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Sunday 22 January, 2017
Team Jump seems like a fascistic/collectivist annihilation-of-the-self team that speaks out against the otherwise individualist elements of the game. That being said, they only succeed when using the abilities of the original team members, which would be a rejection of a conformist view of the world.
Additionally, they immediately jump behind the first individual that they come across, and refer to him as their leader. All its individual members are nameless, and instead of being a uniform group of equals they revert to being nameless lackeys to Paul. While they end up serving Paul's noble ends, it does echo many real world examples of collectivist regimes that become extentions of their leader's will.
Despite initially being portrayed positively for their teamwork and lack of individuality, I think Team Jump actually serve as an illustration in the game's argument of why individuality is an important virtue.
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