The Socialist Politics of Metal Gear Solid and Hideo Kojima - From Che Guevara to Anti-Imperialism

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  • Опубликовано: 6 май 2021
  • V has come to.
    Metal Gear Solid is one of the most revered and loved video game franchises. Its innovative stealth gameplay and graphics were always complicated by a bizarre and sometimes convoluted narrative.
    Behind this narrative were always apparent left-wing political themes. From the snowy walkways of Shadow Moses, to the jungles of Nicaragua and the deserts of Afghanistan, the games have always used the narratives and historical settings as a vehicle to discuss deeper political and philosophical issues.
    This video dissects these themes with a focus on the Big Boss games (3, PW and V)
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  • @TheKavernacle
    @TheKavernacle  3 года назад +9

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  • @ShatteredPsyche
    @ShatteredPsyche 3 года назад +108

    "Consider whether Russia and America will still be enemies in the 21st Century."
    Well no, but actually yes.

    • @BarackLesnar
      @BarackLesnar 3 года назад +13

      They're more like rivals. They're on the same team, but still feel threatened by each other.

    • @ShatteredPsyche
      @ShatteredPsyche 3 года назад +8

      @@BarackLesnar Yeah, that sort of simmering tension was my point, actually. Because they're TECHNICALLY allies, but they really don't LIKE each other.

    • @BarackLesnar
      @BarackLesnar 3 года назад +8

      @@ShatteredPsyche it's kind of like how businesses compete against each other but since they have identical class interests they work together sometimes

    • @JohnCena-ew1mf
      @JohnCena-ew1mf 3 года назад +5

      Two capitalist firms competing with each other? Perish the thought.

    • @anthonyfernandez82
      @anthonyfernandez82 2 года назад +1

      Oooooohhhhh

  • @bunonregs913
    @bunonregs913 3 года назад +43

    Cool how the emotions the boss is talking about when she visited space is the overview effect which shifts your awareness to earth and humanity as a whole, a real experience most astronaut have. It makes sense for her whole philosophy, never clocked on to that before watching this.

    • @estacion7386
      @estacion7386 Год назад

      XD read Yuri Gagarin first words after return

  • @shadylittlefox
    @shadylittlefox 3 года назад +90

    You have sparked my interest in metal gear like no-one ever has!

    • @themajesticspider-man6116
      @themajesticspider-man6116 3 года назад +5

      If you have a PS3, you should do yourself a huge favor and buy the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection from the PlayStation Store. You'll get to play MGS 2, MGS 3, and Peacewalker. You can also play these games through the streaming service PS Now (if you don't have a PS3) on either PS4 or PC, but the quality of the image while playing them is dependent on how good your internet is. If your connection is too poor, you won't be able to play these games. MGS 4: Guns of The Patriots is also on PS3 and PS Now, which is also an incredible game.

    • @shadylittlefox
      @shadylittlefox 3 года назад +2

      @@themajesticspider-man6116 Unfortunately I only have PC and an xbox gathering dust lol. I do believe that I can get most of the metal gear series on GOG though

    • @shadylittlefox
      @shadylittlefox 3 года назад +3

      @General Mustafa Thanks for the gender affirmation!

    • @themajesticspider-man6116
      @themajesticspider-man6116 3 года назад +3

      @General Mustafa you are a certified bruh moment

    • @themajesticspider-man6116
      @themajesticspider-man6116 3 года назад +2

      @@shadylittlefox Holy crap, I had no idea that MGS from PS1 was available on PC. I'll have to thank you for that!

  • @fwdcnorac8574
    @fwdcnorac8574 Год назад +77

    It's kind of a beautiful story arc for Solid Snake specifically. He starts out as an impressionable young conservative and as he gets older, in each game, one after another, his political position evolves into a final scene with Big Boss standing over the grave of the boss firmly understanding the vision of The Boss. No more governments, one world, one peace.

    • @jfarmer1776
      @jfarmer1776 Год назад

      Kind of sounds libertarian

    • @ArgonmentYT
      @ArgonmentYT 11 месяцев назад +12

      @@jfarmer1776 🤮

    • @quinn1606
      @quinn1606 10 месяцев назад

      @@jfarmer1776 all communists are want no governments

    • @Gamfluent
      @Gamfluent 5 месяцев назад

      @@ArgonmentYTonly idiots hate libertarians

    • @people2chronically-online
      @people2chronically-online 2 месяца назад +1

      What you liberals don’t realize is unlike yall we don’t need constant pandering, we understand the irony but it’s funny, homelander is made so badass and yall think it’s bad?

