Consider for a moment that literal children are currently playing Helldivers 2 and then going on to imitate it and absorb it into their personalities.
90s/00s kids played with their Starship Troopers action figures and watched the Starship Troopers animated series on syndicated TV, and people wonder why Starship Troopers 1 is taken sincerely by many people. Surely being able to buy the action figures of the satirized characters does much to undermine the satire.
That’s a good point. You don’t satirise the Nazis, then make collectibles out of the characters. Well, you and I don’t. Some people would. And libs will not object so long as the characters are a step removed.
Consider for a moment that literal children are currently playing Helldivers 2 and then going on to imitate it and absorb it into their personalities.
The satire is lost on them, they only see “i really enjoy this thing” and “it’s really cool when they say these words in such an over the top way”.
Satire depicting fascists as cool and the good guys does considerably more harm than good.
90s/00s kids played with their Starship Troopers action figures and watched the Starship Troopers animated series on syndicated TV, and people wonder why Starship Troopers 1 is taken sincerely by many people. Surely being able to buy the action figures of the satirized characters does much to undermine the satire.
That’s a good point. You don’t satirise the Nazis, then make collectibles out of the characters. Well, you and I don’t. Some people would. And libs will not object so long as the characters are a step removed.
No please just one more anti facists satire please i promise please the facists are not gonna miss the point this time please