A Marxist critique of MMOs??

How on earth can I have missed this? I guess I tend to click through to the forums and not stop at the front page.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with the idea of state-owned property in a classless, representative democracy with a magnanimous government providing for all the basic needs of its populace. That is a noble goal for government. But when mixed with the conflicting desires of a power-hungry man with influence like Joseph Stalin, you end up with the creation of a manufactured class system of elites who have everything and proletariat who have nothing, including the ability to choose their own religion or way of life.

There’s some priceless stuff in the comments thread too. Keep an eye out for the diagnosis of sociopathy of every online character in an MMO.