Entertainment has no effect on entertainment consumers, unlike advertising which is totally different somehow. 4chan has numerous boards and many of them are only partially infested with fascists. Everything 4chan does is for irony purposes and you fell for the joke by being triggered by ironic fascism. Politics always flows downstream to culture, no exceptions. Never criticize the treats. :galaxy-brain:
I used to be 100% on the “video games don’t cause violence” train, and I still mostly am. But now my opinions are more nuanced. They definitely influence their consumers. Maybe not to kill, but to think in certain ways that perhaps make them apathetic to certain issues.
Entertainment has no effect on entertainment consumers, unlike advertising which is totally different somehow. 4chan has numerous boards and many of them are only partially infested with fascists. Everything 4chan does is for irony purposes and you fell for the joke by being triggered by ironic fascism. Politics always flows downstream to culture, no exceptions. Never criticize the treats. :galaxy-brain:
I used to be 100% on the “video games don’t cause violence” train, and I still mostly am. But now my opinions are more nuanced. They definitely influence their consumers. Maybe not to kill, but to think in certain ways that perhaps make them apathetic to certain issues.
For example the Call of Duty series is blatant propaganda