Why People Don’t Catch The Politics In Their Favorite Games - Aftermath
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  • drislandsEnglish
    42·
    5 months ago

    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.

    • ArchelonEnglish
      60·
      5 months ago5 months ago

      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.