I’m not too far removed from the school system; they don’t walk you through this website, it’s something they just tell you to go on at home or in your spare time.

And as I said before it’s the ending that gets me.

The modal school child has very little appreciation for mass psychology, psychological warfare, the Fabian agenda etc…

The message of this execrable propaganda is: this is your shitty future, there is nothing you can do about it so you might as well get used to it and join it OR ELSE.

It induces cognitive dissonance into those unaware of a wiser compassionate alternative. Either join us or become the impotent enemy, it says. Those who fight it with rage will only fuel martial law. Those who cower in fear consent to it. There is another way but the Fabian BBC are not going to admit that.

I think it’s also worth noting that this site tends to be used without any teacher guidance, aka at home or during free time.

I’d also like your take on the final message where the player with no choice has to join the “regulators”. Not very wholesome is it.

The BBC doesn’t exactly have a good track record.

GCSE students (aged 14–16) are certainly old enough to understand. The game makes it very clear that the form of government shown is unfair. So clear in fact, I believe the message would be soundly interpreted by someone as young as 12. The game even goes as far as showing people of a similar age-group to the target audience directly telling the player that the system isn’t fair.

How any teenager, or you for that matter, could make such a wide misinterpretation is beyond me.

It’s a game encouraging debate, highlighting the importance of the democratic system and the pitfalls of those of the Soviet Union or Nazi Germany. It’s not complicated.