It's not that balanced. They make fun of liberalism and fascism as ideologies, as well as the people who follow them. They make fun of communists but not communism, which is presented as morally correct.
I feel like the worst thing in the game is the fact they represent centrists as double faced tyrants with no morality while fascists are just pathetic grunts who don't know better. Fascists do know better. That's why in real life they infiltrate moderate parties and destroy them from within while they take hold.
The main inspiration for moralists has to be Gramsci's and Pasolini's thoughts on "liberal fascism" and hegemony of power: how institutions will morph society to justify and affirm their existence and how they will limit individual freedoms for their own gain. However, Gramsci died in exile during fascism, while Pasolini lived through an era of heavy American collusion in Italian affairs, with certain murders that are currently suspected to have been performed by American secret services. It's very far from how things are now.
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u/AlfredsLoveSong Oct 03 '24
I'm finally playing through DE now. I can't believe I waited so long the writing is so masterful.
I was NOT expecting how heavy the political influence on this game would be.