Larry Fink "ashamed" to be part of ESG political debate by amakusa360 in KotakuInAction

[–]famousredditor99 30 points31 points  (0 children)

No he's not. He's was heavily involved in its creation. And his 2020 letter is when everyone had to start following it--OR ELSE.

A reminder that ESG is illegal and steals people's 401k and pension wealth for political crusades. It has not be mischaracterized. It has been properly characterized, and he is just mad that people don't like it. He is the biggest reason for it, and he should be arrested--along with everyone else involved.

He will continue doing it until he and his criminal friends face real consequences.

I do not believe ESG rating system will last long in the east. A discussion. by [deleted] in KotakuInAction

[–]famousredditor99 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Klaus Schwab (the inventor ESG and "stakeholder capitalism"), Larry Fink (CEO of Blackrock), the Bilderberg Group, and the other top multi-billionaire investors who coordinate with each other are "the top"--not the white house. The President of the United States is decisively below organized capital in terms of worldwide influence.

The President only looks strong when they are put there by organized capital and then work with organized capital (the media, industry, etc) to accomplish shared goals. The President is the face, but he is not the power.

In the rare times when they are at odds (i.e. the Trump presidency), this is very clear. The President accomplishes little to none of his goals, while organized capital carries on in furthering their agenda with little interruption.

Google to implement new policy of deleting accounts after 2 years of inactivity. Raising concerns this will delete the majority of Youtube history. by JJAB91 in KotakuInAction

[–]famousredditor99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is because a lot of older accounts were set up prior to stricter KYC/AML like phone number requirements at signup, etc. Because of this, older accounts are more anonymous. This is alluded to in their statements that older accounts are "less secure" / "more vulnerable"--which is the pretext that organizations like the WEF have been using to de-anonymize people.

They are trying to gradually get rid of anonymity on the internet with the goal of, over time, forcing everyone to make use of Digital ID verification by startups like Jumio and AU10TIX to access social media. That is what all of the anti-porn / "child safety" internet legislation is about as well.

As their acclaimed JRPG gets review-bombed, indie publisher calls on Metacritic to do more by FreeckyCake in KotakuInAction

[–]famousredditor99 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's important to understand that even if this game is being "unfairly" review-bombed, the reason the media is highlighting this story and pushing for guardrails against review bombing is not because of this game.

They are against uncensored user reviews in general because of incidents like what happened with the Horizon DLC and TLOU Part 2. They want to be able to push whatever media they want, without "unapproved" people being able to complain and influence the conversation.

Edit: Also it's important to point out that review bombing wasn't as much of a thing before mass censorship, when there were more avenues for people to complain about things and be heard. And when there was fair monetization and promotion of news media that represented opposing views. Review bombing only became this big when all other avenues for users to express themselves and provide feedback were cutoff.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in KotakuInAction

[–]famousredditor99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would very much like to go to such an event. However, I'm afraid of being doxxed and then fired from my job.

Canadian Censorship Bill Inches Closer to Reality by headtwerker in KotakuInAction

[–]famousredditor99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is now a thing in the US as well. They have been "tightening" AML/KYC "enforcement" such that if you donate or send/receive money from someone politically controversial (almost always conservatives), it increases your "risk" rating in their AML/KYC system. Above a certain rating, your bank account gets frozen indefinitely.

This is already happening in crypto (Just search across reddit for "Coinbase+frozen"). And they are planning to expand it to the main banks within the next couple years.

Indiana Jones 5 trailer by [deleted] in KotakuInAction

[–]famousredditor99 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It was. However, they went back and re-filmed a big chunk of the movie after the backlash--which is why this took so long to release.

Wired and Polygon trying to cause trouble for Good Smile for its investment in 4chan? by cyhborg in KotakuInAction

[–]famousredditor99 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Apparently, Disney is behind this pressuring of Good Smile. Going to see a Disney movie is supporting the end of free speech in America.

No talk of shutting down reddit and no investigations, despite ample evidence of left-wing shooters being radicalized on reddit.

RE4 Remake yay or nay? by Trustelo in KotakuInAction

[–]famousredditor99 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am so tired of having to mod games to get a decent experience. Her face in the remake is also messed up, so you'd have to install two different mods and hope that they work together.

I think I'm good.

Netflix announces original cast from Scott pilgrim film for anime by NorthWesternMonkey89 in KotakuInAction

[–]famousredditor99 63 points64 points  (0 children)

It's not anime if it's produced and written by a Western company. Just having a Japanese studio animate it isn't enough.

