Sony’s Servers Responsible for Licenses and Transaction History Are Reportedly Breaking Down
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360/PS3 Era was the last generation worth saving anyways. Modern games are trash.
Modern western games.....
The jp side is still good
Fuck sao games are getting better with each release and idea factorys rpgs are getting interesting
This reminds me of people who extol the virtues of the "Cloud", a mythical land of candy and gumdrops and infinite redundant terabytes.
There is no cloud, it's just someone else's computer.
fucking this!!!
If I could id run everything on a closed circuit like the old days, but i dont have the technical expertise... that and id miss chatting to like-minded individuals like yourselves
thank fuck I migrated to PC in March
This is why whenever a game I want is on GOG, I buy it there because the game will be DRM-free.
Biological Leninism
People who naturally float to the top of meritocracies don't try to protect the system. They have nothing compelling their loyalty to maintain the system, since they achieved greatness on their own and locking out the plebs would be nice.
The problem is As hire As and Bs hire Cs. Once one person gets in that doesn't belong there, they will scramble to cling to their position by producing loyal backers, people who wouldn't get there without being placed. This creates a race to the bottom.
They need to start categorizing people to identify those who will be loyal. Falguini Sheth calls it racialization. Eventually they start openingly selecting for groups they percieve to be worthless. When you see leftists yelling for representation, the groups that they champion are ones that they percieve to be fundamentally worthless, because it will instill loyalty.
I don't even necessarily agree about As. At many political places, and I say this having worked at what are some globally known banks and hedge funds, if you are an A, you hire Bs and Cs so they can't replace your level of production with cheaper people.
It's also about self-preservation.
That is late stage leninism. It's why Stalin had to go a purgin.
It's got nothing to do with Lenin; you see this kind of behavior throughout history across multiple locales (ancient China, Rome, the British Empire, etc.).
It has everything to do with human nature: if people who are zero-sum thinkers got in through the gates and are succeeding, close the doors behind them.
I'm using the term leninism as a concept that explains some of the details of perpetuating kakistocracies. It works throughout history. Check out Spandrell.