Actual hot take incoming to spice things up: I think calling to boycott the new wizard game was dumb liberal politics. Boycotting never works and never does anything, you’re just wasting your energy. I didn’t play the game because it was mid as fuck. All in all I think way too many people wasted too much of their energy being mad at the dumb game.
Children breadtuber hasan consumers and the adults separated themselves during this time.
i think its reasonable to boycott it, but you shouldnt put so much energy into defending the boycott. kind of a waste of time.
Again, boycotting just plain fucking doesn’t work. Never has, never will. It’s better to spend your energy building actual organizations dedicated to trans rights or whatever is the issue.
I thin Hasan’s take is pretty good here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8HRX-8x0eU
I also believe there is no ethical consumption under un capitalismo!! Buy buy buy! (treats por all)
Or, just, I dunno, make whatever consumer choices you think fit both your means and politics best and don’t try to police other people trying to do the same because that’s always going to be a game where nobody wins.
Also it’s just a fucking video game, it’s not the same as I dunno going to southeast asia for child sex tourism.
It wasn’t a boycott. It was asking people not to buy it. At least that’s all I’ve ever asked anyone. Like sure, we can’t make enough of a difference to stop them from making a sequel or whatever. But we can just show solidarity to our trans and Jewish friends and family. It wasn’t a huge ask.
genuine hot take. it’s demonstrably untrue that boycotting never works (in situations where the bulk of consumers of a product or service can be organized as a bloc it certainly does), but i agree that the attention given to it was disproportionate to the harm it actually represents and the benefits of focusing on it.
