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GameStop announces plans to sell off French and Canadian outlets, while its CEO yells about 'Wokeness and DEI' in bizarre, self-defeating promotion (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

DEI is some zealous American Puritanism which has no relevance in France, so I’m confused how he made the connection?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

I doubt it's related:

The reality is that the physical side of GameStop's business has been in steady decline for a while. In 2019, GameStop closed around 200 stores in an attempt to "reboot" the company. GameStop's fortunes briefly rose due to its 2021 stock surge, but shares quickly plummeted following that initial spike.

They're probably just not making a profit anymore in those regions, so they're closing up shop, and the CEO took the opportunity to go on a largely unrelated rant.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

I don't really know much about French politics, but surely there is something similar that right wing reactionaries can get upset about there.

For example a Dutch friend of mine who has been radicalized by Joe Rogan, Twitter, and Facebook tells me that you can't say anything bad about Islam in Holland, as he sends me link after link with fascist anti-Muslim propaganda. (Like... you can't say things that the "news" that you just sent me is literally saying?)