Lethal Company: Consumerist Capitalist Propaganda?

[SlySilentLynx]

Lethal Company, while engaging as a game, raises concerning flags through its subtle reinforcement of consumerist capitalist ideologies. It's crucial to how the game's mechanics and narrative glorify and perpetuate harmful habits that hurt our current society.

The game intentionally or not uses gameplay mechanics to entice players into a cycle of consumerism. The relentless pursuit of profit quotas at the expense of risking lives within the game parallels real-world corporate pressures. The immediate spending of meager profits on either more work place gear or trivial goods that reinforces the notion of instant gratification and encourages a continuous cycle of consumption, mirroring capitalist ideals

By gamifying the corporate environment, Lethal Company inadvertently normalizes and justifies unsafe working conditions, exploitative labor practices, and the relentless pursuit of profit above all else. This normalization could desensitize younger players specifically to the ethical implications of such behaviors, promoting a dangerous narrative that perpetuates the acceptability of sacrificing well-being for profit.

While the game may appear to mock certain aspects of consumerism and corporate life, it paradoxically reinforces these very ideals by making them integral to the gameplay. The mocking tone might not effectively deter players from engaging in these behaviors; instead, it could serve as a superficial facade that fails to critique the underlying issues.

Engaging with Lethal Company could potentially instill subconscious acceptance and normalization of harmful capitalist practices. Players, knowing or not, might internalize and replicate these behaviors, perpetuating a cycle of consumerist culture and reinforcing the societal status quo. Because of that I don't know how comfortable I am with how popular this game has become.

[SlySilentLynx]

Originally posted by Lunar Fang:

Originally posted by SlySilentLynx:

Why are you stalking me?

Did you read your own post? I think you're getting a little delusional, you might be experiencing a stroke (loss of memory) I think you should seek medical help as soon as you can.

You openly admited to checking my profile in the other comment.

[SlySilentLynx]

Originally posted by PMC Portable Merc Collector:

Originally posted by SlySilentLynx:

Debate me.

See, I would, but I don't really have an opinion on it. Like, I'm of the view every system has its pros and cons. Some may be worse than others but in the end you can never satisfy everyone no matter what system you use.

It's more of an observation rather than a statement, but across various discussions I've seen and participated in I've noticed something. People who don't like, or, hate capitalism are usually the ones who bring it up first. Sometimes it's in a joking statement, but usually it's trying to attach a problem within a certain thing to being caused by capitalism. Whereas nobody else really even brings the system up in the first place and are all more interested in discussing the topic at hand.

My original statement could've come across as hostile, and if it did I apologize for that as I'm really not trying to start anything. I've just noticed a pattern I merely find amusing, if you don't like capitalism, that's fine! If you like it, also fine, you do you, it's not my business. But I've just tended to notice the people who don't like it bring it up a lot more.

Debate. Me.

[Donkle]

I mean I read this as being an intentional satirical parody of capitalism, not an endorsement and glorification of it. The fact you get mauled by monsters on the job and jettisoned out into space for failure is pretty clear-cut parody.

As someone who's into debate lords, I think you need to take a break from debate lords.

[Donkle]

Originally posted by PMC Portable Merc Collector:

Originally posted by SlySilentLynx:

Debate me.

See, I would, but I don't really have an opinion on it. Like, I'm of the view every system has its pros and cons. Some may be worse than others but in the end you can never satisfy everyone no matter what system you use.

It's more of an observation rather than a statement, but across various discussions I've seen and participated in I've noticed something. People who don't like, or, hate capitalism are usually the ones who bring it up first. Sometimes it's in a joking statement, but usually it's trying to attach a problem within a certain thing to being caused by capitalism. Whereas nobody else really even brings the system up in the first place and are all more interested in discussing the topic at hand.

My original statement could've come across as hostile, and if it did I apologize for that as I'm really not trying to start anything. I've just noticed a pattern I merely find amusing, if you don't like capitalism, that's fine! If you like it, also fine, you do you, it's not my business. But I've just tended to notice the people who don't like it bring it up a lot more.

I guess to try and salvage some actual discussion rather than scream at you to debate someone, I would wager a guess that a lot of people who are pro capitalism often (not always, there are well learned people on the subject who are pro capitalism) are just like "capitalism yay!" and don't put a ton of thought into it.

I've been seeing a definite uptick of people who are anti-capitalism (I am one of those people, though hopefully not the kind I'm describing) who just say "capitalism boo!" and don't look into anything further than that. You would have heard me a couple years ago saying that this was a smaller number than pro-capitalist people just due to how ingrained the sentiment is in many modern 1st world nations, but it's definitely on the rise so I have trouble saying that with any confidence these days.