  • @fromthebackseat4865
    @fromthebackseat4865 3 года назад +42

    A 30 minute socialist analysis of Metal Gear Solid? You sir, have piqued my interest.

    • @protennis365
      @protennis365 10 месяцев назад

      Using a RUclips video is not a reliable source.

    • @fromthebackseat4865
      @fromthebackseat4865 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@protennis365 where in this comment did I imply I’d be using this video as a source?

    • @protennis365
      @protennis365 10 месяцев назад

      @@fromthebackseat4865 Where did I imply that you are using this video as a reliable source.

    • @fromthebackseat4865
      @fromthebackseat4865 10 месяцев назад

      @@protennis365 “using a RUclips video is not a reliable source.” What was the point of your comment?

    • @protennis365
      @protennis365 10 месяцев назад

      @@fromthebackseat4865 to support your point that it is not a reliable source.

  • @AnArmadillo
    @AnArmadillo Год назад +10

    Holy shit I have to play this series ASAP now. I’ve been meaning to for a while, but now this vid made it seem so fuckin cool. Like I had no clue the games were this in depth with politics talk and world events and all that. Idk what exactly I thought the politics of these games were except for anti-war n’ stuff, but the fact that anyone was confused by MGS and Kojimas politics is wild to me now lmao. I’m still blown away by snake hyping up Che like that. Fuckin awesome video. Now I gotta bump up the MGS series to top three games I gotta play soon.

    • @TheKavernacle
      @TheKavernacle  Год назад +5

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  • @comradefreedom8275
    @comradefreedom8275 2 года назад +22

    I personally have wondered if Kojima was an anarchist. I mean, in Ground Zeroes, he made references to Sacco and Vanzetti, and put in a lot of lines in his games about worlds without borders.

    • @aleclynch7356
      @aleclynch7356 Год назад +3

      Ive always thought so

    • @viralata2907
      @viralata2907 8 месяцев назад +3

      Probablly, actually donsent make that difference, communists also want a world whitout borders, the diference is that socialists want a strong state frist to defend the revolution and afterwards abbolish state, and anarchists want the state gone after the revolution, but both want the exact same thing and have always worked thogether

    • @comradefreedom8275
      @comradefreedom8275 8 месяцев назад

      @@viralata2907 More like, anarchists don't believe in the seizure of state power to obtain communism.

    • @Ash-Winchester
      @Ash-Winchester 4 месяца назад +2

      @@viralata2907 Don't forget Anarcho-Communism, which essentially uses an anarchist's direct abolition of the state as a sort of an alternative method to achieve communism.

    • @viralata2907
      @viralata2907 4 месяца назад

      @@Ash-Winchester big shoutout to our freedom figthers from Rojava!! Love and support for them always

  • @wynnzeng1235
    @wynnzeng1235 3 года назад +17

    Maybe I am the odd one but it was your first MGS video that brought me into subscribing to your channel. Keep up your good work!

  • @rikuh696
    @rikuh696 3 года назад +34

    thanks for talking about this. Kojima is god
    Cheers from Argentina

  • @niko-oO_O
    @niko-oO_O Год назад +5

    Azan streamed this video which is how I found it. Rewatching it here because it was so beautiful and I missed some of the details. After my left wing radicalisation I started thinking about back when I didn’t care much for politics or anything, and I thought MGSVPP was just a stealth game where you fought terrorist, but in retrospect I got scared the franchise and the developer I had grown to love so much, was making like an anti-communist red scare bottom barrel propaganda game. I’m so glad you made this video, I would not have been able to truly appreciate the artist that is Kojima. Thank you, one love ❤

  • @celestialangel666
    @celestialangel666 3 года назад +7

    I’ve had mate before. It’s great. I love your video too with everything about Koiima and Metal Gear stuff.

  • @Vorloe
    @Vorloe Год назад +7

    Just earned a sub! Came here because of Hasanabi's coverage on your video and you made a lot of great points! Good stuff man! Make more like this.

  • @TheMadMadman
    @TheMadMadman 3 года назад +15

    Kojima honestly seems more like an Anarchist than a Socialist to me... That's just the impression I get though.

