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Hopefully at some point someone notices that politics are a huge turn-off for many people. I live in Poland and EA decided they need me to see a statement for B

Hopefully at some point someone notices that politics are a huge turn-off for many people. I live in Poland and EA decided they need me to see a statement for BLM in one of their games. What's the value of that? I have zero influence over the things happening in US and it's not like the topic is not all over the internet anyway. If it weren't for the fact that I play that game with friends I would just uninstall it completely.

IngoBlechschmid 6y ago
A couple of days ago, I noticed that my favorite science fiction author Greg Egan has published a new book. He listed several distributors which are equally good for him. When I saw that one them displayed a huge BLM banner, my decision where where to buy was set. I also don't live in the US, but similar issues exist in many countries, including mine, and I appreciate any company publically showing their support for this cause (and other causes important to me). Of course some companies support those causes only for publicity reasons. But it's still positive signaling.
foldr 6y ago
>What's the value of that? I have zero influence over the things happening in US BLM isn't only relevant to the US. It's not as if Poland doesn't have any issues with racism. I actually think this has been one of the positive effects of the high profile of BLM. Too many European countries have been content to tell themselves that racism is an American problem which they don't have.
- pjc50 6y ago
  Poland is extremely .. traditional about this kind of thing; racism is hardly mentioned because Poland was never a colonial power and has in the modern era been a country that people emigrate from rather than immigrate to. So the non-white population of Poland is tiny. More relevant to Poland is the conservative consolidation of power and rollback of LGBT rights. (And if you want to start a really uncomfortable discussion about racism in Poland, the Holocaust will definitely do that)
  - foldr 6y ago
    As you mention yourself, anti-Semitic racism is a serious problem in Poland. And other forms of racism are still a problem, even if the number of non-white people is small.
- raxxorrax 6y ago
  BLM has organizations directly tied to US democrats. People giving money might not have realized this. BLM has no monopoly on fighting racism. EAs claims to be interested in fighting racism is an insult to many people. I think a lot of members of BLM are racists.
  - foldr 6y ago
    >BLM has organizations directly tied to US democrats Most large political organizations in the US have "ties" of some kind or another to one or both of the major political parties. But BLM isn't a single monolithic organization.
- tester34 6y ago
  >BLM isn't only relevant to the US. It's not as if Poland doesn't have any issues with racism. As somebody not from the USA I differentiate BLM and fighting with racism, those are not the same and that's why I'd rather not see those BLMs ads.

IngoBlechschmid 6y ago

A couple of days ago, I noticed that my favorite science fiction author Greg Egan has published a new book. He listed several distributors which are equally good for him. When I saw that one them displayed a huge BLM banner, my decision where where to buy was set. I also don't live in the US, but similar issues exist in many countries, including mine, and I appreciate any company publically showing their support for this cause (and other causes important to me). Of course some companies support those causes only for publicity reasons. But it's still positive signaling.

foldr 6y ago

>What's the value of that? I have zero influence over the things happening in US BLM isn't only relevant to the US. It's not as if Poland doesn't have any issues with racism. I actually think this has been one of the positive effects of the high profile of BLM. Too many European countries have been content to tell themselves that racism is an American problem which they don't have.

pjc50 6y ago
Poland is extremely .. traditional about this kind of thing; racism is hardly mentioned because Poland was never a colonial power and has in the modern era been a country that people emigrate from rather than immigrate to. So the non-white population of Poland is tiny. More relevant to Poland is the conservative consolidation of power and rollback of LGBT rights. (And if you want to start a really uncomfortable discussion about racism in Poland, the Holocaust will definitely do that)
- foldr 6y ago
  As you mention yourself, anti-Semitic racism is a serious problem in Poland. And other forms of racism are still a problem, even if the number of non-white people is small.
raxxorrax 6y ago
BLM has organizations directly tied to US democrats. People giving money might not have realized this. BLM has no monopoly on fighting racism. EAs claims to be interested in fighting racism is an insult to many people. I think a lot of members of BLM are racists.
- foldr 6y ago
  >BLM has organizations directly tied to US democrats Most large political organizations in the US have "ties" of some kind or another to one or both of the major political parties. But BLM isn't a single monolithic organization.
tester34 6y ago
>BLM isn't only relevant to the US. It's not as if Poland doesn't have any issues with racism. As somebody not from the USA I differentiate BLM and fighting with racism, those are not the same and that's why I'd rather not see those BLMs ads.