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Alternate south africa wrote:

Do you guys ever think that Nationstates is politically biased? I'm not trying to insult you guys or anything, but it seems like the majority of people on this website are politically biased for the left, especially with all the topics I see coming from the forums.

Are you wondering if the game itself is biased, or merely the people who play it?

Jabberwocky wrote:

Are you wondering if the game itself is biased, or merely the people who play it?

That's a great point. It would be interesting if we could see the demographics of people who play this- their ages and/or locations. However, one of the things I like most about this website is that you don't need to provide such things to play- just your email.

The people being left leaning I can mostly agree with, yes, though I'm not sure of there are any regions that hold very right wing views (wouldn't surprise me from, say, the invader regions or however they're called). That stance might have to do with demographics being mostly that of young people from the western world who have enough resources for a computer, an internet connection, and enough spare time to join this...game/forum/simulator thing), and that demographic is probably mostly left leaning, I'd imagine, so yes.

The game itself, though, I wouldn't say so. I feel like the game mocks/jokes about any and all choices you make, be it to be the ruthless tyrant of a capitalist state or an attempt at a benevolent leader in a socialist one. Few to no options come without their fair share of disadvantages, and no viewpoint or focus is really promoted, as far as I can tell. I haven't been around for nearly as long as some other people, but I can't see them saying anything much different from this, which is that the game at least tries to be either objective or laugh at both sides instead of taking one.

South Orwelland wrote:

I'm not sure of there are any regions that hold very right wing views (wouldn't surprise me from, say, the invader regions or however they're called).

There are plenty of fascist regions to go around (which is the whole reason the antifascist militaries like the MT army exist), along with a handful of conservative regions.

Conservative republic of huang wrote:

There are plenty of fascist regions to go around (which is the whole reason the antifascist militaries like the MT army exist), along with a handful of conservative regions.

Well then that answers that, I couldn't really say how the proportions work (1:4 left to right or 2:3 or 1:1, who knows) but at least they do exist, so I don't think there is much bias in the game

Alternate south africa wrote:

Do you guys ever think that Nationstates is politically biased? I'm not trying to insult you guys or anything, but it seems like the majority of people on this website are politically biased for the left, especially with all the topics I see coming from the forums.

NSG(NationStates General Forum) has a majority of left-leaning players. The game itself is not biased.

Sowatea wrote:

is double posting even that bad

It's not the worst offence one could perform but it clogs up the RMB with messages that could just be edited into the original post like I'm doing.

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-- Groucho Marx

Alternate south africa wrote:

I guess it figures that the forums are full of left-leaning players. I should've clarified this by the way, when I meant biased, I meant that the majority of people on the forums seem to always take the side of the left in any political discussion, and it also seems like right-leaning players are getting punished by the mods more often, even for the pettiest reasons. I know it sounds like I'm crying about it, which I'm not, it just kinda bothers me.

Gotta admit I know little about the game's forums, so while I'm not surprised by the left leaning tendencies of both the moderators and the general populace, I do admit I'm both disappointed and not surprised by the moderators being so harsh on conservative views. If I have ever learnt anything about moderators in Discord, Reddit or most other sites, is that power madness combined with political correctness and bipartisanship mean anybody who doesn't agree with one's views is heavily looked down upon. So... Yeah, that would imply a decent amount of bias. Then again, I haven't really seen the forums and it's mostly just guesswork and previous experiences, so I could be very wrong.

Edit: In unrelated news, I had an issue series on going to war with Brasilistan and somehow I went through it all without nuking them once. Did NOT think I would have the self-control to avoid using my WMDs.

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