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[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (9 children)

Why would they pokemon be on the side of the government during riots? Are pokemon stupid?

[–] [email protected] 45 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, why would pokemon be on the side of team rocket or whatever other villainous (often apocalyptic) group the games have? They just follow whoever catches them no matter what.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Exactly. In game, Pokemon follow people of a certain strength.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

Why are suffering lower/middle class people opposed to protests for better social security and medical systems? Are they stupid?

But fr tho sometimes people are just blind. If you have been a slave (pokemon) for life then its hard to break your chains.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago

There’s a documentary that may help explain this, iirc it’s called Paw Patrol

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why wouldn't they? Team Rocket/MagmAqua/Galactic/Plasma/Flare all have pokemon fighting with them. They listen to the trainer, not the moral obligation of the society.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but they get less healthcare then, because now it costs money.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

There are many people who have jobs they hate because they get good benefits, like healthcare & dental.

The Pokemon are just the abused working class.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

Have you never heard of police dogs?

[–] ClockworkOtter 7 points 8 months ago

Yo, the last major outbreak of violence against the government was when the far right lost an election. This is pretty damn on the ball.

[–] Mango 2 points 8 months ago

A price on healing means my trainer won't be so inclined to make me fight!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Pokemon in all versions of Pokemon are literal slaves. They have no free will if they are in a Poke Bowl. And depending on the movie - that free will can be overwritten again by a Psychic Type Pokemon.

[–] HowManyNimons 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Tell me what the "pokemon" should do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Join in the revolution against the capitalist government.