Yes. The character who says this line is deeply mentally ill, has been homeless for 4 decades, his mind has been rotted away by overexposure to the chemical secretions of a nearby cryptid living in the reeds, and he has issues with misanthropy in general and misogyny specifically. He also feels deeply guilty for abandoning his post in the middle of combat and feels the need to make up for it by doing random acts of terrorist adventurism from his sniper's nest. He is a victim of capitalism, but he's also kind of a shitty person on his own too. That's what makes him interesting imo. And his misanthropic rhetoric is problematic and reactionary as you point out, but it makes an impact on you when you hear him say it, because it's exactly the kind of thing a person says when they've had their own humanity stripped from them.
DE spoilers and discussion of mental illness
Yes. The character who says this line is deeply mentally ill, has been homeless for 4 decades, his mind has been rotted away by overexposure to the chemical secretions of a nearby cryptid living in the reeds, and he has issues with misanthropy in general and misogyny specifically. He also feels deeply guilty for abandoning his post in the middle of combat and feels the need to make up for it by doing random acts of terrorist adventurism from his sniper's nest. He is a victim of capitalism, but he's also kind of a shitty person on his own too. That's what makes him interesting imo. And his misanthropic rhetoric is problematic and reactionary as you point out, but it makes an impact on you when you hear him say it, because it's exactly the kind of thing a person says when they've had their own humanity stripped from them.