it kind of sounds like he understands but doesn't care. and i think a leftist could thereby conclude that it was a bad depiction of the right if rightists can get some enjoyment out of it, but i would argue -- without totally endorsing the game as a profound political text -- that it rightly understands that fascism is a cult of rightful strength frustrated (betrayed, in their telling). given this, there's no way it wouldn't appeal to them, unless it told a left triumphalist narrative in which the right is weak, removed, easily defeated, and only propped up by means of deception and schemes, that is, if it told a rightist narrative for leftist ends. Gary the Cryptofascist needs a story where his guy is the strongest, coolest motherfucker on the planet but he still loses, because that's the only way he can understand his own circumstances.

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O wise, learned anti-Tito anti-Yugo scholar, wouldn't that make the art indistinguishable from that which it critiques?

The curtains are blue

I’ve noticed that when leftists see a sympathetic villain who’s also cartoonishly evil for the sake of plot, the villain will be critiqued to death and ultimately, there’s either critical support or no support for dumb writing.

But conservatives will see a caricature of themselves and have zero reflection and become jealous that there’s no one as evil as that villain in real life for them to support. Like, I know a lot of people on here who enjoyed Death of Stalin despite its liberalism, but I can only imagine conservatives threatening to kill the director of Death of Trump and following through

I told you all that "Armstrong was right actually" chuds were real! I told you!

Peace Walker has Big Boss compared to Che. Rising is for chuds. MGS is the ultimate centrist game.

At least they're admitting its political

MGS has bad guys? I just assumed it was an offbrand mecha anime in the shape of a game

That’s like the Trumpies unironically claiming the Empire is the good side and this is anti-Trump propaganda

Where's that Green text about people being idiots who will blindly agree with even the most absurd villains so long as they're charismatic enough? Ironically, specifically about Armstrong?