I'm a software engineer, but not a game dev. I (anonymously) asked some fellow engineers online why there are no unions for software developers, and the answer I got was that our jobs are nice, safe, we sit in air conditioned offices and make better-than-average pay; therefore we don't need unions. I hope stuff like this motivates software devs to unionize.
In 2020, the most turbulent part of my life began. The pandemic basically cut my highschool Senior year short, and the gaming college I had already been accepted to would now be online. I wasn't able to get any scholarships, so I had to take loans for my tuition. After a year plus of that, our school had managed to allow in person classes and the industry I was training for was going under it's biggest boom. Things were dark, but were getting better. Once I graduated, I would be able to pay off my loans and put my life together. Eventually I graduated in July of 2022, and only a few months later, the layoffs started. It was already hard enough trying to find a job before. Now it's been impossible. Layoffs mean two things for me. Less jobs and more competition. How can I compete for an entry level position that requires 3 years of experience somehow, against veteran developers? And it gets worse as almost every month, there's more layoffs. It feel like I've been shot in front of the finish line. Hopefully this leads to change, and not things getting worse.
I’m hearing this with a lot if creative firlds in general too. The animation industry is falling apart and it’s been impossible for anyone to break through into the field. When people said “yeah the pandemic sucks but think of all the great art that’ll come out of it” they were so full of horseshit, half the artists that had jobs prior to the pandemic are unemployed now and executives want to replace the other half with AI.
I mean the analysis on alll his videos is (from where I stand) unmatched in terms of depth and quality when you look at any other person talking about Overwatch. Bravo. I like the fact that with learning about Blizzard's current citation I also get informed on Canada's history. This is definitely a video to be proud of.
I wouldn't expect a gaming industry boom anytime in the near future because it's not just games that are collapsing; it's the entire entertainment industry. Animation, film, game studios, even entertainment media. It's a combination of shitty management and a shitty economy. The truth is that these are purely luxury sectors, but with the worldwide economy basically in shambles that means people are less willing and/or able to spend money on such luxuries in the face of an exponentially rising cost of living. Combine that with these companies putting out subpar products it's basically a death spiral for them as they struggle to breathe for air. Laying people off can only get you so far. And yes, I do believe that it's the leadership that should be held entirely responsible because they are the ones who make the decisions, and nearly every single decision made has been piss poor.
I will say, while I do agree that it's the entire industry and that there won't be a boom, I will push back on the framing of it as pure luxury. It's definitely not immediately necessary for survival, but I think part of what has allowed us to get to a point where people are so eager to see creatives punished or belittled for not doing "real work" (i.e., gaming layoffs, the writers/actors strike, etc) is partially because we view it as luxury work, and that luxuries are inherently unnecessary. In economic terms spending on entertainment definitely falls under luxury spending to some extent, but imo it's important to remember that aside from the human need to both produce and consume art on some level to fulfill greater needs, these are massive sectors of the economy accounting for billions of dollars in wages and taxes globally. This is more of an essay than I intended, and I promise I do agree with what you're saying, I just think that it's important to consider the language we use when discussing this sector of the economy. Personally, when I think of luxury, I think of something that's the upgraded, more expensive, higher quality version of another thing like a luxury car or luxury handbag that only exist to provide an upgrade to something that would still otherwise exist, which I don't think is a useful way of looking at cultural industries.
It seems like we have differing views of what constitutes luxury, and I'll admit I was using the term loosely. However it is also true that things are pretty dire economically right now, and when push comes to shove on what people are willing to spend their money on it will be either necessities or entertainment. I'm not saying "luxury" as a judgement call on the cultural sector because I agree it is important and I like that it flourishes when times are good, but I am just saying as a matter of fact that in times of economic uncertainty that it is bound to retract simply because people have to be more prudent with their fiscal choices.
Speaking of game development, I was so close to making computer science my college degree to develop video games, but after researching the current industry and its state, I obviously chose another degree. I really hope more people join unions for worker protection, it's ridiculous you can be crunched for 3/4s of a day just to be laid off out of nowhere.
Thank you Viveros, this is such an important message and it's delivered so eloquently, passionately, and prudently. Really, that can be said for all your videos, but I just wanted to put it out there because of how important this one in particular is, and how well you've done it. Keep it up man, and all power to the people!
