>>4240
Video games became popular and more accessible.
Fewer people nowadays think of video games as something strictly for super geeks or young children. So there has been a surge of everyday people beginning to play games. Of course, just like with any other hobby or group that gets this kind of increased popularity, 95% of these people are just looking for a simple, surface-level experience with video games. They do not care about the technical aspects, what it takes to create a game, cultural influences on games, or putting in extra effort to have a unique experience with others (like LAN parties or some contemporary equivalent). They're fine with shallow meme humor and little doses of adrenaline every now and then while playing as long as they get to consume some entertainment.
These players do not represent every single person who enjoys video games, but any differing voice gets drowned out on social media because of just how much attention modern gamers get on these platforms. Some cool guy who built his own PC back in the day and played Doom and Rogue when they first released is very unlikely to be an avid twatter or dixcord user today, and thus is not the "face" of the gaming community.
In terms of the political stuff, this kind of thing is driven by smaller groups of individuals. Upon seeing just how popular video games were really starting to become, these groups started to become jealous and self conscious. They also saw a chance to go in and force their own social and political beliefs on others, even if it meant destroying the very thing they invaded. Many of these individuals see this as the end goal, ironically, and gain pleasure from the idea. And they do it all under the guise of promoting "diversity." These people are extremists, no doubt about it, and it is not the average modern gamer sowing these seeds. But they do help spread and propagate the ideas mindlessly.
If you pick up a good history book, you'll begin to see just how similar it all is to Marxism and Communism.