DragonNest_Aidit [they/them,use name]

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Cake day: October 12th, 2020

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  • The hitherto history of AI development under capitalism is a system of fraud built on underpaid worker hiding behind the screen whos sole grand purpose is to terrify less-underpaid-but-still-deprived workers into accepting their position under the threat of "automation".










  • The funny thing is Metal Geal Rising: Revengance is the only Metal Gear game that ever came close to the actual vision of Metal Gear that only exist in Kojima's and the fans' mind. It actually have coherent politics that criticizes American imperialism and how it drove war for its self interest, Senator Armstrong* is a caricature of what kind of bullshit American warhawks unironically believes, the whole plot also is about him trying to stage a false flag attack on America so he can be president (hmmm :mission-accomplished:)

    like so many of Metal Gear's "politics" are largely nonsense that people extrapolates to be much deeper than it actually is because the presentation is cool. People often talks about Metal Gear failing to deliver its "war is bad" message because the cool militaria aesthetic undermines it message, but I think the answer is simpler: it was never an anti war story. Metal Gear is a fantastical espionage story (and honestly it's in the title: TACTICAL ESPIONAGE ACTION) featuring super-special agents fighting a villainous mastermind and their army of colorful goons who wanted to commit some wacky scheme with their wonder-weapon. Metal Gear have more in common with James Bond, Mission Impossible, or Venture Bros; which are not a bad thing on its own, yet some people treats it like it's the Come and See of video games.

    *rewatching his cutscene again and yeah, Armstrong is straight up an objectivist/libertarian. Hell, considering the game's release date (2013) it is possible that the devs based him on the Tea Party guys who at the time were in the middle of bringing those views into the American mainstream and the world's attention.