    • @arskakarva7474
      @arskakarva7474 3 года назад +6

      I agree, Kojima is in my estimation most likely an anarcho-pacifist if we are to use anarchists-with-adjectives.
      But one shouldn't forget the significant overlap and intertwined history between socialists and anarchists, and that in its more broader meaning anarchists would be part of the wide body of socialists.

    • @drewan6591
      @drewan6591 3 года назад +10

      Same thing all anarchist are socialist

    • @arskakarva7474
      @arskakarva7474 3 года назад +16

      @@drewan6591 All real anarchists anyway. Hence why anarcho-capitalists aren't actually anarchists.

    • @drewan6591
      @drewan6591 3 года назад +15

      @@arskakarva7474 yup anarcho capitalist don’t understand anarchism

    • @arskakarva7474
      @arskakarva7474 3 года назад +14

      @@drewan6591 Most ancaps are really just fascists who haven't found their Dear Leader yet anyway.

  • @shadylittlefox
    @shadylittlefox 3 года назад +12

    Defs gonna start a playthrough stream of this series, I am super interested now.

  • @UltraTaka1
    @UltraTaka1 3 года назад +5

    Just started replaying MGSV yesterday, good timing my man

  • @oneofegoraptorschins4422
    @oneofegoraptorschins4422 3 года назад +10

    I'm definitely a leftie myself, my dude, and very likely have the same appreciation and love for the Metal Gear series so don't confuse me with being a hater.
    The narrative absolutely frames the US as being the unfortunate opponent in the Big Boss games, I absolutely agree. But what you're implying here is that being opposed to the development of nuclear weapons is somehow a left/right wing issue.

    • @TheKavernacle
      @TheKavernacle  3 года назад +22

      The development of Nukes shouldn't be a left-right issue, and maybe it wasn't as much in the past (SALT talks done by Nixon and Reagan etc) but it defo is one these days. It was a big scandal in the UK when Jeremy Corbyn said if he was Prime Minister he wouldn't use the UK's nuclear capabilities while centre-right Labour MP's and Libs have said they would.

    • @lakiog1938
      @lakiog1938 3 года назад +2

      @@TheKavernacle this can only be said by an American leftist. If this is ur proof MG is left wing i would consider watching netflix series only

  • @MotherMayhem2x
    @MotherMayhem2x Год назад +1

    Love the video! I played the old MGS games but I wasn’t aware the creator was such an awesome artist.

  • @Chungskingi
    @Chungskingi Год назад +5

    I do wonder if the boss is somehow based on Lenin, kind like how the bosses will is misinterpreted by zero and others much like how Lenin's will was misinterpreted by Stalin, just a thought

  • @nonesuchone
    @nonesuchone 2 года назад +7

    As someone who watched that 7 hour review - thanks for clearing this up

    • @TheKavernacle
      @TheKavernacle  2 года назад +2

      Lmao - the death stranding one?

    • @nonesuchone
      @nonesuchone 2 года назад +1

      @@TheKavernacle yep! made a podcast out of it

  • @baiwatch1
    @baiwatch1 3 года назад +1

    I appreciate you using footage from the zelda rap ad lol.

  • @fruitjuiceshibe
    @fruitjuiceshibe 3 года назад +1

    Where did that voice clip at the end come from? It's rare to hear Kiefer Snake say more than 2 words at a time lmao

    • @TheKavernacle
      @TheKavernacle  3 года назад +3

      It’s from the secret nuclear ending from multiplayer!

    • @fruitjuiceshibe
      @fruitjuiceshibe 3 года назад

      @@TheKavernacle Thanks! I actually remember seeing the cutscene when I first played on PS3 last year, had no clue what the fuck was happening

  • @theonewhosknocked7971
    @theonewhosknocked7971 3 года назад +8

    I skipped around that 7 hour death stranding video so I didn't hear the "no politics" part but that made me cackle
    But yes please make that video, I've been seeing (kinda clumsy) leftist themes in Kojima games for years but nobody ever talks about it

  • @MrLisso98
    @MrLisso98 3 года назад +6

    I think the Ps4 community managed to disarm all the nukes. IN the end.

    • @themajesticspider-man6116
      @themajesticspider-man6116 3 года назад +6

      No, that was actually the PS3 community.

    • @yessir8193
      @yessir8193 3 года назад

      @@themajesticspider-man6116 PS4 did aswell this year

    • @themajesticspider-man6116
      @themajesticspider-man6116 3 года назад

      @@yessir8193 I just tried to find a news source that said that everyone on PS4 who has the game disarmed all their nukes and found nothing. I only found that 2,500 nukes on the PS4 servers still remain. So no, the PS4 community hasn't disarmed all their nukes yet.

