The mask of humanity fall from capital
The mask of humanity fall from capital
From the 2019 game, Disco Elysium
The Deserter: (he opens his eyes and stares right through you) “It was real. I'd seen it. I'd seen it in reality.”
Half-Light: Some kind of great terror. Worse than what you've seen.
You: “Seen what?”
The Deserter: “The mask of humanity fall from capital. It has to take it off to kill everyone — everything you love; all the hope and tenderness in the world. It has to take it off, just for one second. To do the deed.
And then you see it. As it strangles and beats your friends to death... the sweetest, most courageous people in the world...” (he's silent for a second) You see the fear and power in its eyes. “Then you know.”
You: “What?”
The Deserter: “That the bourgeois are not human.”
Bad take.
Dehumanising our opposition takes away all of their agency and responsibility. They're not some other evil beings in human suits, they are, at the end of the day, only people.
The power they have lies in them having privileges that are provided to them by, and making selfish choices that would get them ahead in, the social and economic constructs they've designed and/or uphold (or worse, workers who fall for the propaganda of said constructs and participate against their own best interests)
Those constructs can and should be dismantled, and the people who created and benefitted from them, held accountable.It's really not meant to be taken seriously. These comments are made from segments of an alcoholic, depressed, and jaded detective's fractured psyche. He's so fucked up that each element of his psyche speaks to him in his mind as entirely separate entities.
Amazing game though
Jfc, can't even talk about anarchism in a fucking anarchism community anymore.. 🤦♀️
I am aware this is from a game, it literally says so.
Who said it and why doesn't matter, it was posted as is in an anarchism community, but doesn't actually reflect anarchism at all. I replied in literally 3 sentences to point out why.
If that is "too serious" for you, maybe you should stick to the meme communities...
Greatest game I've ever played. Highly recommend, even if you're not a gamer.
What game?
Disco Elysium