I ashamedly was someone who ignorantly and optimistically thought that the Microsoft ABK acquisition and the change in leadership would help correct at least the systems and leadership that allowed the horrendous things that came out with the lawsuits about what ABK was like internally from happening anymore, my mindset being that it couldn't get any worse as someone even took their own life from all the harrassment (memory foggy but there was a story about something like that during all the lawsuits ABK was facing), and the aqusitions announcement's timing solidified this in my mind. I was under no illusion that it was entirely a good thing; big corporations aren't anyones friend and I know they dont care about consumers or the workers of ABK, I knew of how Microsoft has fucked things up before, but I was tunnel visioned on the thought of the awful shit revealed by the lawsuits at least being worked out so it doesn't happen anymore, I think because of my own guilt for wanting to play the game even if I didn't spend money and wanting and hoping that I wouldn't have to feel so much baggage about this game I love that is very important to me and is one of the only common activities I can do with good friends. The layoffs (as well as the deafening silence from Blizzard about Pharah's VA supporting the Palestinian genocide) shattered this optimism in my mind. It was hearbreaking seeing so many wonderful people lose their jobs out of nowhere for no reason. It was a reality check that things were not going to get better, and that my guilt for wanting to play the game again after a few monthes away and try out the new season will not only continue but get worse. If the layoffs and otherwise killed my optimism (which also makes it hard to leave this without feeling powerless/hopeless..), this video has served to help the ignorance side of where my original support of the acquisition came from. I'm not very politically educated and I don't really understand how the world works so the majority of what you've shared in this video is new to me, thank you so so much for putting all the time and effort into making this so well stated and well thought out. I don't really have much to add to this conversation because I don't really know much about the subject, but even though I'm not the apathetic acquisition supporter you were aiming for I hope hearing my perspective and how your video has helped educate me is still rewarding for you as this is a very important video and I hope you're very proud of it. Thank you for making such incredible high quality work.
I’ve been going through your backlog because I love your style a lot but something I really appreciate is the pace you speak at. Mostly because I also talk really fast and this is the pace I generally think at. Edit: forgot to put in "pace". Kinda proved my point I suppose.
@@TheViveros Yeah I can understand not being able to follow stuff but I think unfortunately it's a limitation of the medium (in the sense that this isn't a convo where you can't really double back and reiterate on stuff). For me I just never realized I talk fast until I started recording my voice since it's one of those things you won't notice unless someone tells you. But also I'm a moth-brained individual that goes on tangents _constantly_ and I think getting through those asap is a relatively good thing.
I’m the same way, although part of the issue with my videos in particular is that I only have a headset mic so it *always* picks up breathing/swallowing/lip smacking noises. I go through and manually cut all of those out during editing, which does kill some of the natural breaks that would exist if I was just talking to someone, but I think it’s also a trade off I’m happy to make bc leaving in all those breathing sounds and knowing people are hearing that would make me want to die.
Stumbled upon your videos at complete random and I'm hooked. I don't really care for Vtubers as a concept, it's just not my bag, but your essays are objectively excellent and I'm happy to listen to them in the background while doing other things.
Have you worked in the games industry? These observations are spot-on as someone who's worked in the industry in two different disciplines. It's been a tough couple of years, to say the least.
Thank you! I haven’t worked in the games industry myself, I’m just an outside observer. I used to be involved in politics though, and I have a weird education that involved a few years studying finance and econ, so a lot of this was based on either doing research or making educated guesses based off of what I’ve seen in the areas I’m more familiar with.
Studying game design in Germany myself and already struggling just on the terms of the learning program, future certainly don't seem bright! Even worse for my groupmates. Hell, I may be a talentless hack but all these people I work along with are passionate and I've already seen them express themselves in such wildly beautiful ways. They don't fucking deserve being layed off at the end of the financial year because it looks good on a report! They don't deserve constantly being on guard about their livelihood because, being forced to be private contractors, they'll have no rights in the working environment, no connections to rely on! Our professors consistently warn us about the dangers of crunch, reinforcing how we should avoid it in our studies, heck, the way they just invoke it as an almost natural reality of the field - it's sad as shit. These years may be the only time we actually may have some manner of consistency in our lives. At least if we remain adamant on staying in the field. And I'm afraid, just like many animators who work in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, etc, they're too passionate to abandon their dreams. I hope it gets better, I really do. And I hope I contribute even a bit to that.
