Diversity And Inclusivity In Gaming

Like my previous article discussing the controversy that is degeneracy in gaming this article will also touch base on a hot topic. That hot topic being diversity and inclusivity in gaming. 

As with all of the entertainment offerings these days diversity and inclusivity has seemingly become top priority, and not for the right reasons. It is more important than storytelling, and character building to everyone who champions it. As such a lot of what we get is nothing more than platforms for propaganda, and people turned into billboards for the current narrative. All as means to push divisive identity politics on anyone who dares pay for the experience. Oddly enough former president Barack Obama passed a bill prior to the boom of identity politics to allow propaganda to be used on the US population. This is a crucial piece of information that should be noted as it has had an impact on the diversity and inclusivity movements within the realm of entertainment, and media.

Diversity and inclusivity have never really been absent from the entertainment industry, and as hard a pill as that might be to swallow it is factual. The idea that it has, has been an excuse used as a crutch to not only insert "the message", but to create opportunities of undeserved equity for supposedly oppressed and disadvantaged minorities without merit. It is this approach to filling industry jobs, and character roles that has effectively contributed to the skin deep virtue signaling put first by a part of the industry that does not understand that it takes more than skin differences, and sexual orientations to create something that's more than those components. 

Without proper character building, and storytelling video games and films are left to suffer the consequences of their subpar manifestation. Sadly, both the consumer, and the producers of such content lose out in this ongoing dispute about what makes a game or film great as a result. We've seen it absolutely destroy Disney on a financial level, and have even seen games fade into obscurity over such force fed decisions. 

The push to propagandize entertainment continues to upend businesses, and destroy entire franchises. Leaving those who championed such things to feel bitter against those who simply wanted an escape from the real world, including politics. Furthering the social divide in it's wake, and ruining what was once a beloved go to source of time consuming enjoyment. 

In closing I'll say this. Diversity and inclusivity have been in entertainment since before I was born, and I am an old buzzard. It saw the rise of diverse musicians, movie actors and actresses as well as fictional characters that all races loved. There was Jimi Hendrix, Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Antonio Banderas ... the list goes on and on. What do these individuals have going for them that modern activists don't? They were allowed to shine in the roles that were more than just a skin color or sexual preference. Dare I say it, but they earned their stardom, and the industry allowed their individuality to shine whereas the opposite goes for the modern collectivists. 

All modern diversity and inclusivity has done is use the diverse as billboards for Marxist propaganda. Skin deep representation on a common grounds that in no way gives them roles or jobs that allow them to excel and standout. The reason for this is that modern diversity, and inclusivity is Marxism packaged as an identity politics movement. It's about the collective, and not the outstanding achievements of the individual. That's why none of the actors, actress, directors, or influencers are ever remembered for anything else, but their part in a skin deep collective. They are nobodies pushing a message that sees them as cannon fodder for Marxism/identity politics. 

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