Sir Kill Alot wrote in Socialists take on Jon Peterson’s book:My take on it is without capitalism the TTRPG industry as a whole doesn't get off the ground and it would have died a lonely death at 330 Center Street.

That's because you haven't yet had a chance to experience TTRPG re-education camps firsthand. There you will learn vocational skills to increase job opportunities, combat terrorism, & reduce poverty. You will also learn that the Dungeon Master controls the means of production within the game world, all with the assistance of NPCs, rich peasants, merchants who charge more than the prices listed in the Players Handbook, & various other parasites. A TTRPG should be a party, & so the interests of the party are the interests of us all. Otherwise it's just a TT&ARPG, which is adults only.

By its very nature RPGs run contrary to socialism.
They are games that encourage sharing and enjoyment, discussion and the resolution of conflicts.
Whereas socialism is about control, domination, and the extinction of all thought and feeling - A reduction to the lowest common level of misery and depravation. Everyone is a winner - Just look at all the healthy happy people in any socialist city.

It is probably true that without free will, and the ability to choose what one does with the fruits of ones own labour, and in ones own free time, TTRPGs would not exist.

In any system where people are allowed to think without fear, you will always end up with people with imaginations.
Unfortunately, you will always end up those who hate people who can imagine and are willing to think for themselves, too. So you have to put up with them.

increment wrote in Socialists take on Jon Peterson’s book:You put these things out in the world, and you can never guess what people will make of them...

Why, I can make a hat or a brooch or a pterodactyl - !Airplane 1980  

It's a well-written opinion/slant.  I agree that the article makes some good points, and the author is complimentary of Jon's book.  I wonder how the author prefers his socialism as there are very successful countries with socialism and very unsuccessful countries with socialism (don't answer this question, it's rhetorical).  

Besides any comment on the article here: if i understood correclty, this book covers the history from the  creation of the game up to the "destruction" of TSR whereas the Playing at the world is the story of the early days, from the wargames era up to the creation of the game... Therefore this should be considered the sequel of the first one with a common part which is the early days of TSR... Is it correct?
Now, the second question: what is the exact content of The elusive shift instead?
Thanks and ciaooo

The whole analogy seems a little one-dimensional. Wouldn't this question be better addressed with the wisdom of Gygax's alignment grid?

" Scary stuff if Google is trying to 'steer' people's reading habits."

Of course they are.  Every minute of every day.  Big Tech is strongly allied with, shall we say, a certain political viewpoint and they are heavily invested in promoting that ideology non stop....and also shadow banning, blocking or outright censoring any others.  Especially any that directly disagree with it.

Social engineering is the air they breathe every second.  

I thought this was a pretty well known fact by now.

Sir Kill Alot wrote in Socialists take on Jon Peterson’s book:Hoping it doesn't lead to civil war.

If it does, we will be the best equipped to deal with it, since we have the skills to figure out what will happen with miniatures, graph paper, & dice.

mbassoc2003 wrote in Socialists take on Jon Peterson’s book:The funny thing is this is all predictable and no-one gives a F.
We get the leaders and the future we deserve.

I used to believe that.  Bread lines are going to suck.