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If you think this game is just about player choice and not making a statement on the military idk what to tell you
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Gamers are the least media literate of people who's entire hobby is about exposing themselves to media.
When
are pounding down cross-promoting snacks and beverages while killing otherfied "terrorists" in Cawadoody and mildly grumble about predatory monetization but blame the wokes for it 
How dare a piece of media, I product I bought, challenge me by pointing out that the standard media of this type depicts horrific acts. Clearly it wants me to feel ashamed for playing, and not to reflect on why it's so uncomfortable when highlighted, but so banal it goes unacknowledged when not?
Could I use this moment to grow? To ask how we got here and whether we should stay here? Certainly not, because games are masturbatory toys of indulgence and nothing more. Unless of course I'm defending how I spend my time, then they're art.
Games are art but as soon as they are critiqued the way art is critiqued that is a direct threat to the treats and requires a decade-long culture war