Dark Souls may have been a representation of the current political climates' disarray
Am unsure if this has been covered already or whether it's on intention or not, so I apologies if it has in advance.
As I stated, I think the world reflects our current politics quite well. A lot off people are afraid of the dark, it's only natural since after years of evolution being dependent on light, having cultures and myths be cenetered around it and having our own senses/existence be formed around it, we wo would struggle to exist wihtout l light. Light exists everywhere, just as in dark souls, we couldn't exist imagine a world without light, just like wihtout capitalism - convinced it's the only way a system can function. Just like moths around a flame, we're the ones who submerge and burn in its momentary bliss.
We the people, praise the sytstem cause it's the only thing we know so we let it take advantage of us as it pleases, as long as we can stay in the sun's wamrth.
However, the more times it's relit, it falls in on itself (literaly in the the game), causing the system to collapse inevitably into the dark, only leaving its people - socialism.
People realize they dont need classes or gods and can manage on their own, it's what Gywn was most afraid of. However it's not perfect, it's primitive and can be abused anyways until someone finds a spark and relits the flame.
Russia is the best example.
So what's the answer?
It's controlling the flame rather than having having it control us, having a system system thats made to benefits us, the undead -the ones you can never get rid of cause you need our flesh to feast the flame. Rather than us benefit them.
We need to usurp the flame. True harmony lies in Marxism.
Posted Aug 12, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC