Caltrops - Wall Street Kid





	[quote name="motherfuckerfoodeater"][quote name="Ice Cream Jonsey"] That being said, I've never asked this question on a gaming forum, but BioShock is an argument AGAINST objectivism, isn't it? Because a society that tried to implement it went straight to hell, and everyone involved (Andrew Ryan, the first boss who was a plastic surgeon, the child molester that appears later in the game) were demonstrably horrible people, even outside their fourth-grader's understanding of society and culture. But I thought I read at some point that Ken Levine actually subscribes to the theory of objectivism, which blew me away. I can think of no better argument as to why it would not work than the game he made. ICJ [/quote] I think that Bioshock can easily be read either way. You can (as you seem to have) read the collapse of rapture as an inevitable consequence of its founding "principles", or you can read the collapse as the result of Ryan's abandoning his ideal free society in favor of a police state in the face of adversity. It seems clear that this was intended to let the designer(s) have it both ways, which just goes to show how firm in their convictions Rand fans are.[/quote]