> The shift from [conventional human welfare issues to whackjob sci-fi apocalyptimancy] is interesting and complex.
It's... actually kind of not, which is why this is so upsetting. EA seemed to have a handle on a way to get libertarian-leaning, economically privileged, inward-focused men (and, yes, that's the demographic almost to a person) to think about ways to help people they'd never otherwise have given a passing thought to.
Then roll the clock forward a few years and they're all back to sci-fi fandom arguments. This nonsense is exactly what you would have expected from these people. The notable part is that for one shining moment they pretended otherwise.
It's... actually kind of not, which is why this is so upsetting. EA seemed to have a handle on a way to get libertarian-leaning, economically privileged, inward-focused men (and, yes, that's the demographic almost to a person) to think about ways to help people they'd never otherwise have given a passing thought to.
Then roll the clock forward a few years and they're all back to sci-fi fandom arguments. This nonsense is exactly what you would have expected from these people. The notable part is that for one shining moment they pretended otherwise.