This game has taught me a large portion of the population completely just buys the narrative presented and ignores all the actual facts. They love the main character of the movie regardless of anything.
Case and point people hate Strauss even though he is arguably the most moral in the gang in terms of his deeds. His grift is semi legal and the victims are voluntary and know all the stipulations.
Meanwhile Arthur admits to killing women and children in his past and we see the whole gang murder lots of people and steal.
I mean the part that people hate Straus most for (roughing up desperate people who don't pay his shark loans back) is literally done by Arthur himself. So how does Arthur not get some or most of the blame for that? It's not like Arthur is lower in the gang ranks or can't just tell Straus he won't do it. Arthur willingly does it.
But because Arthur is the main character and we see his regret and so on suddenly people are like "omg I love Arthur he is a good person."
Mfer killed kids!
Also Straus and other characters might have regrets too but we don't see them. Sort of like real life we don't know other people's personal life or internal feelings. That doesn't mean we assume the worst. Judge them then by their actions and such. With Straus his actions are of a slimy loan shark. So yeah you shouldn't like him but compared to the rest of the gang he is a Saint.
When is it ever stated they killed women and children?
The fact that Dutch shot a civilian woman is treated as a very big deal and a sign of how bad things have gotten.
Also, Strauss is far from the most moral. All of the gang sucks but he's specifically preying on poor and desperate people. It being legal or voluntary has zero to do with morality.
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u/Thief009988 Jun 26 '23
Yep! Let Charles and John and Sadie work on their Farm! The law would have finished off Dutch and everybody else!