Considering OPs apparent lack of media literacy coupled with debate challenges, I would wager a guess they likely just listened to their favorite streamer say capitalism boo and haven't actually put any original thought into it and are just parroting what they've heard.

Don't get me wrong, I love me some debate streamers too, but let's just say I'm sad to probably share spaces with them lol
Sorry they were being kinda weird about the whole thing, there's good and bad ways to try and criticize capitalism and it feels like they just kind of went about it in one of the most terminally online ways possible.

[Naijiro]

Bro this is not your college business class, please keep the discussion post there.

[chud]

do some pushups.

[doomerinthedark]

of all people i tell to "go outside", i think you would benefit from it the most

[The Fountaineer 🖋]

Valid theme, impractical argument.

[Toastpiratewilly]

No way you're being serious with this post lol

[The 0.1% Of Germs]

Man I love beating bugs and man made horrors with shovels.

[[OTS]EchoZenLogos]

Originally posted by Joker:

chatgpt?

I find it amusing how this is used as an insult nowadays, even for troll posts like this.

It's telling that the idea people could write a handful of sentences on their own is considered so difficult and unreasonable that the more likely option in the minds of many is that a person is using a glorified chat bot to write for them instead.

Illiterate degeneracy, all around.

Edit: Obviously the original poster is either a troll, or 5% chance they're legitimately just mentally incompetent if they think that a video game like this "normalizes" the worst excesses of Capitalism. I don't think having horrible work conditions that get you killed in a game "normalizes" such things, if anything it makes it obvious this is bad. But "evil dystopian corporation bad" is such a common critique of Capitalism and the like that this isn't news, and really isn't relevant in our daily lives at all. If you want to actually debate economic systems or how our society should improve upon them, then bringing up the details of some random video game is pointless - therefore, this is a troll.

[[PMC] Portable Merc Collector]

Originally posted by kalinthezola:

I guess to try and salvage some actual discussion rather than scream at you to debate someone, I would wager a guess that a lot of people who are pro capitalism often (not always, there are well learned people on the subject who are pro capitalism) are just like "capitalism yay!" and don't put a ton of thought into it.

I've been seeing a definite uptick of people who are anti-capitalism (I am one of those people, though hopefully not the kind I'm describing) who just say "capitalism boo!" and don't look into anything further than that. You would have heard me a couple years ago saying that this was a smaller number than pro-capitalist people just due to how ingrained the sentiment is in many modern 1st world nations, but it's definitely on the rise so I have trouble saying that with any confidence these days.

Considering OPs apparent lack of media literacy coupled with debate challenges, I would wager a guess they likely just listened to their favorite streamer say capitalism boo and haven't actually put any original thought into it and are just parroting what they've heard.

Don't get me wrong, I love me some debate streamers too, but let's just say I'm sad to probably share spaces with them lol
Sorry they were being kinda weird about the whole thing, there's good and bad ways to try and criticize capitalism and it feels like they just kind of went about it in one of the most terminally online ways possible.

Yeah I can see that, honestly I'm not opposed to any views for or against capitalism as again I just don't have an opinion on it. A lot of people nowadays definitely seem to sorta "follow the herd" when it comes to opinions.

I knew after the second "debate me" that I just shoulda just left it there lmao.

[so007]

Originally posted by SlySilentLynx:

Originally posted by happygiggi:

You're thinking way too much.

Do I not have the right to? And I know I'm not the only one who has likely seen the connections in this game, am I?

you literally have 0 friends. go outside

[Joker]

Originally posted by OTSEchoZenLogos:

Originally posted by Joker:

chatgpt?

I find it amusing how this is used as an insult nowadays, even for troll posts like this.

It's telling that the idea people could write a handful of sentences on their own is considered so difficult and unreasonable that the more likely option in the minds of many is that a person is using a glorified chat bot to write for them instead.

Illiterate degeneracy, all around.

Edit: Obviously the original poster is either a troll, or 5% chance they're legitimately just mentally incompetent if they think that a video game like this "normalizes" the worst excesses of Capitalism. I don't think having horrible work conditions that get you killed in a game "normalizes" such things, if anything it makes it obvious this is bad. But "evil dystopian corporation bad" is such a common critique of Capitalism and the like that this isn't news, and really isn't relevant in our daily lives at all. If you want to actually debate economic systems or how our society should improve upon them, then bringing up the details of some random video game is pointless - therefore, this is a troll.

didnt know people were using it an insult. i thought it was always just meant as a funny comment.

but yeah OP used chatgpt to write this and is just
case in point post no. 12, 15, 49, 58, and 62

[404]

problem when a game gets popular for being fun, all the buzz killingtons shoot in to feign intellectual status.