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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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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Replying to @loudpenitent @BootlegGirl
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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Replying to @arthur_affect @loudpenitent
I mean, though, this DOES argue that simply banning guns isn't that helpful
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Like, it would seem to argue for treating assault weapons more like tobacco, banning the marketing
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Well a rifle isn't a lifestyle or addiction thing, at least not in a developing country context (suburbanites who collect guns are diff)
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When AKs are cheaper than chickens the dominant issue isn't really the proliferation of AKs it's the scarcity of chickens
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As Colbert joked about this factoid "Of course the AK is cheaper, having the AK is a prerequisite for having a chicken"
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