Goronmon@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoWhy People Don’t Catch The Politics In Their Favorite Gamesaftermath.siteexternal-linkmessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1194
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minus-squaredrislands@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months 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-up6·edit-26 months 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.
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.
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