Starfields is one of the biggest games of 2023 – but it’s joined other recent games like Baldurs Gate 3 in being boycotted by conservatives because of the way it interacts with gender.
Starfields is one of the biggest games of 2023 – but it’s joined other recent games like Baldurs Gate 3 in being boycotted by conservatives because of the way it interacts with gender.
The whole “parallel economy” thing is so bizarre, and reminds me that these are extraordinarily gullible and broken people.
I mean, they will gladly empty their pockets for grifters selling them shitty knockoffs at twice the price so they can feel like they’ve owned the libs. It’s absolutely bonkers.
And the things that appeal to them are so weird! “Try our 100% anti-vaccine protein bars! Crack open a cool can of gender-conforming piss beer! Nazis will feel at home on our completely unmoderated social media platform! Buy toilet paper with zero recycled content! These dick pills are abortion-free!”
Like, what the actual fuck is wrong with people that crap appeals to?
They think they are seceding.
For decades, the idea was that texas was so wonderful they could just leave if they didn’t approve of what the rest of the country was doing. And in the past decade or so we have pretty definitively confirmed that texas has been horribly mismanaged and would literally die without federal aid. And people continuously tell texas and florida they SHOULD secede because it would be funny to watch the result.
So there is a push to pretend they are self sufficient rather than just living off of the competently-ish managed blue states.
They’re frightened, desperate, and increasingly hateful.
But what they’re frightened of makes no sense! They’re frightened of funding for health care? They’re frightened of renewable energy? They’re frightened of vaccines? It’s insane!
They’re frightened of poverty and government control, which they have been brainwashed to associate with sane and progressive policies.
If the economic future of your town relies on the coal, oil, or gas industry, then anything that threatens to disrupt that industry is a threat to your future. Sure we could invest in public projects to educate and rehabilitate those losing their jobs to technological progress, but that would mean the big bad gubmint getting involved, and you’ve been taught by everyone you trust since childhood that the government doing anything is tantamount to the devil. The only option left is to fight tooth and nail against any and all progress.
These people are not insane, they’re acting perfectly logically in accordance to a flawed understanding of reality, an understanding which is in part manufactured by the ruling class to prevent the growth of leftist ideas. They’re not stupid, they’re ignorant, scared, desperate, misled, and yes, sometimes very bigotted. There’s a reason cults recruit outside hospitals, and the cult of 45 is no different.
Well stated
They’re frightened of everything the other commenter mentioned, but they forgot something: they’re frightened that, if “their team” loses power, they will get treated the way they’ve been treating “the other team” for ages. The grifters know they’re lying when they spew their shit, but their followers believe it because it’s what they’ve already done, just in reverse.
“Liberals want to destroy Christianity” is believable because xians have tried their damnedest for nearly 2 thousand years to destroy other religions. “The transgenders want to force all children to change gender” is believable because they’ve spent decades forcing children into their view of gender, and killing, torturing, or raping them if they don’t conform. “Gays want to outlaw heterosexual marriage” is believable because they outlawed gay marriage for ages. “Minorities want to force white people into labor camps” is believable because slavery.
They believe that everyone thinks exactly like them, and they can’t fathom that some people want everyone to be happy. They think we’re lying when we say that, putting on a front to lull them into a false sense of security just so we can pull the rug out from under them. Because it’s what they would do, given the opportunity. And they’re terrified of it being turned around on them.
Edit for clarity - and those other things, the vaccines, the healthcare, etc etc, may seem unrelated, but it all comes down to making sure “the other team” doesn’t get any “wins”. Because if “the other team” wins, that’s one step closer to their team losing, and one step closer to “the other team” being able to enact all those horrible policies against them instead of in their favor.
It is projection all the way down, isn’t it?
All true, and a deeply depressing way to live. They must be absolutely dominated by terror every minute of every day they’re awake.
Ohhh, don’t forget the freedom phone, the 150% overpriced Chinese spyware phone.
Oh jeez, I’d forgotten about that! How the fuck does anyone fall for it? It’s literally a Chinese spyware-infested piece of shit designed for idiots.
Please just fleece them for all they’re worth. They deserve it and will not do anything useful with the money