On updating a classic (Off-Topic)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Thursday, April 18, 2019, 14:51 (1834 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY

That is profoundly ignorant thinking. Halo is not a “simulation of war”.

That's… literally what it is dude. You are a guy who shoots other guys who are at war with you.

It features dramatized combat, but only a very naive person would play Halo and think “yes, this is what war is like”.

It's not a simulation of actual wars dude, but it's still a simulation.

It’s about facing existential destruction courageously and honourably, which is what human beings have strived to do for as long as we’ve been on this planet. The natural world was constantly trying to kill us (and for many people in less developed parts of the world, it still is).

Solved by controlling the environment and industrialization.

Predators, natural disasters, drought and famine are ever-present threats.

Solved with Urban planning and agriculture.

And of course, humanity can be its own worst enemy. People can become corrupt, or destructive, or worse.

Solved with philosophy, a sense of morality, and secular humanism.

And to think that humans can easily enlighten themselves beyond these flaws... well that’s exactly the train of thought that has lead to the worst totalitarian regimes in history. “If people would just live the way I tell them to, then everything would be perfect!”. Doesn’t work that way :)

There does exist a culture and belief system that is the most moral, yes.