fun fact or just a fact, here in spain we have a Natural Park called Los Viveros, like in plural. Its really just a fact lol but couldn't click away without saying it after 27:29
I hold firmly that the Microsoft acquisition is the best thing possible for indie devs, because the more companies that get sacked in the name of profit, the more that indie devs can be given the chance for their products to be able to stand above what passes for AAA slop
I very much share this sentiment. I come from ARPG games and we see it with Diablo so freaking clearly. Because of the trash coming from Blizzard, I now have Last Epoch in the making and that thing, even considered it's rn underdeveloped, blows D4 so hard, it's not even funny, it's just sad. I guess sometimes you do need to burn down the whole town to build a village
I really want to hope that that'll be the case, but I also don't know if it will be. I think part of the problem is that more and more of these smaller studios will get consumed by the bigger companies as that happens - Microsoft is on its acquisition spree right now, and I think if Sony thinks it's working, it'll go on its own shopping spree as much as possible. Both companies have too many resources behind them to be pushed out by a new competitor, and I can absolutely imagine the Game Pass model picking up and long-term screwing indies the same way original programming on Netflix has become an endless cycle of "It gets two seasons and then it's abruptly cancelled".
@@TheViveros It's quite possible, and is kind of the trend we've seen lately. With some exceptions, to be sure, but AAA has been floundering for a bit now, and that's given room for indie upstarts like Lethal Company, Hades, etc etc. The more these two megacompanies try to eat everyone up, the more the indie scene has a chance to grow, I imagine. If nothing else, purely out of spite gamers will have for the megacompanies
This is communist propaganda. Jokes aside, great video. I winced Everytime I heard people say that Microsoft would swoop in and fix blizzard. I hate being right
It does stink since yes, games like this will get general criticisms aimed towards developers impacted from these cuts made by executive levels (akin to some visual effects criticisms due to companies forcing crunch). All of it is just frustrating no matter what, my heart goes out to every employee affected by the layoffs. Great video Viv
Tbh I’m not sure, I don’t remember seeing one with your username so it’s possible that it just didn’t save? I generally try to avoid deleting comments unless they break the channel rules or are just acting in bad faith, so provided it’s not either of those things then you’re welcome to post it again.
This isnt liberal, or capitalist. This is corporatist and oligarchical. These major corporations are heavily involved in every aspect of our society and economy, including government, from local to federal. They get in bed with special interests and government officials, then lobby for policies which benefit them, and greatly hinder small businesses and entrepreneurs. They end up dominating entire industries, not through deregulation; as we would see in a liberal or capitalist society, but through intricate and complex regulations and mandates. Those mandates and regulations often championed as help for the middle class and financially struggling, but always benefit major corporations. Take note of how many small businesses were destroyed inn the lockdowns; yet most every major corporation is still fine. Some industries did take a hit, like Gaming, but so many more small businesses were lost. I get that you dont like "the system," neither do us old liberals, but learn what you are talking about, before blaming capitalism. We are about as capitalist as China, which is, not really. Capitalism is free and open market, not corporate control.
@@TheViveros its not capitalism though. Notice how it shares the same problem as the government decisions made in Alberta, as you described. Thats a problem you see in corporations and oligarchies. That's poor, detached, and corrupt leadership, not capitalism.
It is capitalism. The government of Alberta is a government by capitalists governing for capitalists. Just because the government is pro-capitalism and pro-the inevitable outcomes of capitalism like corporatism doesn't magically make it non capitalist. Words have meanings.
I spent literal years learning them, thanks - but if you don't have the time to spend all those years studying poli sci and finance, Google's free. If you use it, you'll find that capitalism is "an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit." That is a system that naturally, and inevitably, leads to a consolidation of capital at the very top, leading to the corporatist oligopoly that you are describing. Corporatism and oligopoly are not mutually exclusive terms with capitalism, and I regret to inform you that "free markets" always were and always will be just a euphemism for rich people saying "Nobody get in my way, I'd like all the money". The system is capitalism. You recognize that the system is flawed but are trying to split hairs as though the corporatism and oligopoly you're mad at are not also part of the capitalism.
