WOTC Sics Pinktertons On Youtuber!?

enApril 28, 2023

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About this Episode

[#107] In this special episode, Jason, Josey, and Jim discuss the deeply disturbing implications of D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast hiring the Pinkerton Agency, notorious extra-judicial corporate mercenaries, to enforce street dates for Magic cards.

This Gizmodo article should fill you in on the basics of the original story.
âThe Pinkertonsâ started as private bounty hunters on behalf of banks and railroads. They werenât very good at it.
They soon graduated from killing the family members of outlaws to killing the family members of Union organizers.
That includes women and children.
They are credibly believed to have destroyed evidence when ordered to testify before Congress.
Nerds may know who they are because they sued Rockstar Games.
Theyâre still actively engaged in Union-busting at the behest of companies like Amazon and Starbucks.
As a 19th-century newspaper columnist put it so eloquently: âNo man of refined sensibilities would enter the ranks as a hired Hessian of plutocracy, expecting to shoot down his brothers at the command of capital.â

Everything we love can be found at curmudgeonsanddragons.com

Hosted by Jason Portizo, Josey Diaz, Jim Crocker (from a suggestion by Greg Genovas)Produced and Edited by Jason Portizo

Curmudgeons and Dragons is a JTP Audio production.

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This Gizmodo article should fill you in on the basics of the original story.
âThe Pinkertonsâ started as private bounty hunters on behalf of banks and railroads. They werenât very good at it.
They soon graduated from killing the family members of outlaws to killing the family members of Union organizers.
That includes women and children.
They are credibly believed to have destroyed evidence when ordered to testify before Congress.
Nerds may know who they are because they sued Rockstar Games.
Theyâre still actively engaged in Union-busting at the behest of companies like Amazon and Starbucks.
As a 19th-century newspaper columnist put it so eloquently: âNo man of refined sensibilities would enter the ranks as a hired Hessian of plutocracy, expecting to shoot down his brothers at the command of capital.â

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Produced and Edited by Jason Portizo.

Curmudgeons and Dragons is a JTP Audio production.

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