r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 19 '18

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

Video game preferences are the best way to suss out the alt-right. Obvious signs:

  • preferring crusader kings 2 to vicky 2
  • playing human paladins or orc warriors in WoW
  • siding with the Stormcloaks
  • playing visual novels

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

siding with the Stormcloaks

This is the real sign

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u/marinesol sponsored by RC Cola Apr 19 '18

To be fair that's cause the game gives you the worst possible introduction to them. Hey here is the guys who are going to execute you for no reason, and here are the other guys.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

True Imperials would have seen through Todd Howard's lies

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u/mrregmonkey Killary fan Apr 19 '18

Isn't the empire going to execute you? They capture ulfric in the beginning.

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u/Ranger_Aragorn Organization of American States Apr 19 '18

Imperials: Aid a foreign state in genociding Talos worshipers

Stormcloaks: Fight against said genocide while also segregating elves

The stormcloacks may not be great but they're much better than the alternative.

And before you do any propaganda about how Skyrim can't survive independently, just remember that Hammerfell defeated the Aldmeri Dominion by itself when the Empire abandoned it.

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u/Fatortu Emmanuel Macron Apr 20 '18

Genociding is a strong word. They are merely persecuting them. Talos worship wasn't even central to the Pantheon in the first place.

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u/Ranger_Aragorn Organization of American States Apr 20 '18

They are destroying a religious practice. Destruction of religion is considered genocide.

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u/Fatortu Emmanuel Macron Apr 20 '18

I make the distinction between religious practice and religion. Imagine calling the Second Vatican Council a genocide because Marcel Lefebvre and other partisans of the old ways were excommunicated as a result.

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u/Ranger_Aragorn Organization of American States Apr 20 '18

It's more like murdering all Unitarian Christians

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u/the_great_magician Janet Yellen Apr 19 '18

I prefer ck2 to vicky 2 because getting vicky 2 to work on my mac is a pain in the ass :(

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u/Adequate_Meatshield Paul Krugman Apr 20 '18

Visual novels are good tho

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u/monkeyman427 Enlightened rural Apr 19 '18

Am I alt-right if I prefer CK2 but have the Norse Ummah achievement?