Goronmon@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhy People Don’t Catch The Politics In Their Favorite Gamesaftermath.siteexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down126
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minus-squaredrislands@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoDon’t get me wrong, the only Libertarianism I’ve ever known is intertwined with Capitalism. But they aren’t the same thing, and I always read BioShock as being a take on Libertarianism specifically.
minus-squareArchelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoBioshock is most specifically about Randian objectivism, which promotes a version of extreme laissez-faire capitalism, not libertarianism in general. And I think that’s the most economic philosophy buzzwords I’ve put in a sentence before.
Don’t get me wrong, the only Libertarianism I’ve ever known is intertwined with Capitalism. But they aren’t the same thing, and I always read BioShock as being a take on Libertarianism specifically.
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Bioshock is most specifically about Randian objectivism, which promotes a version of extreme laissez-faire capitalism, not libertarianism in general.
And I think that’s the most economic philosophy buzzwords I’ve put in a sentence before.