physical need for a specific console as their only acceptable form of entertainment.
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Thats not what I'm suggesting at all. What I'm saying is that while entertainment is a basic human need, specific forms of entertainment are merely preferences within a need.
Think about it this way. Food is a basic human need, but specific types of food preferences are not needs. If I really want a cheese pizza and someone gives me a roast dinner instead, my need for food is met but my preferences are not.
Poor people should be able to get things that they want, of course. But a specific gaming console is never really going to cross the line between want and need in my book.
I mean, there are other way to entertain yourself. Some of them are even cheaper than a $500 console you have to buy $50 games for.
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I mean, who am I tell people how to spend their money, but the cheapest entertainment method? Come on now.
I've bought my $200 laptop like a decade ago and have been watching movies and shows, coding hobby projects ever since without paying a penny. Now that's cheap.
A $500 machine that locks you into buying games that cost like half of median monthly salary in India? That seems like first world entertainment to me.
It's the one thing I haven't tried, so it's worth a shot right?
they hated him because he told them the truth.