For instance, the Civ games are basically Whig History: The Game, presenting liberal capitalism as the ideal end point for all societies. It even includes uncivilized "barbarian tribes" whose sole purpose is to be exterminated so you can take their land for the glory of capitalism.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Oh it's even better than that. In the book the Israelis are the only nation that takes the emerging zombie threat seriously and they immediately build a huge, heavily defended border wall around Israel while the rest of the world laughs at them. But get this; They Let the Palestinians in. And then fight a civil war with the ultra-right wing Hasidic factions!

      That book has so many liberal brainworms. The virus starts in China when someone gets bit. The Chinese government, of course, covers it up. Then it spread to the rest of the world through illegally harvested Chinese organs and Chinese migrants. Because we know that in the threat of a massive, incredibly dangerous disaster China would of course totally fail to control the spread and then cover it up so no one knows.

    • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah, also the book has a chapter where a Palestinian boy is yelled at by his father for trying to violently resist the occupation

      Also the outbreak is all Chinas fault and it spreads worldwide through the massive yet never detected Chinese organ trade black market.