It’s no surprise that geeks, nerds, and gamers have a pipeline that leads them to the far right. I want to know if the reverse is true because I’m an angry gamer who ended up here on the left.
It’s no surprise that geeks, nerds, and gamers have a pipeline that leads them to the far right. I want to know if the reverse is true because I’m an angry gamer who ended up here on the left.
Well, I’d rather ask why gamers have that far right pipeline
To know why gamers are led to the far right, it’s probably cuz the most vocal of them are in places where the wealth has flowed to (hint: unequal exchange), thus having more money to invest in not only Internet but gaming consoles and devices
This includes North America, Western Europe, Japan, South Korea… (Tis no wonder gaming blew up in 1990s, after the Cold war)
Liberalism and fascism, the ideological defenses of capitalism, weren’t needed much anymore
And thus their conditions for such growth in gaming are set…
Anything that disturbs the status quo of those ideologies, could be viewed as an attack on all, including gamers…
That’s my half brained explanation…
(Ask me for anything else)
So essentially it’s the same reason why clowns keep getting elected in capitalist governments (i.e. booj class interests)? Mk, makes sense. That’s an even bigger reason for left wing/leaning gamers to support ending poverty (outside of not having empty servers in our regions).