Okay I think in the interests of Red Queen’s sanity we should refrain from utilizing further real world examples and try to discuss how Larian can makes its writing more subtle.
The topic of the thread itself is about "real life politics."
I think it's so amazingly obvious that the events in the game are drawing extensively from real world examples that it's hard to imagine someone bothering to suggest otherwise.
Which leaves a couple of questions:
1. Is doing this bad?
--i tend to think so. it's bias that weakens the story. when writing a character in a story, the objective is to get into that characters head and understand them, and only by understanding them can the story begin to come alive. otherwise, it's nothing more than another bit of political commentary... hardly inspired, but rather mindless repetition of what's in the news every day.
2. Is there a way of doing it more effectively?
--i tend to think so. it should be done with understanding. a great writer should be capable of breaking outside of groupthink, of presenting a world that's fair to all parties involved within the narrative.
I would also add that the inclusion of "real life politics" in this manner becomes unnecessarily divisive. The goal of a game is to provide enjoyment for the players, who all come from various backgrounds. It's not to act as a platform for someone's personal politics.
