Or maybe it will just make people realize the value of fake life experiences and human relationships.

The American public is no different than an American corporation; trying to extract as much allegiance and loyalty as possible for as little compensation as possible.

Your neighbors in the street protesting for comprehensive single payer healthcare? Yeah they're perfectly fine leaving your existence up to "market forces".

Copy-paste office workers everywhere reciting memorized platitudes and compliance demands.

You're telling me I could interact even less with such selfish (and often useless given their limited real skillset) people? Deal.

America needs to rethink the compensation package if it wants to survive as a socio-political meme. Happy to call myself Canadian or Chinese if their offer is better. No bullets needed.

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jplusequalt 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

>I think we'll eventually get to the point where these are real time and have consistent representations

You have a dangerously low opinion of your fellow man, and while I sympathize with your frustration, I would humbly suggest you direct that anger at owners of companies/politicians, rather than aim it at your everyday citizen.

	▲	boogrpants 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Your suggestion is meaningless semantic differentiation. Those owners and politicians are the result of exposure to American communities, schools, other institutions; they do not spontaneously exist. Americans prop up the system as such Americans will defer or their faith was misplaced to begin with. And that ain't right; they're America! So the awfulness will continue until moral improves! Atheist semantics while living theist like devotion to civil religion memes.

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switchbak 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe some folks (ahem) disappearing into virtual worlds is a good thing for those left behind.