#if the left can cotrol the narrative we can gain ground in the 'internet town square' and that's more important than the ideological purity

[thirdsonofeve]

Okay so I'm gonna have a hot take about the fucking harry potter game. Just scroll past this if you don't wanna engage with it.

The "boycott" has not. Fucking. Worked. It was bound to be popular and people screaming about how you shouldn't buy/play it has been free advertisement. That being said, in a perfect world it would have tanked and been played by a handful harry potter-adults and not made back the production costs but that's not the world we live in.

In my opinion, you as an individual, should not buy/play it. None of that "I'll give 60 bucks to a charity clmbating antisemitism/transphobia so I can play it without worrying about my conscious"-bullshit.

However, given that it's got so much buzz people are going to watch playthroughs and game streams. This is where left-wing streamers can play a huge role. From what I understand the game is pretty fucking antisemitism and as we know the franchise is owned and largely controlled by a terf, which is why these things need to be pointed out. A left-wing person streaming the game and actually discussing the themes and the problems with the game and making fun of jk and whatever could have a large impact on the way the game is viewed. Instead of having only apolitical/outspoken transphobes/right-wing people stream the game and have the antisemitism and transphobia fly straight over their heads, some procentage of people could instead be exposed to left-wing ideas. On top of that, the charity work that could be done would outshine whatever charity work some streamers may or may not do without playing the game.

People sharing spoilers and pointing out the antisemitism and low quality of the game should be getting more attention than the people screaming about how playing the game makes you the scum of the earth.