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The voice acting is so good

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[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 55 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

I dont know if he's a scumbag tbh. He seems like he's a committed socialist trying to get the system to sell them the rope by which they'll hang the system.
I'm sure if the Bolsheviks were just getting started today they'd be doing crypto rugpulls and tax evasion

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 41 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

The game is very good at presenting no character as being purely good. Everyone’s got faults, contradictions, places where their personal interests are at odds with their ideological philosophy. The game wants to make sure that, regardless of which path you take Harry down, you’re swallowing something bitter in the process. A certain fault that’s a price worth paying for in the larger goal.

So with him, it’s overlooking the thinly veiled criminal element and graft as it’s outweighed by the labor militancy/socialism/anti-fascism.

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 11 points 9 hours ago

I love him so much, he's such a great depiction of what an actual socialist revolutionary can look like.

[–] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 28 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Doesn't someone say that he's corrupt but he's corrupt for the union?

[–] Sneakytrickyyy@hexbear.net 38 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

lt-dbyf-dubois - "The bossman, Evrart, what can you tell me about him?"

che-smile CALL ME MEÑANA - "I think it's best you make up your own mind, now that you've met him." He shrugs. "In my eyes, he is a capable organizer and a decent businessman."

lt-dbyf-dubois - "What does bossing the Union entail anyway?"

che-smile CALL ME MEÑANA - "I guess you kinda get to be the village chief. He oversees the harbour, makes deals with the owners or other relevant parties. Watches out for his own."

dubois-depressed - "You mean corruption?"

che-smile CALL ME MEÑANA - "By Heavens, why would he not be corrupt? We live in a harsh and disordered world, see. And in this world..."

"... the old man is corrupt for our benefit and we know it. Appreciate it, even. He is, personally, not too lavish."

lt-dbyf-dubois - "That desk seemed lavish to me."

che-smile CALL ME MEÑANA - "He is reasonably lavish, sure. That's his prerogative. It's not like you want a saintly demeanour on a corrupt motherfucker. That would be a manipulative illusion."

"Besides, there are no non-corrupt systems in the world anyway. And moralism is the most corrupt of them all."

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 12 hours ago

mfer harry talking like working on a shipping container is lavish lmao

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 28 points 15 hours ago

"Bruh, its just a nice desk. Its not a mansion or something."

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 37 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah I think he supposed to come across as as slimey but it just ends up being grey at worst. I guess the drug trafficking thing is pretty shitty but that's about the worst he does. Less scummy than the Ultraliberal Lady imo

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 7 points 10 hours ago

I love him compared to her, because she is presented as a much more reasonable person. But the reality is reversed. The whole thing about it being more corrupt if he tried to look like he wasn't is such a good framing - That's her!

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 17 hours ago

He is not corrupt, he is pragmatic.