please think. please just just think. think hard and long about people and the super rich, think about the ceo of Apple, do you think the ceo of apple cares about apples future when he is no longer working at apple or dead. would you get richer now and vastly improve your live by making a decision that impacts faceless numbers. do you know what 620 people look like? can you actually imagine 620 people, 620 people, people exactly like you who live and will die like you. those people are now jobless and they will have ripple effects. teachers in america are the butt of every poor joke imaginable this is because of the cuts to the education sphere and layoffs, yet imagine all your teachers who have shaped you into the person you are, people who showed you light and compassion, teachers would taught you important lessons. imagine your life without those people. can you even imagine that alternate version of you? now imagine you had the option to fire hundreds of people exactly like that, cause a irreversible ripple effect to have fewer taxes and more income for YOU to spend? would you take that option? if you are getting a communist message from this video think about why you cannot divorce shitty bosses and layoffs from capitalism. we do not exist in a 100% capitalist society, public sectors exist for a reason because laissez-faire capitalism led to the child workers dying at age 9 from cancer or from being killed by a machine, the pollution that gave everyone cancer, the 18 hour work DAY. that is why we have restrictions on capitalism and restrictions on layoffs would make us better.
I think they're replying to the bit at the end where I said "The algorithm can't tell the difference between a positive comment and a comment calling this communist propaganda" which I said because the last time I talked about economics and video games I got a bunch of comments sincerely calling me a commie lmao
I'm a software engineer, but not a game dev. I (anonymously) asked some fellow engineers online why there are no unions for software developers, and the answer I got was that our jobs are nice, safe, we sit in air conditioned offices and make better-than-average pay; therefore we don't need unions. I hope stuff like this motivates software devs to unionize.
In 2020, the most turbulent part of my life began. The pandemic basically cut my highschool Senior year short, and the gaming college I had already been accepted to would now be online. I wasn't able to get any scholarships, so I had to take loans for my tuition. After a year plus of that, our school had managed to allow in person classes and the industry I was training for was going under it's biggest boom. Things were dark, but were getting better. Once I graduated, I would be able to pay off my loans and put my life together. Eventually I graduated in July of 2022, and only a few months later, the layoffs started. It was already hard enough trying to find a job before. Now it's been impossible. Layoffs mean two things for me. Less jobs and more competition. How can I compete for an entry level position that requires 3 years of experience somehow, against veteran developers? And it gets worse as almost every month, there's more layoffs. It feel like I've been shot in front of the finish line. Hopefully this leads to change, and not things getting worse.
I’m hearing this with a lot if creative firlds in general too. The animation industry is falling apart and it’s been impossible for anyone to break through into the field. When people said “yeah the pandemic sucks but think of all the great art that’ll come out of it” they were so full of horseshit, half the artists that had jobs prior to the pandemic are unemployed now and executives want to replace the other half with AI.
A Contrapoints video and a Viveros video on the same day?!? A good day to be a queer sociology enthusiast ✨
I *promise* this is about Twilight, I'm getting there.
NO ONE IS MAKING CONTENT LIKE THIS! I’m learning so much about Canadian everything as well as overwatch mess and gay shit. WE NEED MORE BB!!!
I mean the analysis on alll his videos is (from where I stand) unmatched in terms of depth and quality when you look at any other person talking about Overwatch. Bravo. I like the fact that with learning about Blizzard's current citation I also get informed on Canada's history. This is definitely a video to be proud of.
this is the queer art megami was talking about protecting btw
like the shin?
@@agent2596the drag queen I think
If you squint real art you can see “sponsored by Viveros” in small font on the sign
Yay! Just arrived at gym. Get to absorb some knowledge while I work out.
I wouldn't expect a gaming industry boom anytime in the near future because it's not just games that are collapsing; it's the entire entertainment industry. Animation, film, game studios, even entertainment media. It's a combination of shitty management and a shitty economy.
The truth is that these are purely luxury sectors, but with the worldwide economy basically in shambles that means people are less willing and/or able to spend money on such luxuries in the face of an exponentially rising cost of living. Combine that with these companies putting out subpar products it's basically a death spiral for them as they struggle to breathe for air. Laying people off can only get you so far.
And yes, I do believe that it's the leadership that should be held entirely responsible because they are the ones who make the decisions, and nearly every single decision made has been piss poor.
