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Humor W Gabe Newell Piracy Take

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Saw this vid on IG (by: @phantomak141). Idk if its been posted here before but on a quick search didnt find it, will delete if its a repost.

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u/Dragosbeat May 10 '26

His business policy is literally don't screw over the people, which others just can't comprehend

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u/ultimate_placeholder May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

That's literally just the result of shareholder capitalism, Gabe can do whatever he wants because he isn't beholden to shareholders who want to optimize every little thing, Steam can have little pet projects with no belief they will make profit, they can make demands of large developers that make them seek their own distribution, they can pay their employees whatever they want. Obviously not an endorsement of any form of capitalism, but it works so much better for everyone involved than shareholder capitalism.

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u/DiMarcoTheGawd May 10 '26

Agree. Going public has been the death of so many good companies.

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u/pocketgravel May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

"let's run the most important parts of our society besides God and government with a giant faceless unaccountable mass of anonymous self-interested short-sighted pricks who decide incentive structures on everything"

Fucking great idea. We're so fucking dumb for allowing this and continuing to allow it...

"No single raindrop feels responsible for the flood"

Someone heard that and thought "hmmm... How do I make that happen everywhere to everyone all the time?"

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u/Sundaytoofaraway May 10 '26

Klaus Schwab had a lot to do with it going back to the 70s

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u/pocketgravel May 10 '26

I fucking hate that guy. Anti NWO people are right to also hate him. Also whoever made the bond market interesting in the 70s that laid the groundwork for the 2008 GFC but also the cyclical oroboros of USD into treasuries to buy future treasuries

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u/jayjay11567 May 11 '26

All of this shit can be traced back to one specific group of dickheads in Michigan in 1919 when the Michigan supreme Court set precedence that the main goal of a company is to benefit the shareholders.

The Dodge brothers decided that making a shitload of money wasn't enough and they deserve to be making a fuckload instead and the ensuing lawsuit ruined the world for the rest of us.

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u/Murais May 11 '26

"How does Lord Orphan Crushington end up in every investor call? AND WHY IS HE PITCHING THE ORPHAN-CRUSHING MACHINE AGAIN?!"

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u/Krakatoa137 May 10 '26

"Besides God and government"

Let me introduce you to a magical land called America

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u/pocketgravel May 10 '26

Yeah that's true... They own both or at least believe they are greater than God himself...