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On Videogames And Inherent Political Bias
An anonymous reader writes "An article for Reason Magazine, recently posted to their site, argues that games, unlike traditional media, are inherently biased - in favor of individual freedom - and that games might influence real-world political preferences." The author starts by arguing: "Video games are evolving into a grand anti-authoritarian laboratory", and concludes: "Computer games, as a class, do appear to favor civil and economic liberty... because of the same human tendencies that free players from domineering storylines and inflexible rules. Games naturally turn players against contrived limits and inconsistencies."
No it is not clear. If anything /.ers are libertarians where something they enjoy is being infringed on, while very for regulations that affect others. Throw in a large amount of "Give everyone welfare, but don't make me pay for it." In other words just like everyone else in the world. Individuals of course run the whole spectrum of political opinion, and a few are even able to recognize the inconsistencies of their views.
Last presidential election the Nadir supports got a lot of voice, then Gore people. There was a small minority of people talking about Browne (? wasn't he the libertarian candidate?) and seemingly less Bush fans. Nadir and Gore are not compatable with a libertarian viewpoint, (though some fans re unable to recognize this because they have a few libertarian tendencies that were masked. Bush pretended to represent a closer view, but I don't think anyone really believed it, he hasn't lived up to it.