"simrhino;c-17515297" wrote:
• The host, SimGuruGeorge, and the gameplay shown suggested that increased energy production might justify environmental destruction. “There are positives to being this way (polluted.)” he said, suggesting there are other “positives” to the pack’s “industrial eco-footprint.” I was expecting promotion of “green” capitalist “solutions” (smog vacuum, anyone? wind? solar?) to environmental problems from a pack like this, but the team being so bold as to act as apologists for polluters comes as something of a surprise from a franchise that makes efforts to brand itself as woke. We got the gender update. We have Non-Simlish t-shirts scattered throughout CAS as the result of PR partnerships with various advocacy organizations. The insane trait became erratic, though it still retains a straitjacket icon, still a point of contention. “Pollution’s not all bad.” is not the message to be sending. In 2020, to suggest that business as usual is at all a viable approach to address climate change is not just an absurd but a damaging message. I could write much more on this but it would exceed the scope of these forums. That’s a topic for someone’s video essay.
I think the first point you made, and the one you ended with, is very valid. This one, however, seems a bit of a reach. There are positives to the pollution
in the game. When they are talking during a livestream, they are talking about the game, not reality. And in reality, there are 'positives' to pollution too, if you are a capitalist. No one is promoting pollution irl, they are just discussing gameplay. Just like if you have the 'evil' trait, being an asshole has positives too, yet no one is pretending that is how you should be behaving irl.
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