Re:Prison Architect, a gaming crowdfunding success story
by the_af on Tuesday October 27, 2015 @06:33PM
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(I didn't downvote you)
I'm not sure I agree. Not all question-begging is propaganda, nor is all propaganda question-begging. In fact, in this case it's not question begging at all. Question begging refers to the act of assuming the conclusion of what you're trying to prove, which is not the case here. The author is not trying to prove that "incarceration in the US has class and race implications"; this is a given, a premise of his argument. He is instead trying to say something about Prison Architect and how it depicts prison. It's also written as an opinion piece, not a peer-reviewed publication, and as such doesn't source many of its assertions. I've no problem with that, because I don't read this article seeking proof of anything.
By the way, I do believe incarceration has big race and class implications in almost the whole world, not just the US, so I have no problems with that part of the article.
I'm not sure I agree. Not all question-begging is propaganda, nor is all propaganda question-begging. In fact, in this case it's not question begging at all. Question begging refers to the act of assuming the conclusion of what you're trying to prove, which is not the case here. The author is not trying to prove that "incarceration in the US has class and race implications"; this is a given, a premise of his argument. He is instead trying to say something about Prison Architect and how it depicts prison. It's also written as an opinion piece, not a peer-reviewed publication, and as such doesn't source many of its assertions. I've no problem with that, because I don't read this article seeking proof of anything.
By the way, I do believe incarceration has big race and class implications in almost the whole world, not just the US, so I have no problems with that part of the article.