It is affirmatively a good thing that Miyazaki is such an innovative storyteller that he can embed a oeuvre of left/progressive polemics inside games that sell primarily to meathead conservatives. I believe in the power of narrative osmosis. Incremental changes in attitude you don't even notice.
dkhunterRelated; one of my favorite tweets ever was a now deleted take on how Bloodborne is basically a giant metaphor for patriarchal exploitation of women, which was both obviously correct and somehow ended up being completely ignored by almost everyone.