@RuffleJax talked about how the Bay Area techbro rationalist community is in love with Mage: the Ascension and their private Discord server is named "Doissetep" after the Chantry of the Order of Hermes
And wow that analogy just makes me appreciate Hunter: the Reckoning so much
Enh A lot of the more activist Tradition Mages are activist in that they actively want to change the Consensus so they can have more direct power to do stuff in the everyday world, with no concern for how this would affect normal people
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And a lot of the more passive ones are still offensive in the way Harry Potter wizards are, in hindsight, offensive Hoarding power with no sense of responsibility to Muggle society to use it to benefit others Only interacting with Muggles to get them out of your way
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One big theme of Hunter is that the mind control and memory wiping stuff is in fact really really bad, like this really deep fundamental violation of self to the point that "mind rape" is not really a hyperbolic term to use And the other gamelines are way too casual with it
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