• NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Hopefully gamers get together and protest Trump out of office for artificially bumping up the costs of goods.

    Tarrifs = Tax

    A tax that working people pay, in the country that set the tarriff.

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        5 days ago

        Probably gamers put him in office in the first place. Steve Bannon capitalized on Gamergate and started latching on to it to recruit young white male gamers to the far right. Then these GamerGate proponents became manosphere followers.

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          5 days ago

          You say that but I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if gamers as a demographic are more liberal than average.

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            4 days ago

            Maybe the general gaming public but probably not among capital G Gamers™ who are the loud minority on the internet.

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              3 days ago

              This article about a gaming console was posted in a gaming community and you’re complaining that the term “gamers” is being used too much? Which term would you prefer, game enthusiasts?