• BeamBrain [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    but there’s no true Socialist options other than headcanon with Yes Man.

    In my mind, that’s the dividing line between toothless fellow-kids anticapitalist media and actual anticapitalist media: whether it portrays an alternative to capitalism as both possible and desirable. Not surprisingly, there’s a whole lot more of the former than the latter.

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      Outer Worlds is a massive example of this. It nails the aesthetic of corporate domination and capitalist oppression, but completely fails to properly advocate for a better alternative, beyond “capitalism but nice”. And it actively punishes you for taking more “radical” approaches, instead of seeking compromise with the oppressors like it wants you to.

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        I remember that the one anarchist companion is described as extremely childish and averse to books. Which would be funny in a game like DE, but since Outer Worlds defangs any real alternatives to capitalism, what could have been funny satire becomes text