I will say that one could argue a hidden right wing narrative in XCOM 2 is that even in a mind control dystopia you can't have gun control
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Replying to @loudpenitent
Everyone can get infinite assault rifles in the resistance even though society is monitored to the 1984 level
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
A: AKs are pretty damn easy to make, as are Stens and similar rugged firearms. B: only the cities are 1984-ish
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Well I mean irl there were times and places where an AK-47 cost less than a chicken
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Admittedly that's partly bc the USSR pursued a conscious strategy of mass proliferation of AK-47s to foment revolutions
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Although the majority of those weren't the actual Soviet AKs but the even cheaper Chinese knockoff, the Type 56
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(A fact of which I'm weirdly proud)
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I had a history prof who had a whole thing about how when the Brits had guns and the ppl they invaded didn't that was the apex of asymmetry
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And the proliferation of the AK represents the end of the Age of Asymmetry in warfare
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Rich countries will still win eventually bc of their wealth but it's grinding and ugly, no more magic I Win superweapon
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(Literal superweapons, like nukes, aren't as useful for actually getting what you want as you might think)
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