I got nothing for this one except loud internal screaming. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
    hexagon
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    3 days ago

    I mean, Disco Elysium, a game that does not hide its left wing sensibilities at all

    A lot of really fucking ignorant treat hogs have already claimed that leftists are stupid for seeing leftism in the subtext because the game doesn't parade communism around as an all-powerful and triumphant ideology. smuglord

    • a_little_red_rat [he/him, comrade/them]
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      3 days ago

      one of my childhood friends who is super reactionary didn't pick up on the leftist themes at all, and was absolutely shocked when I explained it to him over a beer

      idk, I would not be surprised if he had played the fascist route and nothing else in the game

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
        hexagon
        ·
        3 days ago

        The fascist route goes a lot harder than the communist route; the latter says "you're not going to see communism built (again) in your lifetime and you're a fucking cop but shine on you human disaster diamond" while the former is "this entire ideology is so contradictory and self-destructive that there's no room for anyone to stand in it for long until they're devoured by it."