Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
Wut
People talk crap about Phil Spencer but Jim Ryan is horrible
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Wut
It’s about having th power for change and not using it.
Jim Ryan is a very powerful person. If he ain’t working toward change, then he’s preserving the status quo for his own gain.
For change to happen people like Jim Ryan gotta push it.
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
more performative activism. Two developers came out, one from Respawn and one from Maxis, both EA companies and the actual response from journalist and era is basically a shoulder shrug.
www.resetera.com
They will spend 30 pages being mad about jim ryan saying nothing, (like all other CEO’s) but then not really give a damn when people do put their careers on the line for the cause.
Maxis VP Lindsay Pearson and Respawns Head Vince Zampella tweet publicly in support of Trans and Womens’ rights [UPDATE: EA finally makes statement]
This seems to be in defiance of the recent EA hands on where the stated EA policy was not to comment publicly. I have seen a number of devs (both senior and junior) tweet in support of trans and reproductive rights but these two are extremely high up in EA and some of the biggest names attached...
www.resetera.com
They will spend 30 pages being mad about jim ryan saying nothing, (like all other CEO’s) but then not really give a damn when people do put their careers on the line for the cause.
gtj1982
Superstar
more performative activism. Two developers came out, one from Respawn and one from Maxis, both EA companies and the actual response from journalist and era is basically a shoulder shrug.
Maxis VP Lindsay Pearson and Respawns Head Vince Zampella tweet publicly in support of Trans and Womens’ rights [UPDATE: EA finally makes statement]
This seems to be in defiance of the recent EA hands on where the stated EA policy was not to comment publicly. I have seen a number of devs (both senior and junior) tweet in support of trans and reproductive rights but these two are extremely high up in EA and some of the biggest names attached...
They will spend 30 pages being mad about jim ryan saying nothing, (like all other CEO’s) but then not really give a damn when people do put their careers on the line for the cause.
Can't take them serious. They not about nothing bunch of weirdos with no social like looking for cool points on the internet to get their little shot of dopamine each day.
What power do you think Jim Ryan has in this situation?
These same companies have come out in support of gun control after every single shooting, and not a fukking thing has changed.
I could honestly care less about whatever the fukk Jim Ryan thinks about abortion. I care quite a bit more about what my local government and representation has to say about it, because that's where this bullshyt stops.
At the very least he has power over the couple thousand employees under him.
Beyond that, we all know how much power corporations have over our government. We have seen plenty of examples of large corporations influencing policy.
Ok, but if you're Sony, and you're aware of how a lot of conservative outlets are actively looking for reasons to both piss off their viewers/readers and go after the gaming industry, why bother with making it look like you're forcing pro choice politics on whatever portion of your workforce that doesn't want it? Is it worth flirting with a lawsuit if it comes out that they refused donation match for employees who donated to pro life organizations, but not pro choice?
And while large companies do have influence, they don't have unilateral influence. For example, food companies can throw their weight around regarding policies that could effect safety standards for meat, but even their most effective representatives will get laughed directly out of the fukking room if they decided they wanted to do anything regarding immigration other than making a donation. Sony might be able to get shyt done when it comes to maybe adjusting tax on products produced overseas sold in here, or fighting further ratings restrictions that could effect where and how games are sold. But this? They have little to no power, because they have nothing of consequence to offer in return.
Again, all he really said was that in this issue, employees need to respect everyone's opinions, even if they don't agree with them, and keep Sony out of arguments online.
Yeah, he chose money over standing for the right thing.
Precisely why shyt don’t change in this country. It’s all about the money.
He don’t need you to defend him
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
Yeah, he chose money over standing for the right thing.
Precisely why shyt don’t change in this country. It’s all about the money.
He don’t need you to defend him
aka he chose to do his job
Yes everybody “just doing their job” while everything goes to shyt
Yeah, he chose money over standing for the right thing.
Precisely why shyt don’t change in this country. It’s all about the money.
He don’t need you to defend him
I'm not defending him, because I really don't give a shyt about his existence in general.
I'm merely pointing out that it's stupid to have this much anger for a fukking company, and not direct it at the elected officials who are ACTUALLY responsible for this dumb shyt. Anger without proper focus serves no one but those who oppose you.
The people doing the anger have all the smoke for everyone involved.
If you don’t care, your comments are unneeded
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
Yes everybody “just doing their job” while everything goes to shyt
including you and most people
The people doing the anger have all the smoke for everyone involved.
If you don’t care, your comments are unneeded
You sure? Because this sure does look like people expecting entertainment companies to do the jobs of elected officials.
Difference is, me and most people don’t have direct power over thousands of other peoples lives.
Which is why people are calling on the people that do have that power, to use it for good instead of just lining their own pockets.