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InThe Last of Us, endure and survive is a linguistic North Star for Ellie.

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If Ellie can handle all this, she can go on.

She can get a job, she can fall in love, she can build a life.

Wed do whatever was needed for our people.

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FEDRA does what it wants, and anyone who isnt them is an enemy.

All Infected, even children, are killed.

The police-state panopticon of Boston seems fairly average byThe Last of Usstandards.

FEDRAs consolidation of power, and their faith in themselves, is total.

There are people alive within the QZs, but whether theyrelivingis another matter.

Worth pondering, though, is the possibility that Jacksonwasntabandoned once Maria and the others showed up.

The idea of manifest destiny is foundational to American lore, andThe Last of Usshows it in action.

This land is theirs and theirs alone, and who was there first doesnt matter.

After spending so much of this season in the darkness,The Last of Uscould spare a light.