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@PalmerLuckey @jamesjansson @AOC Valve and HTC are the only reason you had anything to sell to begin with. Easy to get rich when you have no problem selling other people's work as your own.

I started Oculus while I was living in a trailer working a minimum wage job. I spent years developing the technology and sold it less than 18 months after hiring my first employees. Most of the $2.3B purchase went to them on account of our shared ownership structure. Wish all you want, but you just aren't correct on this. Individual people create billions of dollars in value all the time.

The single largest form of theft in America is wage theft. $50 billion a year are stolen from American workers. If a billionaire amasses their wealth by underpaying their full-time workers so severely that they must rely on food assistance and government programs to survive, then no, that wealth was not earned by one individual - it was a wealth transfer subsidized by underpaid American workers and the public who get stuck with the bill for large corporations free-riding off our systems. The point is less about individual morality. It’s more about how our current economic reality of shattering inequality rewards screwing over workers and exploiting essential systems at scale. We’re talking monopoly power. Rent-seeking. Wage theft. Profiteering. Stock buybacks. Destabilizing housing markets. Companies using SNAP/EBT to underwrite their wages. Massive government subsidies or contracts to corporations following lobbying and dark money in politics with little to no oversight or accountability. Some people get enraged that I draw attention to this. That’s on them. Let them call me shrill, dumb, inexperienced, girly, uneducated - these folks will say anything to distract from or undercut the truth that working people are getting screwed, and giving people a fair shake means we must have a grown conversation about reigning in abuse of power.

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@DuvalMagic Borderlands 4 is the best in the series, focus on the win. There is no reasoning with people who are obviously unhinged trying to get 4k 60fps on 5 year old hardware on a brand new game.

Every PC gamer must accept the reality of the relationship between their hardware and what the software they are running is doing.

@DuvalMagic Hey Randy, Borderlands 4 looks fantastic! Are there any additional monetization plans beyond the initial entry fee for the game and DLC?

Me and a fan at the Borderlands 4 Fan Fest:

@Ccrypto5 Visual pollution needs to go up.

I’m really happy with what we’ve seen of Borderlands 4 so far That said The visual pollution absolutely needs to be toned down because this was one of the biggest issues with the third game. I don’t understand how blinding the player is a good idea

@thespearing Failing to understand how the food production systems in the US have been poisoned is a major failing of your highly esteemed individual responsibility.

@DuvalMagic Congratulations on the great announcement! Looking forward to experiencing the seamless world. I'm hoping there are some new and unusual manufacturers.

Gratz Geoff! Borderlands 4 is the #1 most watched video game trailer from the awards for a previously announced game!

@Diogenes_Torch @StarvelingBard You clearly know nothing about Diogenes when you post stupid shit like this.

@StarvelingBard Stop wasting your life on video games.

Thank you Mr. President for pricing minorities out of gaming. Very important in the era of cross-platform play, truly a man who understands the issues facing modern America.

@jasonschreier Writing hysterically about how bad Trump is does nothing but pander to people who already think like you. Nobody changes their mind.

D4 is the worst designed ARPG I have ever played and there isn't even a close 2nd.

@DuvalMagic Ava doesn't belong in the Borderlands series. Simultaneously bland and incredibly annoying. Serves no meaningful role other than the one that was hamfisted into the story.

Borderlands 3 players: Thoughts on Ava?

@jasonschreier Not surprised at all. Games industry gets nothing but the absolute dregs of the managerial class.

@DuvalMagic Randy, I know you're working on BL4. Bring back Eridian weapons please. Thank you!

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@DuvalMagic I can easily stomach the EGS if offline play is supported. Is BL3 going to be the first in the series to be always online?

@DCDeacon Thanks for answering! Hope the launch goes smoothly for you guys.

@DCDeacon Is the game included in the PBE different in any way from a regular digital copy? I might buy both because I am that impatient.

@LoLDyrus What playlist did you use tonight?