ἐγὼ τὸ μὲν δὴ πανταχοῦ θρυλούμενον κράτιστον εἶναι φημὶ μὴ φῦναι βροτῷ·
Ace Combat in general is pretty “ok” as far as military adjacent games. It’s not Metal Gear Solid levels of anti-war, but it’s definitely in the same wheelhouse of “war Bad, companies manipulating people into fighting to make more money Bad” type thought.
Well it is a loveletter to AC5, which has an incredibly stupid and convoluted plot, so that checks out. With those expectations I’ve been enjoying it thus far (on mission 12), granted a lot of the decisions around “military strategy” and magical thinking are pretty incredible, even for Ace Combat standards.
47 landings, 34 departures is my record thus far. A pretty enjoyable game that is very hectic once it really gets going; thanks for sharing!
Agreed, but that’s a very different thing than trying to “push them left” that will inevitable involve very different tactics and pressures.
The Democrats will never be pushed to the left on Gaza. The genocide will continue unabated. The quicker folks abandon this fantasy of “pushing them left” the more time we have to construct something different, or at least contribute to the end of this godforsaken polity.
His base isn’t watching his current rizzlessness, they’re consuming old Trump content or the idealized picture in their minds of Trump. Material reality is secondary to spectacle. It’s the same with Kamala; she’s a blank slate, an entity of pure projection.
Regardless of how the campaign actually goes, it’s going to be a coin flip. There are almost no “swing voters” left. There’s virtually nothing that can make anybody switch support, and Trump is a known quantity. It’s basically entirely in Kamala’s court: if she can get enough folks to come out and vote for her amongst the people who don’t vote, she wins. If she can’t, she loses. Regardless of what Trump does his voter base is already locked in.
I’m definitely too early to say one way or another, so I guess I’ll get back to you after I finish the game lol