"REPLAY" AND "REFLECTION"

It's thrilling and exhilarating that we fight together, but if in that victory, someone is remembered as a hero (claiming it's their right because they are rich, have money, and fought too), while many others (who also fought) are forgotten, isn't that sad? How can we remember those who were blown away by the wind and vanished?

PREECHA VONGSRILA

Today, I picked up the game again. After struggling with a mental block and failing to piece together a clip, I thought playing the game again might help me understand it better.

The results were as follows:

The Influencer won.

The Star Collector won and had a monument built.

The Dust Cleaner won and managed to smile.

The Backpacker had no home but collected enough character cards to unlock multiple collective victories.

Together, we unlocked nearly all the collective victory cards.

However, a question came to mind:

In a society where we can unlock all the collective victory cards together, does that really mean it is fair and just? In this collective victory, the wealthiest person had a monument in their honour and was the one who helped others the most (because they had a lot of money).

Is this normal in society? Is it truly equal?

In the same fight, the wealthy have monuments without losing anything (like in the game when my friend played and was really rich). Meanwhile, the ordinary people, the poor, fight for their community, like the villagers of Chana who have to sacrifice everything. Where are their stories in history? Is it really a victory if the memory belongs to those with monuments?

If even one person is missing from society, will it still be a society for all? If we win together, but the richest still have a monument, is it really a victory for everyone?

This is similar to the case of Thanathorn (the Thai progressive political figure), who invested heavily in politics. Is he more important than the ordinary citizens who go out and protest? How do we measure who is more important? Is it not unlike being attached to a figure like Thaksin Shinawatra, where many red-shirt protesters died, but we still choose to credit Thaksin? There are images of Thaksin but not of the ordinary people. When Thaksin changed his stance, the common people seemed to vanish, as if they never existed. Their memories are replaced by the actions of the wealthy once again.

It makes me think that in a country where we study the history of important figures and glorify the battles of people (the wealthy, the powerful), what about the little Dust Cleaner or the Traveller who has to fight and trade?

Have they never been important?

Have they had no impact on changing history?

Why are their names not in the books?

Why have they never had a monument?

"It's tough being born rich; always in trouble. No matter what I do, it's wrong. Sigh... Such a skewed society. Stop stereotyping already," said the rich person.

I'm sharing this because after playing the game again, it still challenges my thoughts, offering new perspectives. It's thrilling and exhilarating that we fight together, but if in that victory, someone is remembered as a hero (claiming it's their right because they are rich, have money, and fought too), while many others (who also fought) are forgotten, isn't that sad? How can we remember those who were blown away by the wind and vanished?

Today, I understand the game better. It's incredibly thought-provoking.