Venezuelan cartel (which may not exist) now tops US terror list The US are turning their ever-hungry eye for oil onto Venezuela through a sham 'narcoterrorism' war - but their excuses are falling flat

The cartel does not exist in Venezuela.
The fentanyl does not exist in Venezuela.

OIL DOES EXIST IN VENEZUELA.

You mean like complicity in record breaking funding in ICE and genocide?

People keep saying one single issue for one group of people when there were clearly multiple reasonings for my decision and I've explained them through this thread and idk how to explain to people that not giving AF about Gaza DOES effect the whole world

Hardware is initially what drove these distinctions (Genesis limited color palette, SNES audio samples, CD FMVs and audio on PS1, blurry N64 textures and cartridges) and it naturally transformed into people associating brand names with a type of experience

even third parties realized this. There was a bad stigma associated with being a Nintendo kid and I missed out on a lot of cool stuff because third parties tried to fit into those molds too. But for the most part everything's on everything now unless you're really big into Nintendo exclusives

Definitely, I think it was a little more organic at first (maybe not Nintendo vs SEGA) and by 6th gen you really see brand loyalty rise until it hit its peak in 7th gen. Nintendo realized this and went all in. You could tell a lot about gaming habits based on someone's primary console for a while

I know this is a discussion about libraries in general but I've been sitting on this thought for a while lol

Around PS2 they still had a spread but they took a more "mature" path and carved a more... idk if mainstream is the word, but a gritty aesthetic that matches their wider audience. Microsoft tried a mix of both and then realized dudebro was the move. SEGA was always the most underground/punk

You nailed it. I think a big part of Nintendo's appeal is that the brand has an aesthetic cohesion much like Disney characters where they can coexist in things like SSB. Whereas Sony was trying all kinds of things in the PS1 era and I will always consider those IPs strictly PS1 mascots in a way.

Playing Banjo-Kazooie was the first time I'd ever been immersed in a 3D world to that degree despite some gameplay flaws. I don't think I had another experience where discovery was as novel and exciting until I played Dark Souls

DK64 and a lot of B-T were the only ones that are so incredibly overindulgent that I have no desire to play them again. JFG and Blast Corps are pretty memorable and outside of the norm though. None of them are terrible and they were prolific as Nintendo. First party & RARE make up most good N64 🎮s

I don't think RARE could do wrong back then. Their catalog was as good and memorable as the other first party stuff.

I think CRTs are retro chic and hipsterized in a way they weren't, say, 10 years ago. I think it's a social media effect where this stuff gets commoditized and it spawns some superficial fans.

Personally I don't know much about the donors, I will look into them. At first glance I don't have a problem with a billionaire heir putting their money towards a true progressive someone like Mamdani and a foundation that's given over $1bil to activist groups.

Is it really that hard to get someone to battle Trump with an ounce of personality and a spine?

Not my point. Who was the last Zohran and at the scale of NYC without major corporate donors?

People should look at Zohran's success as an example of a politician that is both charismatic and true to his character, and it CAN work, if people really get behind them.

I that we should advocate and not have this defeatist attitude that it's impossible for a third party to ever be viable. But it is difficult and more difficult all the time. There are certainly Dems that I respect but it sure wasn't Harris & Biden or any of the Presidents since at least before Reagn

And why didn't they? I understand it's because they were Republican. Who put them there? Because it sure as fuck wasn't me and I've been told my how life that if I vote Dems instead of recognizing the grift and advocating for a third party, we do this Red vs. Blue shit that divides Leftists like so

Total cowardice. Flap those gums buddy. We lived just fine before the boats of imperialism cruised into this godforsaken country. Go fuck yourself. Evil is evil. You're digging your own grave in the name of comfort and conformity. You will receive no further responses.

Actually it was Stein. Sorry to break it to you. The propaganda did numbers on you.

We should DEMAND better than the lesser of two evils. I'm for revolution. The status quo brought us to this point.

Disgusting. It's not a "genocide" it's a genocide. Gaza has been wiped off the map. Begone with you.

Of course they were? Why does that mean I should believe Harris, a cop that was complicit in record funding for ICE, and was complicit in genocide?

YouTube video by ANC 24/7 Harris vows 'unwavering commitment' to existence, security of Israel | ANC

What does "unwavering commitment" mean to you?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iigx...

I don't find allyship or believe in genocidaires. That's where we differ.

The world is bigger than Americans and their foreign interests. They all are complicit in war crimes. There is no evidence to support the claim that she would have been any better for Palestine, that's totally incongruent with her actions. I don't want any innocents to die. Done trying to convince.

On election day did you vote for someone that promised unwavering support for Israel, or not?

Projection. I didn't vote for genocide.

Again, explain your position. Because all I saw was Biden's unconditional support for Israel and Kamala promising the same thing. No one made them say that.