Playing video games is pretty ubiquitous within first world nations (and heck is even getting more common in the global south). I think the answer is the same as the answer to the question of "why are all anime fans racist/sexist/whatever". It's nothing inherent to the media, it's more just entitled people claimed ownership to the subcultures surrounding it and bullied out everyone else. Most people are just happy to consume the shit and keep it at that, but there's a subset of nasty asshole who want some ownership over it.
Well anime does have a lot of conservative undertones. It also specifically caters to pedos. There are plenty of shows that are great, but the majority of popular shows from the biggest producers are more likely to be palatable to right wing audiences than to left wing audiences.
Similarly bideo gaymes have had a representation problem forever stemming from the marketing of it towards suburban white adolescents in the 90s. The cost of a decent rig just exacerbates this.
Playing video games is pretty ubiquitous within first world nations (and heck is even getting more common in the global south). I think the answer is the same as the answer to the question of "why are all anime fans racist/sexist/whatever". It's nothing inherent to the media, it's more just entitled people claimed ownership to the subcultures surrounding it and bullied out everyone else. Most people are just happy to consume the shit and keep it at that, but there's a subset of nasty asshole who want some ownership over it.
Well anime does have a lot of conservative undertones. It also specifically caters to pedos. There are plenty of shows that are great, but the majority of popular shows from the biggest producers are more likely to be palatable to right wing audiences than to left wing audiences.
Similarly bideo gaymes have had a representation problem forever stemming from the marketing of it towards suburban white adolescents in the 90s. The cost of a decent rig just exacerbates this.
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That’s like… all western media.