I had one of my posts removed from Reddit earlier today in which I tried to "unionise" GameStop employees. You can read it below, as well as my correspondence with the moderators who then proceeded to ban me.
Irrespective of the ban, I think the following post can be applied to pretty much every single retail employee who works in the videogames sector, and who believes that their parent company isn't working in their best interest (**hint** CEX **hint**).
Also, and for your information, I wasn't trying to be like Neo and unplug people from The Matrix. And I also wasn't trying to be like the philosopher who attempted to unchain people from their existence in "Plato's cave". But as you can see, I was met with resistance, and was ultimately crucified (metaphorically speaking) for trying to unchain people and bring them into the light.
I guess that's the problem when one is attempting to engage with people who spend far too many hours playing videogames, and not enough hours reading books. Marx would support this as he would argue that videogames are the opium of the masses, and that gamers would rather spend 400 hours playing some rubbish Nintendo game (like Animal Crossing), as opposed to spending those same 400 hours in learning t...