    • @yessir8193
      @yessir8193 3 года назад

      @@themajesticspider-man6116 The nuclear disarmament cutseen played the last time I played the game a few months ago

  • @Heeroyui752
    @Heeroyui752 Год назад +2

    Outstanding, subscribed.

  • @garrettbenedek1036
    @garrettbenedek1036 Год назад +1

    Commenting to support my creator!

  • @michaelcorcoran8768
    @michaelcorcoran8768 3 года назад +44

    I always look for games that might have a socialist theme. But, they usually make the protagonist help United States invade Latin America...:(
    I'll try this one out

    • @tedofalltradesprops
      @tedofalltradesprops 3 года назад +10

      Peace walker is definitely the other way around. Give it a shot.

    • @allancastellon9248
      @allancastellon9248 3 года назад +14

      Peace Walker is literally about stopping the CIA from ruining Latin America

    • @michaelcorcoran8768
      @michaelcorcoran8768 3 года назад +2

      @@allancastellon9248 Nice that's perfect I'll try it out

    • @michaelcorcoran8768
      @michaelcorcoran8768 3 года назад +2

      @@tedofalltradesprops Sweet can't wait to try it

    • @sierra1513
      @sierra1513 Год назад +1

      Just Cause may not be socialist but it has definitely evolved into an anti CIA series, basically all the villains in the series were funded by, are still funded by or are the CIA

  • @gamecenterx9925
    @gamecenterx9925 3 года назад +5

    There was something that happened after MGS2. I think one of the main writers changed. Either way the ending of MGS2 is definitely hinting at some messed up stuff going on in the world and how there is a shadow government controlling stuff.

    • @TheKavernacle
      @TheKavernacle  3 года назад +9

      Well it wasn’t actually a shadow govt it was four AI running the world - revealed in MGS4. It used to be an in person group called the Patriots but they died. Zero created the AI with the DARPA Chief from MGS1

    • @gamecenterx9925
      @gamecenterx9925 3 года назад +1

      Tomokazu Fukushima didnt write MGS4. mgs4 is where the series fell apart for me. A lot of retconning and really dumb decisions with the plot.

    • @gamecenterx9925
      @gamecenterx9925 3 года назад +3

      Either way I love mgs2 for how it shows things going on behind the scenes in this world. And how the presidents are all just useless pawns

    • @mookiestewart3776
      @mookiestewart3776 10 месяцев назад

      @@TheKavernacleeven before the patriots they were the the philosophers

    • @satisfiedconsumer649
      @satisfiedconsumer649 10 месяцев назад

      That's because it's ripping off Deus Ex.

  • @alladinedge
    @alladinedge Год назад

    This video was so awesome, thank you.

  • @LightGlyphRasengan
    @LightGlyphRasengan 3 года назад

    This was a wonderful video

  • @Marco_Onyxheart
    @Marco_Onyxheart 3 года назад +7

    I've already seen the original video, so I've got to be honest, not that interested in a repeat. I thought this would be a follow-up. Guess this comment will feed the algorithm.

    • @shadylittlefox
      @shadylittlefox 3 года назад +4

      This was a reupload? I'm so glad he did, I'd always sort of not "gotten" the whole series and I never knew about the references to che and anti-imperialism. Who knows how long it would have taken for me to come across this vid otherwise...

  • @scorpion9500
    @scorpion9500 Год назад +1

    Great video

  • @ChrisOhalloran-h4w
    @ChrisOhalloran-h4w 11 дней назад

    the boss was probably the best character in the metal gear solid franchise its a shame that we cant live in a world thats connected and whole its sad that we cant put that message into practice

  • @OctopusDropkick
    @OctopusDropkick Год назад +3

    Great video. Got tuned into this by a certain Turk.

  • @junjiito6298
    @junjiito6298 3 года назад +16

    This is why Kojima is King when it comes to VG. God this makes me want his Silent Hill game even more. Kind of off topic for this video but still.

  • @Not.So.WiseGuy
    @Not.So.WiseGuy 3 года назад

    I thought all nukes on PS4 were disabled back in July.

  • @comradesonic.6057
    @comradesonic.6057 2 года назад +3

    Kajima is not a socialist he's a billionaire that has slight sympathy for socialism like George Lucas if he was a real socialist billionaire he would fund socialist projects like friedrich engels or better yet actual revolutions.

