@maloki Haha! 😀 Isn't it always? But more seriously: I fear racism and other forms of oppression will also happen in a communist society because we will never get rid of greed and status. Communism only ensures people can't use their capital to do it. 😐

@cheri Yeah. I had never considered this angle before. In all the gaming posts on Zak's site there are some great posts on the intersection between art, games, and politics. I'll have to see whether I can dig up another one. I remember something about Nazis and art criticism, for example.

@kensanata I might have to bookmark the site and take some time to go through old posts. Sounds like my kind of place.

@cheri Just be warned: Zak was and is involved in a lot of controversy. I just happen to think he's right. 😀

Anyway, this is the link I was looking for, about Nazis and degenerate art:
https://dndwithpornstars.blogspot.com/2014/09/d30-ways-to-be-worst-critic-in-history.html

@cheri What I did, actually, was just search Zak's blog for the word "critic" and more than half the posts it turned up I bookmarked just now. 😀

@kensanata Thanks so much for looking for me. And for the heads up. I'll definitely spend some time reading this second post and some others.

@kensanata I can't help but notice that since about 2016 there seems to be an implicit script for every discussion, and attempts to be nuanced just result in being talked at, as if I'm taking the contrary position in a pre-scripted verbal battle, even that position has nothing to do with the nuanced view I'm trying to lay out.

@strypey I think I linked to a repost of an older post and I don't quite remember whether that one predates Mr. Pumpkin, but it sure applies to how the press reacts on all sides of the divide!

@kensanata I'm partisan of course, but I'd argue that discourse on the right started devolving around the time of Reagan, so nothing new there. Whereas the way so much of the left has gone from #YesWeCan to #BloodyMindedShoutyPerson, in such a short time, really concerns me :<