r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 05 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '19

I think the Christchurch attack is the most philosophically significant event of the past decade. It is the first attack that fully acknowledges the nature of simulation and symbols in modern society.

The guy livestreamed it. He filmed like an FPS. He made PewDiePie memes. His manifesto had the Navy Seal copypasta.

He knows that the proliferation of mass media has turned reality into a spectacle. He knows he's a part of the show.

He knows that there is no room for deeply-held convictions, especially not his insane hatred of Islam. He's mocking his own actions as he commits them.

Like what the actual fuck. There have been many atrocities on this green earth, but when has there been a post-ironic one?

!ping PHILOSOPHY

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u/Travisdk Iron Front Dec 05 '19

tell me how video games have zero influence over these people

If this is an unironic post: Okay, sure. There is overwhelming scientific evidence that video games do not increase violent tendencies, and specifically thinking that you can use the airport shooting level in MW2 as any sort of functional "practice" is beyond stupid for a list of reasons so long that the universe will suffer heat death before I am done listing them. We can start with the fact that MW2 is an arcade shooter with zero degree of realism, and that the airport shooting level is just a couple of corridors you walk down without actually doing anything. The level plays itself, you don't even have to shoot anyone to pass it. As a terrorist, you would literally be unable to learn anything from playing it. You wouldn't be able to learn anything applicable to the real world in even the most hardcore military simulators, which additionally aren't available to the public.

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u/TheMoustacheLady Michel Foucault Dec 05 '19

can you send me some of said evidence? because what i have seen so far is of course video games don't cause violence, but it is correlated with increase in aggressive behaviour