Really interesting comment.
I spent several sad and depressing years deeply invested in an MMORPG that had its own laws, political system, etc, and what’s weird for me is that I’ve seen everything that’s currently happening in US politics play out in that game—the way everything became dominated by two factions that bitterly hated each other, how quickly truth went out the window, how eventually the whole point of playing was to damage and undermine the other side. It was long periods of seething resentment punctuated by brief moments of vengeful glee.
Ultimately I realized that the only way to win was not to play, but unfortunately it’s hard to apply that lesson to the real world.