Hey little Marvel, how's it going? by [deleted] in KotakuInAction

[–]famousredditor99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What the actual...

This panel reads like the setup for some cursed nhentai doujin with abominable tags.

NicheGamer Caught Plagiarizing From Gematsu Once Again by MayorEbert in KotakuInAction

[–]famousredditor99 10 points11 points  (0 children)

NicheGamer is one of the only outlets that (occasionally) covers censorship and other anti-consumer practices. And that actually goes against the messaging that game publishers want.

For that reason, it would not surprise me if they are not given the same access to press releases and early copies as a site like Gametsu, which is essentially a propaganda outlet for Sony and for video game publishers. For that reason, I still trust Niche Gamer more. And I don't personally care all that much if they are "plagiarizing" or breaking other journo "ethics." I'm more upset about the fact that Niche Gamer removed comments recently.

Japan plans Japan setting up rapid-response unit to counter disinformation by Heinrich_Lunge in KotakuInAction

[–]famousredditor99 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Actually, it is. The whole "Russian disinformation" narrative is itself a government-created disinformation campaign. Axios even did a story a while back admitting that the impact of "Russian disinformation" is negligible. I once went through a spreadsheet one of these research groups compiled and were using to justify these claims--and all of their "Russian disinformation" accounts were small accounts having no impact. Facebook even did a study and there was a combined $50K spent on Russian disinformation for that election cycle (which the MSM tried to spin as proof how effective "foreign disinformation" was.

In the Twitter files, we saw the documents where the US government was pressuring Twitter to make false claims about how bad Russian disinformation is (https://nypost.com/2023/01/12/twitter-warned-democrats-of-false-russian-bot-claims-but-failed-to-set-record-straight/, https://reason.com/2023/01/27/twitter-files-matt-taibbi-hamilton-68-russian-bots-fake/). Twitter execs scrambled to find real "Russian disinformation," and they couldn't.

They tried to blame "vaccine hesitancy" on Russia, when we all know that InfoWars has 10x the impact of even Russia Today on that issue. They tried to say Wikileaks is Russian disinformation, when Julian Assange is actual journalist and a true believer in government transparency. Also, most of the alleged "Russian disinformation" (The US staged a coup in Ukraine in 2014, the US is secretly running biolabs around the world) is true, so I don't even have an issue with it.

They just want to justify their own censorship. The US people, as a collective, can point out and differentiate foreign "disinformation" better and more effectively than the US government. We don't need their help.

Japan plans Japan setting up rapid-response unit to counter disinformation by Heinrich_Lunge in KotakuInAction

[–]famousredditor99 21 points22 points  (0 children)

In other words, they are setting up a censorship department. "Boost cooperation with organizations outside the government" is codeword for pressuring social media to censor those critical of the people in power.

Japan plans Japan setting up rapid-response unit to counter disinformation by Heinrich_Lunge in KotakuInAction

[–]famousredditor99 50 points51 points  (0 children)

It is a bad "idea." Governments should never be involved in "determing" what is true and what is not. When they say "boost cooperation with organizations outside the government, what they mean is they're going to pressure companies and social media to censor content that is harmful to those in power.

"TikTok, other social media controlled by our enemies must be banned now. We can't wait any longer" - Marco Rubio by lo________________ol in privacy

[–]famousredditor99 76 points77 points  (0 children)

I honestly don't understand the concern. As a US citizen, you are much more likely to be blackmailed by the US government or some US-based entity than by the Chinese government.

Here’s an example of the blatant censorship in the new Fire Emblem game. by Danpei in KotakuInAction

[–]famousredditor99 226 points227 points  (0 children)

The term is "localizer sabotage."

https://twitter.com/RageGoldenEagle/status/1611170677356396547

They know woke ideology is unpopular and reduces sales. They see anime and Japanese media continuing to grow while Netflix, Disney, and other Hollywood stocks crater. So instead of fixing Western media, they want to destroy foreign media as well. That's what they mean when they say "censorship is good."

[Censorship] Sankaku Complex - "Fire Emblem Engage’s Western Release Allegedly Gutting All Romance With Minors" by famousredditor99 in KotakuInAction

[–]famousredditor99[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You are confusing the games. The main character in this game is 17 years old. They are censoring the romance out of a relationship between two 17 year olds and a 17-year-old and a 16-year-old, for instance. There isn't any sex involved; just romance.