I will say, while I do agree that it's the entire industry and that there won't be a boom, I will push back on the framing of it as pure luxury. It's definitely not immediately necessary for survival, but I think part of what has allowed us to get to a point where people are so eager to see creatives punished or belittled for not doing "real work" (i.e., gaming layoffs, the writers/actors strike, etc) is partially because we view it as luxury work, and that luxuries are inherently unnecessary. In economic terms spending on entertainment definitely falls under luxury spending to some extent, but imo it's important to remember that aside from the human need to both produce and consume art on some level to fulfill greater needs, these are massive sectors of the economy accounting for billions of dollars in wages and taxes globally.
This is more of an essay than I intended, and I promise I do agree with what you're saying, I just think that it's important to consider the language we use when discussing this sector of the economy. Personally, when I think of luxury, I think of something that's the upgraded, more expensive, higher quality version of another thing like a luxury car or luxury handbag that only exist to provide an upgrade to something that would still otherwise exist, which I don't think is a useful way of looking at cultural industries.
It seems like we have differing views of what constitutes luxury, and I'll admit I was using the term loosely. However it is also true that things are pretty dire economically right now, and when push comes to shove on what people are willing to spend their money on it will be either necessities or entertainment.
I'm not saying "luxury" as a judgement call on the cultural sector because I agree it is important and I like that it flourishes when times are good, but I am just saying as a matter of fact that in times of economic uncertainty that it is bound to retract simply because people have to be more prudent with their fiscal choices.
Speaking of game development, I was so close to making computer science my college degree to develop video games, but after researching the current industry and its state, I obviously chose another degree. I really hope more people join unions for worker protection, it's ridiculous you can be crunched for 3/4s of a day just to be laid off out of nowhere.
It's truly sad that the industry has come to a point where people's livelyhood and passion is being toyed with to this extent. It's truly saddening.
Thank you Viveros, this is such an important message and it's delivered so eloquently, passionately, and prudently. Really, that can be said for all your videos, but I just wanted to put it out there because of how important this one in particular is, and how well you've done it. Keep it up man, and all power to the people!
I ashamedly was someone who ignorantly and optimistically thought that the Microsoft ABK acquisition and the change in leadership would help correct at least the systems and leadership that allowed the horrendous things that came out with the lawsuits about what ABK was like internally from happening anymore, my mindset being that it couldn't get any worse as someone even took their own life from all the harrassment (memory foggy but there was a story about something like that during all the lawsuits ABK was facing), and the aqusitions announcement's timing solidified this in my mind.
I was under no illusion that it was entirely a good thing; big corporations aren't anyones friend and I know they dont care about consumers or the workers of ABK, I knew of how Microsoft has fucked things up before, but I was tunnel visioned on the thought of the awful shit revealed by the lawsuits at least being worked out so it doesn't happen anymore, I think because of my own guilt for wanting to play the game even if I didn't spend money and wanting and hoping that I wouldn't have to feel so much baggage about this game I love that is very important to me and is one of the only common activities I can do with good friends.
The layoffs (as well as the deafening silence from Blizzard about Pharah's VA supporting the Palestinian genocide) shattered this optimism in my mind. It was hearbreaking seeing so many wonderful people lose their jobs out of nowhere for no reason. It was a reality check that things were not going to get better, and that my guilt for wanting to play the game again after a few monthes away and try out the new season will not only continue but get worse.
If the layoffs and otherwise killed my optimism (which also makes it hard to leave this without feeling powerless/hopeless..), this video has served to help the ignorance side of where my original support of the acquisition came from. I'm not very politically educated and I don't really understand how the world works so the majority of what you've shared in this video is new to me, thank you so so much for putting all the time and effort into making this so well stated and well thought out. I don't really have much to add to this conversation because I don't really know much about the subject, but even though I'm not the apathetic acquisition supporter you were aiming for I hope hearing my perspective and how your video has helped educate me is still rewarding for you as this is a very important video and I hope you're very proud of it. Thank you for making such incredible high quality work.
People who get into positions of power didnt get there by being martyrs
I’ve been going through your backlog because I love your style a lot but something I really appreciate is the pace you speak at. Mostly because I also talk really fast and this is the pace I generally think at.
Edit: forgot to put in "pace". Kinda proved my point I suppose.
