DallasCumOnOrIn t1_iz2b3aw wrote on December 5, 2022 at 11:05 PM

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Here you go: https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/4x3vg3/how-the-cia-turned-american-literature-into-a-content-farm

HockeyGilmore t1_iz2fb91 wrote on December 5, 2022 at 11:36 PM

This is a joke right? Okay so let's say in this hypothetical Eric Nylund falls into this content farm of CIA anti communism by pushing American individuality and materialism (it doesn't).

Then why are the ideals of the book exactly opposite of what's described in your article?

Halo's biggest characteristic especially in The Fall of Reach is fuck your individuality; you work as a team , no matter what. You are not special , you do your job.It's literally the first lesson John learns at 6 years old and the entire point of the Spartan program / book. The materialism aspect in Fall of Reach is made clear by John's mentor Mendez teaching him to trust his instincts because "Machines break , eyes dont" . The Spartans living an egalitarian, simple life where they all exist in the same armor and are virtually unidentifiable between them to outsiders only strays further from both the individualism and materialism.

I'm more than a little disappointed you even bring this argument to me.

DallasCumOnOrIn t1_iz75qbs wrote on December 6, 2022 at 11:38 PM

Haven’t read the article in awhile- halo is about space fascism- humans vs humans then we have to band together to kill aliens. Or at least call truce.

Dumb trope. So over it. And I loved halo, its books and its game lore- it made me really good at FPS.

There’s obviously no universality of capital in the halo universe- else why is there private property like the far flung planets of space? Cuz farmers have to pay off farm equipment ? Fuck that.

Edit: so many needless apostrophes and shiite