    • @TheKavernacle
      @TheKavernacle  2 года назад +10

      Kojima is not a billionaire…

    • @comradesonic.6057
      @comradesonic.6057 2 года назад +2

      @@TheKavernacle Sorry Kojima's net worth is 30 million but Kojima Productions is worth billions still with that much clout he could do something. But I digress.

    • @comradesonic.6057
      @comradesonic.6057 2 года назад +3

      @@TheKavernacleThe only rich person that was revolutionary was Friedrich Engels the only class traitor of the bourgeoisie in history I can think of all these other rich people are spinless.

    • @pogo8050
      @pogo8050 Год назад +5

      Never seen such cringe larp in my life. “Just fund a revolution 4head”

    • @totalmeltdown911
      @totalmeltdown911 Год назад +1

      @@pogo8050 lmao straight up my guy, hooooly.

  • @extremepostyo5242
    @extremepostyo5242 3 года назад +1

    If you haven't done it already , I would recommend doing a video about obvious politics in older video games. Showing ppl that games have had political messaging for decades to counter the keep politics out of video games argument. I'm playing a game called 'soldier of fortune' that features a fictional version of Sadam Hussien. Like seriously, ppl are getting upset by gay/trans characters SMH.

    • @casthedemon
      @casthedemon 2 года назад

      That's never been what people are mad about lmao.

  • @matteoforghieri
    @matteoforghieri 2 года назад +1

    i wonder if snake was inspired by the life of garibaldi...i think there are some similarities

  • @tekaid23
    @tekaid23 3 года назад +2

    The Serfs have a couple of decent tweets on this....
    😉

  • @BrezelCeviche
    @BrezelCeviche 3 года назад

    I hope you get to Metal Gear Rising someday

  • @Nakeethus_Hunter
    @Nakeethus_Hunter 2 года назад +2

    Gamers don't have a problem with political messaging in games, they just have a problem with hamfisted political narrative... Metal Gear questioning the west's view of itself is different from making Shao Kahn a MAGA bro

  • @jurtra9090
    @jurtra9090 2 года назад +1

    Is this the reason why Razörfist hates MGS so much?

  • @k.theindifferent7931
    @k.theindifferent7931 Год назад

    banger video

  • @drewan6591
    @drewan6591 3 года назад +2

    Comment for the algorithm
    Also mgs3 is the best!

  • @HeloisGevit
    @HeloisGevit 3 года назад +3

    Hey Kavernacle, I don't know if this is within your realm of expertise but could you do a video covering the electoral situation in the UK? As a left wing Brit it feels pretty hopeless, the Conservatives have had an iron grip for over a decade and it doesn't look to be slipping anytime soon.

  • @hacman8732
    @hacman8732 3 года назад

    That white light shade tho

  • @BarackLesnar
    @BarackLesnar 3 года назад

    Oh hell yeah let's fucking get it

  • @PowersOfDarkness
    @PowersOfDarkness 3 года назад +1

    so where does a marxist start in playing this series?

    • @videogamenostalgia
      @videogamenostalgia 3 года назад +6

      The prequel games dealing with the historic political stuff described in this video are:
      MGS3
      MGS: Portable Ops (although you can easily skip that one since it's quite hard to get a hold of, it's not very good and its canon status is dubious)
      MGS: Peace Walker
      MGS: Ground Zeroes (this one's super short - first time players normally finish the story in about 45 mins)
      MGSV
      You wouldn't go wrong playing them in that order.
      The 'sequel' series (set in the near-future) isn't as explicit about its politics as the prequel series, but they're still really good games with interesting themes: MGS1, MGS2 and MGS4 (in that order). You do kind of need to play that series too to get the whole story, since MGS4 ties together both the historic and near-future timeline games.

  • @nrincon96
    @nrincon96 3 года назад +3

    1:32 was it whitelight? Did he really day that? Haha

  • @FrankieMacRibs
    @FrankieMacRibs Год назад

    "The snake of Kyiv"

  • @argosgiovanni5988
    @argosgiovanni5988 3 года назад

    Love your content man what do you think about the history of islamic socialism in indonesia and will you make a video about because before g30sPKI they where very strong and indonesia komunis party witch at that time whas the largest non ruling comunist party in the world is form from member of sarekat islam an islamic organization and the first president a left winger even created NASAKOM or Nasionalism, agama (religion) and komunism
    Im sorry with my english im not a native speaker

  • @DarksiderDarmoset
    @DarksiderDarmoset 3 года назад +10

    I have only played MGS3 but they seem very interesting lol

    • @DavidMyrmidon
      @DavidMyrmidon 3 года назад

      Still haven't really played MGS4 (MG, Snake's Revenge, Portable Ops and Peace Walker), but the Other ones (MGS, Sons of Liberty and MGSV The Phantom Pain) were alright.
      But none of them beat The Plot of Snake Eater.

