so he’s bad but not evil incarnate so we should ot be happy he’s dead?
what kinda snivel is this?
dude was a net negative in the world, go spend your effort caring on someone actually good
Comment on Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Dies In Plane Crash
sen@lemmy.zip 2 weeks agoYou need therapy.
I think you and I would agree that billionaires aren’t people, and I long for the day in which we dismember them and feed them to the pigs, but this guy wasn’t a billionaire. He was a successful video game developer who co-founded an awful company.
I’m not saying he was a saint, I don’t mourn his passing, but I’m also not celebrating his death as his crimes pale in comparison to the ruling class.
baines@lemmy.cafe 2 weeks ago
grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He was a member of the ruling class. What the hell are you talking about? He was a board member and co-founder of a corporation with a valuation in the billions of dollars. Yeah, sure, he wasn’t a billionaire but they aren’t the only problem. He certainly had a lot less in common with poors like you and me, especially since the corporation he was part of wasn’t exactly championing labor rights.
sen@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
We’re talking about a fuckong video game company.
Touch grass.
grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A video game company with a valuation in the billions of dollars, yes. Of which this guy was a co-founder and board member, meaning he was doing quite well for himself.
Does it not count because “it’s just video games lmao”? Would it be better if it was a music label or film studio?
Maybe instead of touching grass, you should pay more attention to the class war his type are waging against ours.
sen@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
So what’s the cutoff for you then? If a person has more than $10 million does their life no longer matter? $5 million? What exact net-worth cutoff indicates they’re a cretin who is hellbent on enslaving the working class?
We live in a capitalist society. Even here in Canada where I have access to more socialized services, it’s still a capitalist society. People are going to make money - sometimes it’s borne of privilege, other times hard work, and sometimes the amount is egregious, but in my eyes the hard cutoff is whether or not they are a billionaire and/or use that money to influence policy.
Being wealthy at the age of 70 after spending literal decades growing one of the largest video game companies is not a crime and does not by default make this guy an awful person - AND - the amount paid to execs in many cases is disproportionate and would be better spent uplifting those who do the actual work.
I can believe both of those things simultaneously while not punching down at a dead guy who was not a billionaire. Why can’t you?