Thank you! I constantly get comments saying I should speak slower but like… if I try to talk slower, it will 100% sound patronizing and mean lmao
@@TheViveros Yeah I can understand not being able to follow stuff but I think unfortunately it's a limitation of the medium (in the sense that this isn't a convo where you can't really double back and reiterate on stuff). For me I just never realized I talk fast until I started recording my voice since it's one of those things you won't notice unless someone tells you. But also I'm a moth-brained individual that goes on tangents _constantly_ and I think getting through those asap is a relatively good thing.
I’m the same way, although part of the issue with my videos in particular is that I only have a headset mic so it *always* picks up breathing/swallowing/lip smacking noises. I go through and manually cut all of those out during editing, which does kill some of the natural breaks that would exist if I was just talking to someone, but I think it’s also a trade off I’m happy to make bc leaving in all those breathing sounds and knowing people are hearing that would make me want to die.
Stumbled upon your videos at complete random and I'm hooked. I don't really care for Vtubers as a concept, it's just not my bag, but your essays are objectively excellent and I'm happy to listen to them in the background while doing other things.
Have you worked in the games industry? These observations are spot-on as someone who's worked in the industry in two different disciplines. It's been a tough couple of years, to say the least.
Thank you! I haven’t worked in the games industry myself, I’m just an outside observer. I used to be involved in politics though, and I have a weird education that involved a few years studying finance and econ, so a lot of this was based on either doing research or making educated guesses based off of what I’ve seen in the areas I’m more familiar with.
Studying game design in Germany myself and already struggling just on the terms of the learning program, future certainly don't seem bright! Even worse for my groupmates. Hell, I may be a talentless hack but all these people I work along with are passionate and I've already seen them express themselves in such wildly beautiful ways. They don't fucking deserve being layed off at the end of the financial year because it looks good on a report! They don't deserve constantly being on guard about their livelihood because, being forced to be private contractors, they'll have no rights in the working environment, no connections to rely on!
Our professors consistently warn us about the dangers of crunch, reinforcing how we should avoid it in our studies, heck, the way they just invoke it as an almost natural reality of the field - it's sad as shit. These years may be the only time we actually may have some manner of consistency in our lives. At least if we remain adamant on staying in the field. And I'm afraid, just like many animators who work in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, etc, they're too passionate to abandon their dreams.
I hope it gets better, I really do. And I hope I contribute even a bit to that.
fun fact or just a fact, here in spain we have a Natural Park called Los Viveros, like in plural. Its really just a fact lol but couldn't click away without saying it after 27:29
I hold firmly that the Microsoft acquisition is the best thing possible for indie devs, because the more companies that get sacked in the name of profit, the more that indie devs can be given the chance for their products to be able to stand above what passes for AAA slop
I very much share this sentiment. I come from ARPG games and we see it with Diablo so freaking clearly. Because of the trash coming from Blizzard, I now have Last Epoch in the making and that thing, even considered it's rn underdeveloped, blows D4 so hard, it's not even funny, it's just sad.
I guess sometimes you do need to burn down the whole town to build a village
I really want to hope that that'll be the case, but I also don't know if it will be. I think part of the problem is that more and more of these smaller studios will get consumed by the bigger companies as that happens - Microsoft is on its acquisition spree right now, and I think if Sony thinks it's working, it'll go on its own shopping spree as much as possible. Both companies have too many resources behind them to be pushed out by a new competitor, and I can absolutely imagine the Game Pass model picking up and long-term screwing indies the same way original programming on Netflix has become an endless cycle of "It gets two seasons and then it's abruptly cancelled".
@@TheViveros It's quite possible, and is kind of the trend we've seen lately. With some exceptions, to be sure, but AAA has been floundering for a bit now, and that's given room for indie upstarts like Lethal Company, Hades, etc etc. The more these two megacompanies try to eat everyone up, the more the indie scene has a chance to grow, I imagine. If nothing else, purely out of spite gamers will have for the megacompanies
69 billion, the perfect price
This is a really good video. You knocked this one out the park
can't have sht in this life
This is communist propaganda.
Jokes aside, great video. I winced Everytime I heard people say that Microsoft would swoop in and fix blizzard.
I hate being right
brilliant video!!! i love your video essay style, it's very easy to understand and i feel i learn a lot every video ^_^
It does stink since yes, games like this will get general criticisms aimed towards developers impacted from these cuts made by executive levels (akin to some visual effects criticisms due to companies forcing crunch). All of it is just frustrating no matter what, my heart goes out to every employee affected by the layoffs.