  • @commorevpenguin9602
    @commorevpenguin9602 3 года назад +2

    10:47 Its diane simmons from family guy......you're welsome.

  • @cragland94
    @cragland94 3 года назад +7

    imagine thinking kojima is a nationalist lmao

  • @mr.andurand9166
    @mr.andurand9166 2 месяца назад

    Russian isn't Colonizer ?

  • @IchbinX
    @IchbinX 3 года назад +22

    Ppl claiming there are no politics in Kojima games, don't know what true politics are. He's writing about governments, ways of life, etc. Not, "Wouldnt the world be better without straight white males?"

    • @jalisco-kallisto6216
      @jalisco-kallisto6216 3 года назад +15

      Politics is when my vidya gam has minorities in it

    • @themajesticspider-man6116
      @themajesticspider-man6116 3 года назад +18

      Yeah, if there was even a hint of feminism or trans people or what-have-you in those games, then they'd cry about "politics in my video games" lol.
      Oh, wait, there kinda was, I suppose. By the end of MGS 4, Meryl is seen as this strong (she's literally buff as fuck and it's awesome) female leader who leads a rag-tag group of men around with her and is basically showing that a woman can be strong (her muscles being shown kinda say that, too). For whatever reason, no one in 2008 wanted to say anything negative about that, but had the game been made today, GamersTM would be all over that shit.

    • @IchbinX
      @IchbinX 3 года назад +2

      @@themajesticspider-man6116 I don't think so. There's a balance to things. The audience already got what they wanted, so why question one of the many "bond girls".
      Now, if it was overwhelmingly one-sided. Yeah, you'd hear conservatives & anti-liberals pitch a fit.

    • @99RedRedfake
      @99RedRedfake 3 года назад +8

      @@themajesticspider-man6116 Strangelove being Bisexual also never seemed to trigger the cons.
      There was some backlash against the androgenous Raiden though.

    • @lakiog1938
      @lakiog1938 3 года назад

      @@themajesticspider-man6116 nothing changed at all and also when the Japanese do it it's not the same reasons americans do

  • @protennis365
    @protennis365 10 месяцев назад

    Everyone did not read Kat Marx book and using a RUclips video to get information is really bad.

  • @mookiestewart3776
    @mookiestewart3776 10 месяцев назад

    A good way to know if the man is actually a socialist would be to learn a bit about how he pays his workers now that he has full control of a studio . It’s all well and good to out socialist themes or aesthetics into your art but does he put his money where his mouth is?? Love his games though !!

  • @Nightharmony69
    @Nightharmony69 Год назад

    Gamers saying that Metal gear isn't political are fucking crazy.

  • @ADHD-Esoteric
    @ADHD-Esoteric 3 года назад +2

    Girl Skulls lol

  • @saladinnausicaa2759
    @saladinnausicaa2759 3 года назад +1

    WIth the The Last of Us 2 video, I want to see if you can invite people and have some debates.
    You made a TLOu2 video where you tried to a handwaved lot of the problems and tried blaming it on the people but didn't seem to understand much of it so I personally would like to have that debate if you are up for it. I left a comment on your video about it sometime ago and never received anything.

    • @TheKavernacle
      @TheKavernacle  3 года назад +6

      I am not up for a debate sorry

    • @luisdaniel9542
      @luisdaniel9542 2 года назад

      @no info there are lot of debate bros in the left, is just that not every single leftist is a debate bro, is not the left that is hiding from debates like steven crowder does

  • @no-hn1yx
    @no-hn1yx 2 года назад

    9:07

  • @apoco_lips9957
    @apoco_lips9957 Год назад

    poggies

  • @JN-vt7mz
    @JN-vt7mz 3 года назад +5

    Explains why Big Boss failed in the end and regretted his decisions.

