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I’ve gone on long diatribes about this before but what these types of people mean when they say “political” is anything that challenges the status quo in even the most minute way. We already live in a facist militarized society so a hyperbolic parody of that just speaks to them as normal and the way things should be (i.e. not political). Also I don’t play the game so I’m really hoping “bug divers” is a reference to something in a game and unrelated to something else i saw Chinese players defending a certain city
Exactly. All art and media is political. No exceptions. The degree to which you consider a piece of media/art 'Apolitical' is the degree to which it either reinforces or at least does not challenge the politics you consider to be 'normal'.
What is the politics of Pac-Man?
Not trying to pull a gotcha. I think this question is a legitimately fascinating test of the idea that all art is political (which I agree with).
Would Pac-Man be considered art? In its day it would have been a technological achievement, but was it created to be art or to extract money from players? If the latter, then that's its politics. If it was made with the intention of being art, then maybe it has to do with unlimited consumption? Not sure.