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The inability to read a room is astounding.
I'm not Pokémon lore expert (my knowledge comes from Pokémon Go) but my surface level understanding of the Pokémon "vibe" is that it's mostly progressive as fuck (utopian society, androgynous Team Rocket representatives etc) and is the one I'd the least suitable lore bases for a MAGA-meme.
I suppose their audience doesn't give a fuck about that though so it makes it somewhat immaterial.
There is a fan theory that the reason you play as a child in the game is because many of the adults in the world of Pokémon have died due to war. It’s also a theory that tries to explain why you see so many child-age characters too.
That's really interesting, thank you (or not!!) for the rabbit hole!