Comradeship // Freechat

I know nothing but attack on titan but what I read in an article about the fascist themes and creator. Now, I cringe every time I see something or hear something related to it. Same with Harry Potter, though I used to be a huge fan. Why the hell are “progressive” parents still reading it to their kids.

I will separate the art from the artist. By force.

Counterargument: Yes you can.

Youtube videos where the person expresses their opinions are not art, they're just videos of a person expressing their opinion. Call of Duty and other such video games are made by dozens if not hundreds of people, and not all of those people will have the same politics and it's unlikely most are able to insert their politics into the game. Big, mainstream games, like movies, are made to appeal to as large an audience as possible, therefore they will have or perpetuate the mainstream narrative and worldview.

A better example would be Papers, Please, a game made by a single person that takes place in a vaguely Eastern European, socialist-esque state and the game is a reflection of the designer's liberal view of (post-)Soviet countries.

I mean I guess that depends on the medium. The creator's political positions are generally less present in drawings for example.

Though as a rabid book enjoyer, I must admit that I abandoned quite a few due to their political undertones. A nice example would be World War Z, which despite being well written (at the beginning at least) contains so much american propaganda that I sometimes got the feeling that the author had a checklist. As far as I remember, every enemy of the US is bastardized, except maybe Iran. And of course there's bootlicking for Israel and the US.

But even then, guessing that the author is a reactionary doesn't necessarily make their work unreadable, it depends on how much they let their thoughts transpire into their works.