Same goes for the bizarre take that Reagan in Cold War was some witty parody and not the libertarian techbros at Activision going "Hey, cool funny wholesome Reagan".

  • OllieMendes [he/him,any]
    hexagon
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    3 years ago

    I tried to replay BlOps recently and the first scene a guy says he knows where Castro, it went over my head as a kid but he says "Castro is held up in a plantation... it used to be my plantation". Like, holy shit, CoD is being sympathetic towards a literal slave plantation owner.

    • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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      edit-2
      3 years ago

      It's supposed to go over your head. Call of Duty is effective propaganda that grooms children to be soldiers for empire.

    • blobjim [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Technically slavery was abolished in 1886 but the work conditions were obviously still bad and probably had similar relations to slavery.