{"id":7625,"date":"2024-11-04T09:16:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T15:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.zoha-islands.com\/?p=7625"},"modified":"2024-11-04T09:16:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T15:16:56","slug":"avatars-for-kamala-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/avatars-for-kamala-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"Avatars for Kamala Harris?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why US Players of Fortnite, Second Life, VRChat & Other Metaverse Platforms Should Vote for Harris\/Walz<\/h3>\n
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SL image by Alsatian Kidd, who also has thoughts on the election<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

When I briefly noted<\/a> that Philip Rosedale had endorsed Harris\/Walz during a recent YouTube live-stream (watch below), some reader comments were somewhat surprising:<\/p>\n

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Like Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner with family, politics really should not be discussed, and it really has no place in SL<\/p>\n

Rule #1 about all video games. Keep. Politics. Out. Of. Games.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But Second Life is not even a traditional game: It\u2019s a metaverse platform, which by definition<\/a>, is integrated with the real world economy — and is therefore subject to government regulations formulated by elected politicians. Second Life content creators regularly receive bills from the IRS<\/a>, which even has a written policy about taxing Linden Dollars<\/a>; SL content must adhere to US laws banning online gambling<\/a>, and so on.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n