    • @satanamogila9251
      @satanamogila9251 3 года назад +3

      Ocelot prevailed though, as for Big Boss regretting his decision, he regretted the means of achieving Boss' vision not the ideology itself. Because in essence the means to achieve it was mainly through terrorist acts

  • @thatyoutubechannel9953
    @thatyoutubechannel9953 3 года назад +1

    Just look at the dude and listen to him talk for two minutes, you don't need anything else to know that if he were born in 1990 he would be a Chapo-style Patreon guy

  • @KMS_Admiral_Hipper
    @KMS_Admiral_Hipper 2 года назад

    american

  • @CayeDaws
    @CayeDaws 3 года назад +5

    I hate being a contrarion here, but the point Whitelight was trying to make was that the main theme of Death Stranding is people need to learn to reconnect with each other, and all other political part of the game were only used to develop the setting. This is like that one time you tried to claim that Vaush was denying that american schools indoctrinate children while he main point was that there is no state enforced idealogy and that it varies school to school.
    The main point of death stranding is that mankind has become too decisive and it should be our task to reconnect with each other, which isnt a political stance but rather a social critique.

    • @arskakarva7474
      @arskakarva7474 3 года назад +10

      Is that really not a political stance though? One of the key criticisms levied by socialists and anarchists against capitalism for more than a century now is precisely the social alienation and atomization it causes (most eloquently summed up by Einstein as "this crippling of individuals" when he wrote about capitalism's alienating effects in education). Social critique is inherently political, and calls for political action to transform society to solve its problems (or in some cases, vice versa, as society and politics are intrinsically connected and transformation of society would force transformation of politics).

    • @sierra1513
      @sierra1513 Год назад

      @@arskakarva7474 precisely, a humanity united would never stand for the injustices of capitalism, only when there is an "other" can you justify such a system

    • @Heathmcdonald
      @Heathmcdonald Год назад

      Get a grip, look how communism always ends up. Millions dead

  • @neonrelmsproductions4224
    @neonrelmsproductions4224 3 года назад +5

    Metal Gear as a whole is part of what made me a radical leftist v

  • @RobertEdwinHouse9
    @RobertEdwinHouse9 3 года назад +7

    Mgs is my favorite franchise but Death Stranding is awful imo

    • @foolishmuleth6757
      @foolishmuleth6757 3 года назад +4

      I hope it's the only Strand type game

    • @UltraTaka1
      @UltraTaka1 3 года назад +1

      I probably agree lmao, but Death Stranding was almost so obscure and clearly self indulgent I couldn't help but enjoy my time with it, maybe somewhat ironically though. I think that's it's real worth.

    • @nintendowiids12
      @nintendowiids12 3 года назад +1

      If you don't enjoy the game, you should at least try reading the novel instead. The story is genuinely very good and hooked me from start to finish.

    • @foolishmuleth6757
      @foolishmuleth6757 3 года назад +2

      @@nintendowiids12 There's a novel? Aight that sounds like something I can get behind

    • @nintendowiids12
      @nintendowiids12 3 года назад

      @@foolishmuleth6757 You can get it on Amazon, I'm not sure about other sites. It has two parts. The novel came out in Japan a long while ago but the official translation camed out later.

  • @sushiboots
    @sushiboots Год назад +3

    If he's an anti capitalist, he's not a very good one. I can only think of one person more focused on promoting his name and brand as Kojima. He's second only to Trump. I mean the guy had his name credited in MGSV hundreds of times, he appears in-game, he names his studio Kojima productions, and he even credits himself for his trailer edits. I mean, check out his appearances in the Japanese commercials for MGS1. That's just the tip of the iceberg regarding his self promotion.
    I'm not claiming to know his political beliefs, but I'm just going by my own observations. He reminds me of these Hollywood actors that denounce carbon emissions yet produce infinitely more than the people they criticize.

    • @sierra1513
      @sierra1513 Год назад +10

      Taking pride in your artwork is capitalism now apparently

    • @sushiboots
      @sushiboots Год назад +2

      @@sierra1513 for capital gain? Yes. He puts his name on projects he didn't even direct.

  • @TheNemesis442
    @TheNemesis442 2 года назад +3

    its interesting that people who praise che never talk about the umap camps he built.....

    • @Skullnaught
      @Skullnaught 2 года назад +3

      Cause its inconvienent for them. Lefties always push that under the rug

    • @Rad-Dude63andathird
      @Rad-Dude63andathird 2 года назад +1

      I find it interesting that people forget in Metal Gear, a dude who threatens the world with nukes to keep it in a state of perpetual war is the one being compared to Che Guevara.

