Corporate Feudalism?

Perhaps a business corporation is formed when one powerful human wants to avoid being targeted, in case he's abused his power. Maybe "Incorporated" actually means an excuse for many to pass the buck, and escape guilt from whatever despicable deeds they collectively created. It's difficult to prosecute someone who claims to be just following orders. You can't blame a corporation for immoral behavior or for lacking humanity, it's not really a human being. Yet some corporations believe they should possess the accord and rights of any citizen, while being permitted to deny respect for actual humans. Such places don't want anyone to 'offend' their corporation-as if it were a living person. Today it seems that "Shut Up and Salute" replaces the respect due for corporate employees trying to earn pay while bolstering company coffers. This hardly seems chivalrous of those employers, or even humane.

Dependant on what leadership the USA selects and current needs, could it be possible that this 'blameless corporation' idea becomes our latest government mentality? We could let our nation be run as a corporation- with no citizen permitted to have responsibility for changes while they serve an unprosecutable leadership. As for Americans already working in such sociopathic conditions- we'll be just as guilty as any executive for it: "All that evil needs to succeed is for those of clear conscience to do nothing against it". {Thomas Jefferson}. Policemen and law are not enough to change the indifference humans practice daily. That's up to every citizen, one at a time. But none want to admit their fault in apathy. So perhaps we accept this bad philosophy of blameless ignorance too. This could be a new mentality for America; Our belief in a right to be absolved of guilt or apathy while permitting inhumanity. Although law can provide protection and equality, or legislate greed and ignorance, it should never do both simultaneously.

Maybe our newest revolution to worry about is "Corporate Feudalism", which makes citizens into attendant serfs. We'll cry we're helpless against building corporate castles for royalty to occupy. Then, when those castles start to oppress all us poor peasants, we'll decide some despotic king is obviously to blame. But -nobody will ever find one.

So much for chivalry...

Mostly because I am an O.G. -that's "Old Guy".

You can't imagine how many generations of games,genres and systems I've experienced since the Dark Ages when computers and video games didn't even exist at all. I had tin cans to sink with rocks in a lake for amusement....(seriously!)(yeah, maybe I am THAT old, you durn whippersnapper kids!).

.. Frankly it's all become tedious and disappointing now, a keep up with Meekrowsoft race which only millionaires can play anymore. Just once it would be nice to see a technology which actually evolved the mind and spirit of mankind, rather than picking our pockets and dumbing us down. This isn't us advancing, it's us becoming co-dependant. >MEH!< Count me out!

Segway to Old-School gaming;

Because of this conspicuous technological marketing, every new game runs the risk of becoming generically sanitized; eg; "Don't make a game like that- it doesn't fit the mold to make a profit! Too risky!" Sheesh. Where is there an original and unique creation to be found in such a gaming industry? Nowhere today!-Now consider something like Donkey Kong- what 'targeted market' actually existed to buy such a thing? None of those old games had to suffer from a corporate executive idiot deciding if it would sell first. Hell, most of them were made by ancient technogeeks in a garage, out to get some beer money!! (Hey dudes-I was there, man) Yet- just how much more fun, and outright variety do you find in them? TONS. And THAT'S what it was supposed to be all about for all us First Generation Gamers (beer money was nice too). Personally this OG (Old Gamer) is very disappointed with what passes for a current game. Bring back Q-Bert and BagMan! Resurrect Castlevainia and Castle Wolfenstein! What have you done to Metroid? Oh plz give us a game Unique and New once more! ...rant rant rant...>pant<..>pant< ..oh my heart.... nap-time... brb....

But I digressed. I do notice a big surge in 'Abandonware' and Retro games today- so maybe there's something to what this OG (onerous goofball) is saying??