Unionizing isn’t a panacea, it’s a messy, iterative process and I didn’t intend to minimize that. I just think the only people that are ever going to be effective at advocating for the workers on any level are going to be each other.

That’s the same argument you could make about any creative guild, but they strike a balance between adding new members and taking care of their current ones. If the alternative is organize consumers to fluctuate their spending, that just seems difficult to raise awareness and coordinate so many different groups of…

The people buying season passes in Fortnite are overwhelmingly children, who may not have the wherewithal to connect a cosmetic item purchase to worker exploitation.

That is potentially true of many products, video games as an industry just have no incentive to stop ruthlessly exploiting people. It is very similar to old Hollywood, before the Guilds and Unions formed and said “if you want to make this product, you’re going to have to treat the people involved in certain ways.”

I don’t think it’s fair to blame the customer here, they aren’t demanding an endless stream of content so much as they’re currently willing to pay for it. Epic is just pumping out as much as they can as fast as they can because they know nothing can stay on top forever

“Eh hehehe! Looks like FEAR-ion Lannister and SCARE-ys will have to FRIGHT off NO-HEAD NED!”

I believe that not pursuing impeachment will harm Democratic electoral chances in 2020. It kills momentum from their base, it will have zero effect on how resentful and animated the GOP base will be, and not doing it is essentially agreeing with the version of events that Trump is laying down now and framing the Dems…

We only know the things you cite motivate voters because Democrats were able to make a case for them, and when presented with a collection of facts the public came down on their side. Civil Rights are their own thing, but the actual litigation of the ACA and tax policy in the court of public opinion resulted in some…

At the end of the day though, the GOP base is going to feel paranoid, resentful and persecuted no matter what happens, if it’s not this then it will be something else. Why let them dictate who can and can’t be attempted?

If trying to impeach Trump helps him, is your argument that he will be harmed by no trying to hold him accountable? I fail to see the logic here, are we expecting his base to claim a bigger victory when the Senate ignores evidence and votes down impeachment than when they argue Democrats are too scared or don’t even…

How is it possible to go after the GOP for being corrupt and complicit if the Dems are very publicly making decisions that favor political expediency over the obligations of the Legislative branch to check the Executive?

I read about her journey from 80s conservative to 2019 progressive rabble-rouser over at Jezebel, and I’m very surprised it’s not a cornerstone of her campaign. It’s just about the most relatable thing I’ve heard about her, even moreso because it seems evidence-based instead of a political calculation

Venom is flawed, but the good outweighs the bad. It’s an action comedy that is inexplicably edited and lit like 2004's Daredevil, but Hardy is great and the movie completely nails Venom as a character. Ultimately those are the most important pieces anyway

That’s the story anyway. But “it’s already good, but we’re just trying to make it even better!” could just as easily be studio spin for “people like the trailer, but this is testing really poorly so we need to do something” like the Suicide Squad or Justice League reshoots (which had similar spin before the movies…

It’s a real bummer. The GOP base harbors that much resentment for everyone that isn’t them.

It’s the online complaints that everyone online is always complaining that always make me scratch my head

Split the difference and spend all your time talking about how the GOP Senate is so corrupt that impeachment is a fool’s errand. You never ask your members for a potentially tough vote, and make the case that voting for a Dem senator in 2020 will help break the logjam. And as long as you’re voting, might as well pick…

The idea of defensive politics in 2019 is trite. Ignore or attack are the options that get results, the voters might claim they want a middle ground when asked directly but there really isn’t much evidence that they’ll reward that with votes.

And I am going to point out that chocolate has zero calories and all horses are actually unicorns magically hiding their horns when we’re looking

Here’s an article about some of the challenges this company has been going through for years, and they were just sold again to a group that may dismantle them for parts. You might be salty that things are different from how you remember, but plenty of us come here for more than nostalgia or to nurse a persecution…