my biggest failure the first time i played disco elysium was not understanding what was happening with the Claire brothers. i got Verhoeven'd. i got reverse starship troopered and i admit that

this guy claims to be a socialist yet he's being mean to me, a cop?? this must be a criticism of syndicalism

they made him ugly so i would know right away how untrustworthy he is. if everyone in the union likes and trusts him it's because they're wrong, not me: the cop with no memory of anything

This little trick Keith describes is unalloyed genius. Make the man greasy and difficult, set him up to be an obstacle, show you how a cop can convince himself that progressive organizing is A Problem and then force you to claw your way out of that mindset if you actually want to ally with the people of Martinaise.

At one point, Evrart says something like "Of course I'm corrupt, the workers expect a little corruption. They'd never trust me if they couldn't see me taking a bit for myself" and I've never been able to shake that from my brain.