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.
I think it depends on your defitinion of "real life politics". Trying to write a fiction you will always draw inspiration from the world we are living in. Otherwise, the fiction wouldn't be relatable.
When I think "drawing inspiration from real life" I think recreating direct allegories to the events that are taking place. And those become an issue if the characters or events within the fiction make little sense if the meta context is removed.
As much as I am willing to criticise BG3 story, I really don't think that is happening. An "orange" referencial joke aside, the archetypes presented in act3 are broad and generic. The situation might be black and white, but it is the general tone of the whole game. It is not Obsidian game, it is uninterested in creating socio-political dilemmas to put our characters worldview into a test. I can't think of a choice in BG3 that doesn't boil down to "do the reasonable, mutually beneficial thing" or "be as asshole". This is just no different. I think you folks give BG3 narrative more credit than I do.
