![]() ![]() The game gives a lot of criticism for communism, and mostly to the historical failures of it, why it failed etc None of the things you mention are actual communist criticisms, and because of that, the developers never actually USE any of those criticisms you say because they're politically aligned with communism (thus they know what communism is and what it's flaws are) boomer-tier when it comes to criticizing communism Well, you're being polite, but your take is very. It's an impossible utopian dream that is destructive in the fact that while you cling on to it, succeeding in any other way becomes impossible too. But after a few seconds, reason and logic and reality come back into play and the house of cards comes crashing down. But the game is literally saying that the only way for a communist regime to exist even for a moment is by the sheer power of ignorant, idealistic fervour. It ends with a house of cards metaphor, which a lot of people seem to have misinterpreted as an optimistic moment. They're hiding in the ruins of communism, and pretending it's still there, because they don't want to acknowledge that their idealism isn't going to result in anything. They're literally locked away in a little room with bars on the door. It literally shows Harry and two other communists hiding behind the idea of communism because they can't face reality. The vision quest is not a positive or hopeful portrayal of communism. And because they're communards, all their crimes are justified. The game points out again and again that the Communard regime was awful, and just as violent as the libs and the fascists, but you have to choose to believe in those murderers purely because they're communards. ![]() You have to let idealism blind you, and you have to let ignorance and nostalgia overwhelm your better judgement. The communist path pretty much portrays you as downright delusional if you try, and you're forced to lean in to that delusion or you can't be a communist. You have to constantly and explicitly ignore that in order to keep supporting it in the game. And that's also the case with communism itself. The house of cards is impossible to build, and can only be sustained for a few brief moments, against all logic and reason, through the power of pure communist fervour. The communist vision quest shows this pretty clearly through the house of cards metaphor. The game goes to great lengths to point out that communism sounds great in theory, but has never been successful in practice, and can't be. The only ideology it isn't wistful about is moralism, because moralism is the ideology of wishful thinking.īut doesn't present the actual ideology negatively, just the consequences of it being implemented in a flawed way. It's just that its people disagree on which days those were. Martinaise is characterised by its nostalgia for better days. And various characters have that same attitude to Communism. Rene is wistful and nostalgic about the height of the monarchy. Joyce is wistful and nostalgic about the height of Neoliberalism. The game really isn't any more wistful about it than anything else. And the fascist path really leans into how pathetic fascists are, blaming "wömen" and foreigners for everything wrong with the world and wanting to turn back time to some imaginary era when things were better. The moralist path absolutely tears into centrists for their lack of empathy and commitment to stability over improving lives. The ultraliberal path is just a straight-up joke where half the lines you can choose are about hustling and grinding. Disco Elysium is critiquing all the ideologies it presents from a leftist perspective, and nobody likes to make fun of communists more than other communists. It's pessimistic about communism becoming reality ("0.0001% of Communism has been built) but doesn't present the actual ideology negatively, just the consequences of it being implemented in a flawed way. That's far from true the communist path shows a lot of nostalgia and wistfulness for what could have been with the Commune of Revachol. ![]()
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