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When people say the phrase "Don't hate the player, hate the game", it removes responsibility from the player (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by ViscloReader@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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I'm talking in the context of the "capitalist rules". If you say the aforementioned sentence, you remove the responsibility of the player by dismissing the fact that the winner makes the rules.

PS: Doesn't work for every context: if the player aims to change the rules because he doesn't like them, he might see winning as a way to change them. "You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain" I guess...

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[–] Iapar@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I always reply that I hate both.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So you disagree with the saying? Why?

[–] Iapar@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Because it implies that there are just two options while I think there is a third.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don’t think it implies that. It just says “this is a better option than that”

[–] Iapar@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago

Exactly. This or that. Two options.

[–] IuseArchbtw@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago

Yes, but the game is the problem. That's why the ecological footprint is problematic, it pushes the responsibility towards individuals rather than changing laws.