The whole thing lasted hours, but they found maybe 30 seconds of footage that wasn't chaos and constantly pointed to that and claimed it was "just tourists" who were "let in", so it's fine. If it were peaceful as they claim, they wouldn't have rushed Congress into the safest place they could find.

I went through and deleted all the notifications related to the post because I don't want anything to drag me back into it.

I mean, if you tell someone you are no longer interested in continuing with the conversation, and suspect they are engaging in bad faith. They try to continue the discussion in a way that isn't trying to de-escalate; it seems a bit of a red flag to me.

When we return in the end, not only is he much happier, but he also owns his own business and works for himself. George isn't bullying him but encouraging him to be a better person, and there is a hint of respect between the two.

Both he and George have the same relationship; he may have the upper hand in terms of power, but he is entirely reliant on George to make it in the world. He can't even write his own reports, much like in High school, he couldn't do his own homework. He doesn't seem very happy either.

It's more that the game encourages you to finish new game+ and then rewards you for playing a 3rd time. The story is incredibly ambigious but I suppose it hits you over the head with it's themes hard enough the first time to understand what's going on. The 2nd time sort of confirms the themes.