My somewhat related anecdote:
Back in the Warcraft III days, I preferred fairer custom maps that promoted skill and fair play. Some of my friends at that time preferred anime arena-esque maps that promoted exploiting the unbalanced mechanics and dominating other players. I wasn't really surprised when they became a bunch of free market cultists and began quoting and praising Reagan lmao. To this day I still can't see why anyone would play those shitty unbalanced maps, and yet there were plenty who loved them.