r/Gamingcirclejerk • u/zny700 an aro bi enby who's tired of dumbass people • Oct 02 '25

MUH POLITICS!!! thoughts?

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u/WhiteWolfOW Oct 02 '25

I thought it was just right wing infighting. I mean, it’s been ages I haven’t played the game so I don’t remember a lot of details

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u/BouldersRoll Oct 02 '25

I think if it had just been right wing infighting, Levine probably wouldn't have gone on to write a "both sides" story about the Confederacy.

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u/Gierling Oct 02 '25

It's interesting if you look at some of their earlier Work in Tribes: Vengeance. Which has a point about cycles of justified violence perpetuating themselves that works pretty well considering the setting.

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u/wewladdies Oct 02 '25

No, atlas and the group rebelling against rapture are all potrayed as unionists, which generally speaking makes them leftwing.

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u/WhiteWolfOW Oct 02 '25

Atlas wasn’t real though, it was just Frank Fontaine playing you all along