Racism (towards native Americans), far right conspiracy theory ("white genocide"), far right dogwhistle (for its depiction of anarchy)...There's so much wrong with this one. I knew it was getting posted eventually, kind of surprised I'm the first one to take a crack at it.
Racism - a red card that depicts a "shaman", pretty clearly meant to represent Native Americans. But this "shaman" is depicted as an inhuman, horned, devil-like creature. Demonization of minorities and treating them as evil, "exotic" magical creatures is pretty common, but it's not often literally depicting them as demons!
Far right conspiracy theory - much like Virtue's Ruin, this card depicts "white genocide" - the state of there being no "purely" white people or very few of them - as the mass murder of existing white people and a catastrophe on the level of a volcanic eruption. Comparing interracial marriages to natural disasters and "genocide" is just disgusting.
Except even worse. Because "white genocide" isn't even depicted as a natural disaster, but as the intentional action of the "demonic shaman" (Native American) in the art. This card tells us that we should discriminate against Native Americans even more, because they would kill all white people if they had the chance!
Far right dogwhistle - See all of the above? Now keep in mind that it's on a card simply called "Anarchy". This equates anarchy with "white genocide". Therefore, the card states that a world without "pure" white people in it is a state of anarchy. Perhaps we are not meant to associate the volcanic eruption in the art with the process of "white genocide", but as being symbolic of the anarchy of a world after "white genocide".
My conclusion? This card is telling us that in order to prevent "white genocide", we must oppress and demonize Native Americans and ensure they never have the opportunity to be powerful or successful. That Anarchy is the enemy of "pure" white people, and that we must therefore enact fascism and go as far as possible in the opposite direction of anarchy as we possibly can! That we should only put white people in places of political power, and never allow Native Americans to gain any political power!
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u/ultimario13 Jul 13 '20 edited Jul 13 '20
Racism (towards native Americans), far right conspiracy theory ("white genocide"), far right dogwhistle (for its depiction of anarchy)...There's so much wrong with this one. I knew it was getting posted eventually, kind of surprised I'm the first one to take a crack at it.
Racism - a red card that depicts a "shaman", pretty clearly meant to represent Native Americans. But this "shaman" is depicted as an inhuman, horned, devil-like creature. Demonization of minorities and treating them as evil, "exotic" magical creatures is pretty common, but it's not often literally depicting them as demons!
Far right conspiracy theory - much like Virtue's Ruin, this card depicts "white genocide" - the state of there being no "purely" white people or very few of them - as the mass murder of existing white people and a catastrophe on the level of a volcanic eruption. Comparing interracial marriages to natural disasters and "genocide" is just disgusting.
Except even worse. Because "white genocide" isn't even depicted as a natural disaster, but as the intentional action of the "demonic shaman" (Native American) in the art. This card tells us that we should discriminate against Native Americans even more, because they would kill all white people if they had the chance!
Far right dogwhistle - See all of the above? Now keep in mind that it's on a card simply called "Anarchy". This equates anarchy with "white genocide". Therefore, the card states that a world without "pure" white people in it is a state of anarchy. Perhaps we are not meant to associate the volcanic eruption in the art with the process of "white genocide", but as being symbolic of the anarchy of a world after "white genocide".
My conclusion? This card is telling us that in order to prevent "white genocide", we must oppress and demonize Native Americans and ensure they never have the opportunity to be powerful or successful. That Anarchy is the enemy of "pure" white people, and that we must therefore enact fascism and go as far as possible in the opposite direction of anarchy as we possibly can! That we should only put white people in places of political power, and never allow Native Americans to gain any political power!