• delcaran
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    4 days ago

    I don’t remember how much it takes, sorry, but if I got to the end it must mean that it was good from the start :)

    For the woke part, the whole game is a critique of white colonialism: there are multiple factions, but it’s clear as the sun that the good one is the islanders oppressed by these new factions that came to.their territory ignoring or destroying their culture. Which it’s fine, I get and I agree with it, but after 20 hour I’m really full with it…

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        3 days ago

        It’s not? I’m not from the Anglo-sphere, so these new terms can escape me. Are not racism, white imperialism and minority issues part of the woke thing?

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          3 days ago

          I honestly don’t know, the word’s meaning has been entirely nebulous since the right co-opted it.

          Usually when people complain about “woke being shoved in their face,” it’s because they don’t like that a character is: female, brown, trans, or gay. That’s why I was curious, because I hadn’t heard that about Deadfire.

          Those kinds of people typically completely miss themes like colonization.

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            2 days ago

            Oh, I get it, sorry for the confusion and thanks for the explanation.

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              2 days ago

              No worries. There is always confusion around that word now, and that was done purposely.

              Just like what they’re trying to do with “fascist” right now.

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                  2 days ago

                  Note that Eco was writing about what he called “Ur-fascism” or nascent fascism.

                  I believe that we are past that now. Still a very very good list. I recommend reading the actual essay if you haven’t yet. It’s only like 8 or 9 pages.