We have seen some people on the right start to criticize video games and gamers who consume those video games, and they are surprised when they start to get backlash. If you want to go Anita Sarkeeaian on us and start telling gamers why they're bad people for liking things they like, then expect some backlash.
Reality is, the alliance between gamers and the right is and has always been fragile. It is contingent on the idea of "if you can sod off and leave me alone to enjoy what I enjoy, we can be friends". The left used to have the same deal, but they got too big and tried to renegotiate the terms of the deal. It turns out people who just want to do their thing, largely alone in a room by themselves don't want people who aren't even in the same room yapping at them.
I think it's surprising number of the people on the winning coalition on the right at the moment have similar views, that they just want to help whoever will leave them alone.
Now it's a perfectly reasonable question to ask what's the point of having a bunch of people on your side who by definition don't really want to follow your ideas. Besides the fact that you always need supporters whatever system you're living under, the fact is that once you have someone ideologically, cultural osmosis happens regardless. A lot of gamers are looking at changing regardless because upon being exposed to ideas that are fundamentally good they choose willingly to follow those ideas without being attacked into it. As an example, a record number of Bibles are being sold right now, many to first time buyers. That's the new coalition putting their noses down and doing their homework without being prompted.
Reality is, the alliance between gamers and the right is and has always been fragile. It is contingent on the idea of "if you can sod off and leave me alone to enjoy what I enjoy, we can be friends". The left used to have the same deal, but they got too big and tried to renegotiate the terms of the deal. It turns out people who just want to do their thing, largely alone in a room by themselves don't want people who aren't even in the same room yapping at them.
I think it's surprising number of the people on the winning coalition on the right at the moment have similar views, that they just want to help whoever will leave them alone.
Now it's a perfectly reasonable question to ask what's the point of having a bunch of people on your side who by definition don't really want to follow your ideas. Besides the fact that you always need supporters whatever system you're living under, the fact is that once you have someone ideologically, cultural osmosis happens regardless. A lot of gamers are looking at changing regardless because upon being exposed to ideas that are fundamentally good they choose willingly to follow those ideas without being attacked into it. As an example, a record number of Bibles are being sold right now, many to first time buyers. That's the new coalition putting their noses down and doing their homework without being prompted.
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