“I hate when people force politics into stories and media. I wish they’d do more stuff like [insert IP with well-known and/or obvious political themes and references].”
The Fallout series in a nutshell. There are a terrifying number of Libertarians and fascists that love the series, despite its overt anticapitalist themes and messages.
Warhammer too. I don’t have any proof, but my subjective experience leads me to believe that the vast majority of players/enjoyers of the franchise are right wingers, which is funny considering that a good amount of lore exists exclusively to make fun of them.
The same people who enjoyed Metal Gear Solid because it’s a cool game about shooting the bad guys, I guess.
Heck, I once watched Starship Troopers with a friend, only to spend the following five hours arguing, because he insisted that the film (which is a very on-the-nose parody of fascism and militarism) actually makes fun of anti-fascists. I don’t know how you can misunderstand something so badly.
As adults, probably. As kids they likely just saw cool heroes saving the day but didn’t know enough of the world they live in to apply that to it. Some might even have agreed with those heroes until they were taught they were not supposed to.
“I hate when people force politics into stories and media. I wish they’d do more stuff like [insert IP with well-known and/or obvious political themes and references].”
The Fallout series in a nutshell. There are a terrifying number of Libertarians and fascists that love the series, despite its overt anticapitalist themes and messages.
Warhammer too. I don’t have any proof, but my subjective experience leads me to believe that the vast majority of players/enjoyers of the franchise are right wingers, which is funny considering that a good amount of lore exists exclusively to make fun of them.
The same people who enjoyed Metal Gear Solid because it’s a cool game about shooting the bad guys, I guess.
Heck, I once watched Starship Troopers with a friend, only to spend the following five hours arguing, because he insisted that the film (which is a very on-the-nose parody of fascism and militarism) actually makes fun of anti-fascists. I don’t know how you can misunderstand something so badly.
They’re willing to ignore the criticism of facism in exchange for a chance to roleplay being a space nazi.
If we truly took everything to heart for its original message, every American is suppose to be insulted by Yankee Doodle.
They just miss the days they were too young to realize what it all meant.
They miss the days when it was easier to ignore what it meant
As adults, probably. As kids they likely just saw cool heroes saving the day but didn’t know enough of the world they live in to apply that to it. Some might even have agreed with those heroes until they were taught they were not supposed to.
Or they like stories with politics they agree with.
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Ugh, I can’t believe they made the cyberpunk games all political, I just want cool robot arms and neon lights!
“I liked rage against the machine before they got all political”