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Yes I know that fascism measurehead is a playable ideology in Disco Elysium, but presenting fascism as with its integral ugly reality, glaring contradictions, and unsustainable death drive is a pretty leftist (and correct) way of portraying it. de-encyclopedia

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[โ€“] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They would if the nazis were the main characters; any depiction of fascists as the protagonists, they'll support, even if the depiction is extreme. This is why they also liked Thanos, who was given a semi-protagonist role/depiction in the first movie.