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Re:Billionaires See VR as a Way to Avoid Radical Social Change by qndreoi on Monday February 15, 2021 @08:31PM (#26149931)
AS Mencken said: "Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy."

Too many people would be upset if we had a fantasy land where people they don't approve of could be happy.

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Re:Billionaires See VR as a Way to Avoid Radical Social Change by anigbrowl on Monday February 15, 2021 @08:41PM (#26149980)
Not sure if this is a misunderstanding or conscious misrepresentation of the article, but either way it misses the mark.
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Re:Billionaires See VR as a Way to Avoid Radical Social Change by qndreoi on Monday February 15, 2021 @08:50PM (#26150030)
1) Billionaires would love if the poors were distracted. 2) Religious bigots would be upset if Gays or Muslims or atheists were ever happy. Thus fact two will prevent the first group from getting their way.
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