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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I can understand why some might not see it as being as awful as I do - I don't think the creators intended to make it seems as enlightened centrist as it is (The wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "There's actually zero difference between good and bad things. You imbecile. You fucking moron."), and it's probably more a case of being tone-deaf than anything else. But was a very poor attempt at the "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster" bit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah, and they cut soooo much from original concepts they had, I wonder if they would have handled it better if they didn't get to the "fuck it, we need to ship" stage of things.

Still, you can't just borrow from the real world when it's convenient for weight and impact, you owe it to the people that lived it to do it right.

Thanks for the conversation!