Exactly. And "anarchist" fits well into the current propaganda needs of the neoliberal world order. Like, "all this... this is all great! We live in the greatest time ever in the greatest country ever! End of history! But those angry anarchist just want to destroy everything we have!"
(They always slander anarchism with the "tearing stuff down" but never discuss the second half of it, actually building something BETTER)
I think it's mainly that anarchism isn't associated with much except smashing shit in most Americans' minds, making it a safe "apolitical"-ish target for this kind of "plot".
White christian extremist in Montana who see's the rapture coming and wants to save his children didn't give you any white supremacist vibes?
I mean I know Ubisoft went through the whole shebang to make that entire story say nothing of any coherence and included a diverse cast of brainwashed-by-fart-gas-not-christian-extremists but it's like really out there
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Exactly. And "anarchist" fits well into the current propaganda needs of the neoliberal world order. Like, "all this... this is all great! We live in the greatest time ever in the greatest country ever! End of history! But those angry anarchist just want to destroy everything we have!"
(They always slander anarchism with the "tearing stuff down" but never discuss the second half of it, actually building something BETTER)
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I think it's mainly that anarchism isn't associated with much except smashing shit in most Americans' minds, making it a safe "apolitical"-ish target for this kind of "plot".
I haven't seen this in any games, any examples?
Far Cry 5 before the chickened out with the brain washing fart gas.
He was just like a cult leader, I didn't pick up anything white supremacist from him?
White christian extremist in Montana who see's the rapture coming and wants to save his children didn't give you any white supremacist vibes?
I mean I know Ubisoft went through the whole shebang to make that entire story say nothing of any coherence and included a diverse cast of brainwashed-by-fart-gas-not-christian-extremists but it's like really out there
And it ends with "he was right the whole time!!!!!!!11!!!"
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