Electronic Arts, the video game maker, is being acquired and taken private for about $52.5 billion in what could become the largest-ever buyout funded by private-equity firms.
It’s part of the same brainworm complex that makes them think being critical of the Democrats means you must support Republicans. They literally cannot conceive of politics outside the sports team style Red vs. Blue system–if I say “boo Red!” I must also mean “yay Blue!” and vice-versa. Similarly, there’s a “good country” set and a “bad country” set. If we disagree about whether a country is good or bad, we must just be using opposite sets.
It’s part of the same brainworm complex that makes them think being critical of the Democrats means you must support Republicans. They literally cannot conceive of politics outside the sports team style Red vs. Blue system–if I say “boo Red!” I must also mean “yay Blue!” and vice-versa. Similarly, there’s a “good country” set and a “bad country” set. If we disagree about whether a country is good or bad, we must just be using opposite sets.