Marketing for The Division 2 Reverses ‘The Wall’ Narrative as Mexico Blocks US Citizens From Crossing its Borders
Despite stating that The Division 2 would remain apolitical, new marketing for the game is leaning into the current threat of a wall being built along the border between the United States and Mexico. However, it does so in a somewhat unexpected way, reversing the narrative as Mexico builds the wall to keep US refugees from fleeing to their country.
Ubisoft, in a marketing frenzy for The Division 2, has published on Twitter a tongue-in-cheek fake press release about Mexico building a wall to block Americans from fleeing into the country, after the outbreak and instability that the country faces.
It reads, ?Now is not the time for politics, policies, or financial considerations to get in the way of us immediately securing and protecting the people of Mexico,? The release expresses a ?Zero Tolerance Mandate? on permitting U.S. citizens to enter Mexico ?with thousands and thousands of government troops and national police? stationed at the border.
THIS JUST IN. Mexico responds to the deteriorating situation in the US. pic.twitter.com/xassgLoXLF
? The Division 2 (@TheDivisionGame) March 6, 2019
The fictional President of Mexico also references a ?caravan? of U.S. citizens trying to enter the country for protection from the Dark Zones; a clear reference to the caravan of migrants from Guatamala in late 2018 that were used as an ?impending threat? to push the political agenda of a wall on the border.
Regardless of your own stance on The Wall, this piece of marketing contradic...
Source: PlayStation LifeStyle
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