In the unlikely event you’re a gamer, have you heard of Disco Elysium? It explores the concept that centrism or neutrality is actually the worst of social order choices (worse than fascism or communism) because you end up with the unending status quo. And holding the status quo in the middle (controlling the right and the left simultaneously) leaves a select few with absolute power.
The game points out that the most meaningful changes in human history have come from bloody revolts or extremist ideologies but neutrality and “radical centrism” leads to this kind of malaise in which power brokers can control things unendingly. I feel like that’s sort of what America has become.
It kind of echoes the old mantra that evil triumphs when good men do nothing - as opposed to when evil men do evil things. At the end of the day the thing to be concerned about is probably the combination of the two.
I’m not much of a gamer, but I do have a Nintendo Switch lying around somewhere - I might check out Disco Elysium if I find myself with time on my hands! Thanks for the recommendation. :)
In the unlikely event you’re a gamer, have you heard of Disco Elysium? It explores the concept that centrism or neutrality is actually the worst of social order choices (worse than fascism or communism) because you end up with the unending status quo. And holding the status quo in the middle (controlling the right and the left simultaneously) leaves a select few with absolute power.
The game points out that the most meaningful changes in human history have come from bloody revolts or extremist ideologies but neutrality and “radical centrism” leads to this kind of malaise in which power brokers can control things unendingly. I feel like that’s sort of what America has become.
It kind of echoes the old mantra that evil triumphs when good men do nothing - as opposed to when evil men do evil things. At the end of the day the thing to be concerned about is probably the combination of the two.
I’m not much of a gamer, but I do have a Nintendo Switch lying around somewhere - I might check out Disco Elysium if I find myself with time on my hands! Thanks for the recommendation. :)