Great video Viv
Ah yes I looooveee cutting budget so that the heads of a company can get richer
great video
Huh...i cant find my comment on this video...did it not save or was it deleted? will i get in trouble if i post my comment again?
Tbh I’m not sure, I don’t remember seeing one with your username so it’s possible that it just didn’t save? I generally try to avoid deleting comments unless they break the channel rules or are just acting in bad faith, so provided it’s not either of those things then you’re welcome to post it again.
what that university degree do!?!?!?!
Damn I thought I was original I am one of three comments I saw scrolling down who made this joke :/
played like a fiddle what can I say lol
Too bad I can't like a video twice
This video was communist propaganda: I loved it!
capitalism try not to ruin everything challenge…
This isnt liberal, or capitalist. This is corporatist and oligarchical. These major corporations are heavily involved in every aspect of our society and economy, including government, from local to federal. They get in bed with special interests and government officials, then lobby for policies which benefit them, and greatly hinder small businesses and entrepreneurs. They end up dominating entire industries, not through deregulation; as we would see in a liberal or capitalist society, but through intricate and complex regulations and mandates. Those mandates and regulations often championed as help for the middle class and financially struggling, but always benefit major corporations. Take note of how many small businesses were destroyed inn the lockdowns; yet most every major corporation is still fine. Some industries did take a hit, like Gaming, but so many more small businesses were lost.
I get that you dont like "the system," neither do us old liberals, but learn what you are talking about, before blaming capitalism. We are about as capitalist as China, which is, not really. Capitalism is free and open market, not corporate control.
You should tell the capitalists that this isn't capitalism then, bc they love how it's going right now lmao
@@TheViveros its not capitalism though. Notice how it shares the same problem as the government decisions made in Alberta, as you described. Thats a problem you see in corporations and oligarchies. That's poor, detached, and corrupt leadership, not capitalism.
It is capitalism. The government of Alberta is a government by capitalists governing for capitalists. Just because the government is pro-capitalism and pro-the inevitable outcomes of capitalism like corporatism doesn't magically make it non capitalist. Words have meanings.
@@TheViveros Capitalism is a free market, not a system of public sector economies. Words do have meanings, learn them please.
I spent literal years learning them, thanks - but if you don't have the time to spend all those years studying poli sci and finance, Google's free. If you use it, you'll find that capitalism is "an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit." That is a system that naturally, and inevitably, leads to a consolidation of capital at the very top, leading to the corporatist oligopoly that you are describing. Corporatism and oligopoly are not mutually exclusive terms with capitalism, and I regret to inform you that "free markets" always were and always will be just a euphemism for rich people saying "Nobody get in my way, I'd like all the money".
The system is capitalism. You recognize that the system is flawed but are trying to split hairs as though the corporatism and oligopoly you're mad at are not also part of the capitalism.
Communist propaganda
please think. please just just think. think hard and long about people and the super rich, think about the ceo of Apple, do you think the ceo of apple cares about apples future when he is no longer working at apple or dead. would you get richer now and vastly improve your live by making a decision that impacts faceless numbers. do you know what 620 people look like? can you actually imagine 620 people, 620 people, people exactly like you who live and will die like you. those people are now jobless and they will have ripple effects.
teachers in america are the butt of every poor joke imaginable this is because of the cuts to the education sphere and layoffs, yet imagine all your teachers who have shaped you into the person you are, people who showed you light and compassion, teachers would taught you important lessons. imagine your life without those people. can you even imagine that alternate version of you? now imagine you had the option to fire hundreds of people exactly like that, cause a irreversible ripple effect to have fewer taxes and more income for YOU to spend? would you take that option?
if you are getting a communist message from this video think about why you cannot divorce shitty bosses and layoffs from capitalism. we do not exist in a 100% capitalist society, public sectors exist for a reason because laissez-faire capitalism led to the child workers dying at age 9 from cancer or from being killed by a machine, the pollution that gave everyone cancer, the 18 hour work DAY. that is why we have restrictions on capitalism and restrictions on layoffs would make us better.
I think they're replying to the bit at the end where I said "The algorithm can't tell the difference between a positive comment and a comment calling this communist propaganda" which I said because the last time I talked about economics and video games I got a bunch of comments sincerely calling me a commie lmao
the best communist/anti-capitalist propaganda is capitalism itself
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