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Re:Do games like Factorio or Eve Online sap the intellectual... by sneak on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @12:31PM (#26713922)
It could be a huge problem and the correct response is still and always an immediate "let people do what they want".

If you want to educate people on alternatives, or offer treatment systems, or whatever, that's fine. But ultimately and finally you need to let people do what they want. Anything else is a consent violation.

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Re:Do games like Factorio or Eve Online sap the intellectual... by jrm4 on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @01:02PM (#26714398)
A technically correct one, but perhaps not a useful one.

There is no inherent incompatibility between "very strongly challenging peoples' ideas and practices" and "violating consent."

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