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Cuthbert Allgood
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Cuthbert Allgood's Journal
January 20, 2020
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Yeah, it's video games. Despite pretty much every study, ever, I'm sure we need to crack down on video games.
And please tell me how this isn't pandering to the older crowd while telling the younger crowd that you don't care?
Joe Biden calls game developers "little creeps" who make titles that "teach you how to kill"
Biden, who is currently campaigning to become the Democratic nominee for the 2020 presidential election, shared his opinions in an interview with the New York Times. When asked about Silicon Valleys expansion of power during his time in the Obama administration, Biden said: And you may recall, the criticism I got for meeting with the leaders in Silicon Valley, when I was trying to work out an agreement dealing with them protecting intellectual property for artists in the United States of America. And at one point, one of the little creeps sitting around that table, who was a multi- close to a billionaire who told me he was an artist because he was able to come up with games to teach you how to kill people.
And then one of these righteous people said to me that, you know, 'We are the economic engine of America. We are the ones.' And fortunately I had done a little homework before I went and I said, you know, I find it fascinating, Biden continued. As I added up the seven outfits, everyones there but Microsoft. I said, you have fewer people on your payroll than all the losses that General Motors just faced in the last quarter, of employees. So dont lecture me about how youve created all this employment.. The point is, theres an arrogance about it, an overwhelming arrogance that we are, we are the ones. We can do what we want to do. I disagree.
Biden has expressed his distaste for video games in the past. During 2013, while he was vice president, he proposed an additional tax on violent media, including violent games.
Despite numerous studies showing no link between violent video games and real-life violent crimes, weve seen several politicians suggesting extra taxes be added to the titles.
And then one of these righteous people said to me that, you know, 'We are the economic engine of America. We are the ones.' And fortunately I had done a little homework before I went and I said, you know, I find it fascinating, Biden continued. As I added up the seven outfits, everyones there but Microsoft. I said, you have fewer people on your payroll than all the losses that General Motors just faced in the last quarter, of employees. So dont lecture me about how youve created all this employment.. The point is, theres an arrogance about it, an overwhelming arrogance that we are, we are the ones. We can do what we want to do. I disagree.
Biden has expressed his distaste for video games in the past. During 2013, while he was vice president, he proposed an additional tax on violent media, including violent games.
Despite numerous studies showing no link between violent video games and real-life violent crimes, weve seen several politicians suggesting extra taxes be added to the titles.
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Yeah, it's video games. Despite pretty much every study, ever, I'm sure we need to crack down on video games.
And please tell me how this isn't pandering to the older crowd while telling the younger crowd that you don't care?
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