The episode of The Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast about The Last of Us 2 goes into a ton of depth on this, if you’re interested.
But basically Neil Druckman is a massive Zionist, and his conception of Israeli/Palestine dynamics played a very strong role in the game’s conception of human nature, and how people relate to one another.
honest question - what has Druckman said that makes him a “massive Zionist”? (I don’t know anything about the guy other than he was born in the occupied west bank* and lived there as a young child)
*edit: actually he was born in Tel Aviv and his family moved to the west bank, not that it makes much of a difference
I was just skimming some articles today about this topic.
Druckmann was telling an interviewer in one article that he saw a news report where some Israeli soldiers were being lynched in the West Bank when he was younger. Druckmann’s takeaway was basically “why do ‘they’ have to be so horrible to us?” without actually looking into the history of Israel and its treatment of Palestinians. He specifically mentioned “tribalism” at one point, which implies (to me at least) his acceptance of the “this antagonism has been going on for thousands of years” trope.
The episode of The Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast about The Last of Us 2 goes into a ton of depth on this, if you’re interested.
But basically Neil Druckman is a massive Zionist, and his conception of Israeli/Palestine dynamics played a very strong role in the game’s conception of human nature, and how people relate to one another.
honest question - what has Druckman said that makes him a “massive Zionist”? (I don’t know anything about the guy other than he was born in the occupied west bank* and lived there as a young child)
*edit: actually he was born in Tel Aviv and his family moved to the west bank, not that it makes much of a difference
I was just skimming some articles today about this topic.
Druckmann was telling an interviewer in one article that he saw a news report where some Israeli soldiers were being lynched in the West Bank when he was younger. Druckmann’s takeaway was basically “why do ‘they’ have to be so horrible to us?” without actually looking into the history of Israel and its treatment of Palestinians. He specifically mentioned “tribalism” at one point, which implies (to me at least) his acceptance of the “this antagonism has been going on for thousands of years” trope.
Check out his post in response to October 8th. lol
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Horrid take. Like genuinely racist to suggest that having a Jewish name makes him a Zionist.
Even if he is a zionist, this isn’t the line of argument you should be taking.
obviously I’m aware that he is not Palestinian and that he was born in a settler-colonialist entity. I asked about his beliefs
That implies very little of what is being claimed, c’mon now