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I've known people who have formed their moral framework almost exclusively from their experience within such environments. I've even known people in positions o
by dawnbreez 11y ago
I've known people who have formed their moral framework almost exclusively from their experience within such environments. I've even known people in positions of power, who exercise power accordingly.
This is a problem of separating fantasy and reality. If one understands that, say, Doom is a fantasy that does not work in the same way as the real world, then you won't have trouble realizing that you can't solve your problems with a well-timed shotgun blast while running at 90 miles per hour.
On the other hand, if you don't stop and think about how different Doom is from the world, then you get headlines about how Doom caused two teens to shoot up a school. Which, incidentally, is a bad example--the two teens you're probably thinking of were also neo-nazis, so it's far more likely that they played Doom obsessively because they wanted to kill people, and far less likely that Doom drove them to kill.
- stcredzero 11y agoYou're totally missing the point. This guy ran an organization like he ran online gaming groups. People were treated as disposable. Environment was toxic. All that mattered was a simplistic and materialistic notion of "winning." Nothing was ever physically mangled outside of a CNC machine.
- dawnbreez 11y agoFair enough. I'd wager that there are online gaming groups with better leadership than his, but that's beside the point too. What this guy needs is a rude awakening. And, hopefully, he will get one.