Video game union workers rally against $55B private acquisition of EA

Re:Video game union workers rally against $55B private acqui... by terminalshort on Thursday October 16, 2025 @03:19PM (#45609557)

They aren't necessary to live. They are necessary to live a luxurious first world lifestyle.

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Re:Video game union workers rally against $55B private acqui... by lovich on Thursday October 16, 2025 @04:15PM (#45610142)

Ah yes, I forgot that surviving treatable diseases is a luxurious first world lifestyle.

If you don’t believe that US regulations and law are set up in a way that pressures people to maintain employment at a company, then you have your head in the sand

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Re:Video game union workers rally against $55B private acqui... by terminalshort on Thursday October 16, 2025 @06:04PM (#45611242)

> surviving treatable diseases is a luxurious first world lifestyle

Unironically correct

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Re:Video game union workers rally against $55B private acqui... by lovich on Friday October 17, 2025 @04:59AM (#45614615)

We are never seeing eye to eye on this if you think that way

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Re:Video game union workers rally against $55B private acqui... by Arainach on Thursday October 16, 2025 @03:42PM (#45609825)

Healthcare is necessary to live. Rent is necessary to live.

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Re:Video game union workers rally against $55B private acqui... by array_key_first on Friday October 17, 2025 @08:58AM (#45616243)

This is just wrong. Employment is necessary to live in countries with poor social services, like the US.

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