Video Games Are Now the Most Potent of Political Weapons

Video Games Are Now the Most Potent of Political Weapons
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John Mac Ghlionn
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Ray Bradbury, one of America’s finest writers of the 20th century, once described video games as “a waste of time for men with nothing else to do.” Humans with “real brains,” he asserted, don’t waste their time on such trivial activities. Tens of millions of Americans would probably beg to differ. Today, rather incredibly, 214 million Americans are active gamers.
John Mac Ghlionn
John Mac Ghlionn
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John Mac Ghlionn is a researcher and essayist. He covers psychology and social relations, and has a keen interest in social dysfunction and media manipulation. His work has been published by the New York Post, The Sydney Morning Herald, Newsweek, National Review, and The Spectator US, among others.
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