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I think it’s your cartels, bro
There’s also been moves to ban narco culture.
Yeah.
I can’t speak to Mexico. But, at least in the US, video games very much have been a pipeline for both rehabilitation of the military’s image and direct recruitment. It is what leads to generations that believe tier ninety special force operators are the greatest people ever which both provides “They know what they are doing and have their reasons” and “I want to be one of those”
I am not aware of any cartel friendly games (unless you REALLY disliked Fifty Cent, I guess?) but I wouldn’t immediately rule this out IF it is part of a wider media push.
Violent video games do not make you violent. But “cool guys doing cool shit” makes people want to “do cool shit”. There is a reason (para)militaries around the world tend to cooperate with, and outright fund, so much media that glazes them. Hell, military/spy porn is sometimes so good that it makes you ALMOST stop making jokes about how Sullivan Stapleton should play Hank Hill in a live action KOTH (that man wishes he had Hank Hill’s ass).
That is definitely a good point about games making the military look good. At one point the US Army had its own game called America’s Army too.
Whilst I can’t be bothered to look it up on my phone - we have hard data that disproves this link, last I checked.
Japan and Korea must be wastelands
The angriest person I ever saw playing video games was my brother playing Madden when he was younger. Model straight A student, calm person in everything else, very unlikely to ever get in a fight, went on to have a good career, be a good father, never been arrested or even gets traffic tickets… Yet if video game competitiveness while a teenager was an actual tie to judging if a person was violent in their real life… I think banning all sports games/possibly all competitive sports should be higher up their list.
When’s the next time you will see someone physically hit someone in a manner outside the rules/laws. Every given Sunday in the NFL. Saturday in the NCAA… probably won’t even make it that far, is there an NBA, MLB, NHL, or other such physic sports game on today? Competitive wrestlers are known to shove a finger up someone else’s ass if they think a referee can’t see it for a competitive advantage. Football intentionally kneeing people in the ribs or trying to poke people in the eyes when they are in the piles. Most of the fights we see break out stem from cheap shots and rule breaking happening when a referee can’t see, not just shit talking.
If these are the things players are taught and do, why would it be okay to teach kids to play these sports as little kids… Probably because they know their kids aren’t randomly forcing their finger up someones ass or kneeing someone in the head when they go into the office. Different mindsets
Oh come on, mexican government! You’re better than this! In the 1950s parents said Elvis and his rock and roll music were corrupting the youth. So music was the tool of satan. Surprise surprise, total bullshit.
In the 1970s, skateboarding and hanging out in the malls were corrupting the youth. Surprise surprise, total bullshit.
In the 1990s, video games were corrupting the youth. Surprise surprise, total bullshit.
In the 2010s, social media was corrupting the youth. Surprise surprise, total bullshit. At least at that time. Today social media is highly manipulated TO INTENTIONALLY be corruptive, but not so much in the days of vine.
And now today, video games are corrupting the youth and making them violent. See Mexico? You can do better. This is a rerun and you know it. But fear not. I know a bigger problem that is corrupting not only the youth, but also adults, and even the elderly. You wanna know what the real problem in society is? Let ME have a go…
Religion is corrupting the humans! They’re starting wars because an invisable man in the sky told them to. Two sides each argueing that their version of the invisable man is the REAL magical invisable man.
Billions of people have died over the centuries. It is without a doubt the biggest source of corruption any society has ever faced.
In addition to all the violence, there’s also rapist priests. And money laundering. And at one time crusades to force their religion on an unwilling population.
But sure. Little 10 year old Jose is getting violent because he played mortal kombat. Couldn’t have anything to do with that chaotic and toxic home life watching his alcoholic father beat his mother, right?
Religion is corrupting the humans. What POSSIBLE rebuttal could anyone have to that?
Oh come on, mexican government! You’re better than this!
If you seriously believe that, you haven’t been paying attention… And it will get WORSE.
Humans are violent apes. There’s nothing “making” us violent, it’s just what we are
Religion by itself does not cause humanity to do wars. Most of the time it’s just an excuse to declare themselves superior or invade another country.
It’s not religion, it’s the power that comes from it.
Definitely both. Training people to believe things without evidence, or worse, “because I said so”, is in fact bad for humanity.
Cultists have no place in governments.
How many Catholics in that country? They get taxed?
It is taxation that makes people violent, not games.
I played Stardew Valley and suddenly had the overwhelming urge to kill local shopkeepers.
CoInCiDeNcE?!!?!!!??!(:'&((!:;((6_£";!(&6+:
Nah, Pierre deserved it
