>Are RPGs starting to affect politics
No but the other way around certainly.
My IRL group that's been together since college had a schism over politics.
Years later it still hurts.
>oh well you should have known better than to play with leftoids
I didn't know they were when I joined with them, and it also didn't matter back then.
The environment was totally different.
I wish we could go back to those days, but sadly, I don't think it's possible.
And I know this shit has technically been around in RPGs with White Wolf cringe since forever, but it didn't really kick into high gear until D&D 5e came out and started shoving that shit into the mainstream.
I warned everyone at the time but no one listened..