  • @MC_Hammerpants
    @MC_Hammerpants 3 года назад +7

    "It is clear Kojima is a socialist"
    That's a bold ass statement to make given your "supporting evidence" is assuming everything Snake says or does is actually a reflection of Kojima's personal politics and not just a video game character being a video game character

    • @azooreus
      @azooreus 3 года назад +12

      Well for one, this isn't about the words of actions of Solid Snake alone, but also Kazuhira, Big Boss, The Boss, Amanda. So it begs the question, did you even watch the video? Either way, Kojima, always talks about his games reflecting his opinions on real life occurrences all the time. Just this week, at the Game Awards, he was talking about how he wasn't expecting the reality of Death Stranding to hit so soon, which btw, he has stated the game was inspired by Brexit, Trump. Not to mention the MGS series entirely revolve around his real life concerns of nuclear warfare and denuclearization. Honestly, I'd go so far as to ask if you've played his games at all. They all make sure to state to the player that they're going to be political from the get-go.

    • @lakiog1938
      @lakiog1938 3 года назад +3

      @@azooreus this isn't a left right issue

    • @MC_Hammerpants
      @MC_Hammerpants 3 года назад +2

      @@azooreus The metal gear universe is full of many rich and complex characters. Choosing to cherry pick characters "X, Y, Z" while ignoring characters "A-W" as a way to present proof of Kojimas policy stances is pretty ignorant. Why do these characters get preference over others? Cause it supports your narrative?
      Even these characters you specifically picked are multi dimensional. Does Kojima support child soldiers now too cause of something Big Boss does?
      Both you and the video creator are making an argument from emotion and flimsy, easily refuted logic.
      But if you need more convincing, a quick Google search reveals Kojima has a net worth of $30,000,000. Dude must really think about how much he hates capitalism every night

    • @sierra1513
      @sierra1513 Год назад

      @@lakiog1938 it is though, right wing talking heads might peddle anti-nuclear ideals but they still follow what these thing represent, fear and power through violence

    • @lakiog1938
      @lakiog1938 Год назад

      @@sierra1513 ok and? It naturally follows then that no one would have the balls to actually start a war between bigger states. Are you pro war?

  • @lakiog1938
    @lakiog1938 3 года назад +5

    This is such a huge reach lol. Idk if anyone outside of the American world can live in such delusions.

    • @Heathmcdonald
      @Heathmcdonald Год назад +1

      He's British obviously lmao not American

  • @Pix256
    @Pix256 Год назад

    I think you are totally deluding yourself thinking kojima's views alienate towards your own ones. In his work he does cherish war while at the same time he condones it, most people would say this is contradictory but it really is not. Truth be told he is just an artist with eclectic viewpoints. What you are doing is pretending to drag Kojima's views to your side of a petty political discussion, which in my opinion is of very bad taste.

    • @TheKavernacle
      @TheKavernacle  Год назад +11

      He literally posts pictures of him on twitter reading socialists work lol - he's a socialist my dude doesn't take a genius to see it - he said Death Stranding was a response to Trump and Brexit

  • @casthedemon
    @casthedemon 2 года назад +11

    Kojima seems like a likeable and down to earth guy. I think he's too smart to support something like socialism.

    • @TheKavernacle
      @TheKavernacle  2 года назад +17

      That’s where you’re wrong Bucko. Japan might be very nationalistic but it also has one of the worlds biggest communist parties - Kojima is probably a member

    • @casthedemon
      @casthedemon 2 года назад +8

      @@TheKavernacle that would be unfortunate lmao.

    • @justanormalguyonyoutube1098
      @justanormalguyonyoutube1098 Год назад +2

      @@casthedemon cope

    • @Nikita-ze8ii
      @Nikita-ze8ii Год назад +1

      @@casthedemon in support of your way of thinking Albert Einstein even wrote "Why socialism?" as an essay criticising the USSR, you should read up on it

    • @mookiestewart3776
      @mookiestewart3776 10 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah he’s too smart to support something that you clearly don’t know the definition of lol

  • @kye4216
    @kye4216 3 года назад +8

    Idolising Che Guevara is super cringe

  • @0w8wsj7w
    @0w8wsj7w 3 года назад +1

    Ok he's still a misogynist

  • @martiantornado6113
    @martiantornado6113 Год назад +1

    Hi chat :)