A nice video that touched on the boot camp from the beginning.
I'm not much of a gamer, but when my son was a teen he got me to play World of Warcraft with him. It had its moments, but I grew to exploiting the auction houses by creating shortages and jacking prices up for items necessary to make spells and weaponry and such. It helped me years later understand even better the manipulations that run rampant in crypto markets.
One thing that surprised me was people that were willing to pay me real currency in exchange for my game currency when I decided to leave the game.
I used to play chess a lot as a kid and young adult but slowly lost my zest for it. I'd say about 20 years ago I had been given a game called Go, but i never found anyone to play with so sold it. I really don't have any interest in games anymore.
Not to mention the forex and bond and futures and gold and stock markets.
Yes, pretty much most markets. I even reported on it in the hotel industry I've been working in very briefly. Depending on the person seeking a room it can vary how much the person will be paying. I even see it at play with gas stations, where the price is dependent often of locality. In certain areas where it is easier to fleece customers the price is often higher.
This made me laugh. The few partners I've had in my adult life have all commented many times that they believe I'm cynical. I would always reply with not cynical, just a realist.
Most "profitable" disciplines raise artificial barriers to entry.
The part I wanted to focus on with that video is the brainwashing, specifically in boot camp.
But it's interesting to me how much brainwashing is also involved in gaming.
And even in labor.
The gaming companies can pit wannabe coders against each other in order to drive down their labor costs.
It's amazing that they can take large groups of young men, and in such a short time of constant friction to them convince them they may need to go murder folks who've done them no harm, who are minding their own business just trying to live in far off places.
They're the exact same techniques used by terrorists and other "cults".
Yes, the structure is the same.