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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by UlyssesT@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

Yes I know that fascism measurehead is a playable ideology in Disco Elysium, but presenting fascism as with its integral ugly reality, glaring contradictions, and unsustainable death drive is a pretty leftist (and correct) way of portraying it. de-encyclopedia

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[-] TheDialectic@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

I am not sure it is a great answer but do consider. GTA. The games are about cars, driving fast, might makes right, not caring about others, making fun of minorities, punishing deviant behavior, and the hypocritical doing said deviant behavior.

[-] axont@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

The GTA games are satire, but it's like how whatshisname said how it's not possible to make an anti-war movie. The action is too thrilling. The GTA games are too fun to meaningfully impart the satirical messages about American society.

Is the story in GTA not sympathetic to the struggles of urban dwelling minorities?

[-] TheDialectic@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sympathetic sure but also comedic in ways that can prevent any real critique

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