Gods above I hate liberals.
Yes, the story about a union strike over worker ownership of their company against their cutthroat corporate owners isnt communist.
The story about the corporation that hired a group of psychopathic, genocidal, fascist, ex-military mercenaries to break said strike by any means necessary is definitely not communist.
The story literally set in a post-revolutionary failed state that has been ripped apart by imperialism and neoliberal austerity imposed by a coalition of constitutional monarchies and liberal democracies deadset on keeping their monetary system's inflation rate low at any cost, leaving in their wake a people broken and lost, with nothing to live for except the next bottle or hit? No thats not communist at all.
The story which puts you in the place of a beat cop, a member of the citizens militia left to pick up the pieces after the coalition leaves Revachol a dried up husk. The story of a man whose life is left so in tatters by his society and inability to cope with the pain and isolation he feels, he drinks himself into oblivion, forgets everything and fractures his psyche into 24 pieces? The story where nothing he does can undo his past actions and no matter how well you play, he still must contend with his own material existence as an imperfect human? Or that no matter what personal ideological stance you give him, he still does his job for the RCM and "solves" the case? Nope, absolutely no communist themes here.
"No! Communism is most certainly not a central theme to Disco Elysium! Is a story about individual identity! And community! No communism here, so stop looking for it!!!" :biden-point:
:lenin-rage: AHHHHHHHHH
E: I forgor to link the post lol
https://twitter.com/leighalexander/status/1576499871946665984?s=20&t=mFH0i_oPP2w7_nh0MfyP9w
the lead writer had a bust of lenin on his desk because it was a quirky way to express their identity as an artist
When the devs thanked Marx for teaching them political theory when they won the game awards? That was just a funny bit!
If you read the title, its a game about disco. Please do NOT look into the backstory of the disco era thanks
Disco Elysium doesnt even have a story! Its just a rhythm game set to classic 70s hits.
Because social media is an insidious tool of the bourgeoisie which serves to create a feedback loop which confirms its users perceived intellectual and moral superiority?
post-revolutionary failed state that has been ripped apart by imperialism
part of the problem is people have been taught that did not happen, that the destruction had already existed as a result of communism, so they cannot draw the same comparisons that make this commentary obvious
This takes me back to college, in a bad way.
The most vapid neoliberals around me, almost every time, would say "it's about identity" as an answer to each and every question that came up in their humanities electives, especially (but not exclusively) literature. :agony-acid:
Please post a link, this person needs to be bullied hard.
Comments are locked lmao but ok
https://twitter.com/leighalexander/status/1576499871946665984?s=20&t=mFH0i_oPP2w7_nh0MfyP9w
The jokes about firing squads really convinced people that communism is just another political ideology target within the game, enough to miss literally everything to do with it that isnt surface level union stuff and Harry saying dumb shit.
The communist vision quest should have been mandatory, the final conversation in that really feels like a central thesis statement about the game and the worldview of the developers, and a message to the player themselves. I literally could not imagine experiencing the game without that moment.
i like leigh alexander as a critic but this is a dummy take
Liberals have everything they could dream of, and it still isn't enough, because they will always have that tiny, nagging thought in the back of their head that says 'what if'.
'What if' things could be better?
'What if' liberalism cannot get us there?
'What if' liberalism and 'market oriented philosophy' aren't the best way forward?
But rather than using that as motivation for some evaluation of the philosophy and introspection, many of them just want every opposing viewpoint eradicated
Part of me wants to believe this post is meant in jest because it sure reads like it.
Im fairly sure its sincere though id be happy to be wrong. The locked replies makes it seem a lot less like a joke imo
https://twitter.com/leighalexander/status/1576499871946665984?s=20&t=mFH0i_oPP2w7_nh0MfyP9w
She used to be the editor in chief for boingboing, that's right, Xeni "gangsta checkin" Jardin's boingboing. I don't know why her work experience is absent from her twitter bio, it is very mysterious.
RLM 4 Life! When u die and go to heaven the first thing you hear is the opening choir note from The Simpsons Theme mixed into Rich Evans’ laugh.
ZA/UM’s corpse isn’t even cold
wait wait wait back the fuck up….what? ZA/UM’s corpse? THEY SHUT DOWN? WHAT THE FUCK HEY WHAT THE FUCK
They haven't shut down, but the people who were most responsible for Disco Elysium were forced out of the company while the remaining husk prepares to make the sequel
Get the season pass to unlock a unique hat for Harry, and you can unlock a random thought in the thought cabinet once per day for the low, low price of $9.99 per thought!
You know when a white woman starts a comment with y'all you're about to get a nuclear take.
Well it's definitely not about the joys of fucking neoliberalism either is it?
