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Does Playing Grand Strategy Games Make Me a Fascist?
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squirrel lemmy.blahaj.zone squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-06-16
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Link: https://www.theflytrapmedia.com/grand-strategy-gaming-roman-empire-control/

Living a life without autonomy has led me to seek out control through video games.
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AllNewTypeFace leminal.space AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
Joined: 2023-08-20
#2 · Quote Reply

Does playing Space Invaders make you guilty of genocide?
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erotador lemmy.blahaj.zone erotador@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-10-16
#3 · Quote Reply

yes officer i stole that car in gta now take me away
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djsoren19 lemmy.blahaj.zone djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-01-13
#4 · Quote Reply

It's only fascism if you're playing as one of the Axis powers, otherwise it's sparkling autocracy.
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GalacticSushi lemmy.blahaj.zone GalacticSushi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-10-18
#5 · Quote Reply
AllNewTypeFace wrote:
Does playing Space Invaders make you guilty of genocide?

If they're invading you it's just self defense. They can stop the invasion at any time.
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otacon239 lemmy.world otacon239@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-10-07
#6 · Quote Reply
GalacticSushi wrote:
If they're invading you it's just self defense. They can stop the invasion at any time.

This isn’t much of a metaphor for real situations, but they literally can’t due to programming.
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alapakala quokk.au alapakala@quokk.au
Joined: 2026-03-16
#7 · Quote Reply

It makes you a strategist gamer.

Now, if you're making a list of games on what you should and shouldn’t play, and you force others to comply, that is fascism.

This is why we MUST look out for modern day fash lists.
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