In the game of Bioshock, an important question is asked: Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? “‘No!' says the man in Washington, 'It belongs to the poor.' 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God.' 'No!' says the man in Moscow, 'It belongs to everyone.’” And then, Andrew Ryan continues: “I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... Rapture, a city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, Where the great would not be constrained by the small! And with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city as well.” From this point, you can say “Wow, Rapture seems good, there is no bound that applies to the creators!”, but the issue is that, when you enter the Rapture, it’s totally demolished. It is genuinely relevant when you understand that the dream of Andrew Ryan, the Rapture, occurred from the controversial philosophy of Ayn Rand; Objectivism.
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28.12.2023
Kaan Akkaş
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