I recently learned about the term non-playable character, and I think that it has some interesting lessons about the current presidential elections. I sketched my thoughts about this in the video above and the definition for non-playable characters below.
I think that this has something to say about the current presidential elections, but more generally about Democrats and Republicans, the left and the right.
A non-player character (NPC), also called a non-playable character, is a character in a game that is not controlled by a player. The term originated in traditional tabletop role-playing games where it applies to characters controlled by the gamemaster or referee rather than by another player.
