It's like how how TNO turned the collective memory of Oskar Dirlewanger from a guy who occasionally appeared on "the 10 worst nazis list" articles into a household name appearing on edgy memes and 4chan discussions that all lessens the impact of what he did in real life. Or made Hyperborea an actual topic discussed in far right circles again. Or how Red Flood got a demographic (fat lonely gamers) that otherwise wouldn't have cared to be interested in the history of art.
I think the devs should consider setting up an alternate download site for the mod because it is one of the most controversial videogame mods ever made and I guarantee there is a high chance Steam and Paradox will put pressure on to have it removed (or atleast force the devs to sanitise it, they have already done so by cutting the Tampa massacre event). Kaiseredux is in the same positon, they already cut Goebbels and Kalergi due to controversy, I could see them cutting the klan, yockey and other controversial paths in the CAR in the future. If some degenerate affiliated with Atomwaffen and mentions the mod shoots up or bombs a place, this pressure will heavily mount or if we get another racial reckoning like 2020 or more nations introducing internet control bills like the UK rn.
I heard so on the new discord. Search it and the first comment mentions it was removed.
Why do you ask this every time someone brings up the very observable reality that people will be led into these ideologies (or at least skinsuits of them) by these mods? Do you think they should do something?
Then again, KKK was refounded by people who watched the Birth of a Nation.
I'll admit fantasies can be strong drivers, but Birth of a Nation had way more mass appeal than any hoi4 mod could hope for. Aside from its subject matter and themes, it's also considered a well made film.
Welcome to Cascadia, we have:
Imagine being part of a totalitarian communist state and the name of the Supreme Leader being fucking Bob. "In the People's Republic of Cascadia, children learn to love Chairman Bob with all their heart since a young age, often holding him in higher esteem than even their own parents" "You aren't one of Bob's cronies, aren't you? I remember the days where we fought for a truly free Cascadia, before that band of maoist thugs took over"
Honestly, having a non-nuke AWD path is cool and The Base enables exploring that.
The difference depended on who they were trying to recruit. The Base tried to unify the two sides of the 2016-18 fringe right into one by taking the secessionist/bioregionalist talking points from Harold Covington's Northwest Front and smashing it together with SEEJ aesthetics, ironically bringing both sides together to disavow them. Its odd that a self proclaimed Northwest Front group had all their larger cells outside of it and they were not trying to get guys moved, make of that what you will.
Maoism is gay, Maism is for the real cool kids bucko!
What unites American radicals?
Or fed fronts until proven contrary.
Another observation: While Atomwaffen exhorted lone wolfism and cell based action, in the end it was a typical top-down neo-Nazi group.
Pretty much, Cells pretty much listened to Russell and Later Denton (When the former was incarcerated)
I'm going to assume though that just like how Atomwaffen's Lore is somewhat clearly changed (With what we can assume this includes things such as Devon Arthurs never murdering his Atomwaffen Roommates as he is a General for Atomwaffen in Game) that the Situation for the Base would likely be different and rather than, ya know, Be a Shitty Honeypot, they actually are an effective Org in TFR's Timeline.
