I think that...
Without making it a blanket absolution...
That precisely because Bet-games mirror human failings and power structures but at the same time allow me to extremely subvert them the games are even more fun for me to play and serve as a reaffirmation of my moral character that I perhaps wouldn't get in normal real life...
Like in Fallout 3(?) as soon as the slave showed up I trekked out under-leveled to go kill fuckin slave-masters in DC.
afreytes, 👨🏾✈️ of my ⚛️⚛️⚛️
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