prides itself on the extremes of war is destined to commit atrocity." Much of the game comes off to me as a self-reflection of post Cold War politics where it contemplates what the consequences of ideology is and if submitting yourself to that ideal is actually worth it in the end. MGS1 comes short - ThreadSky

gorgoe.bsky.social • 67 days ago

prides itself on the extremes of war is destined to commit atrocity." Much of the game comes off to me as a self-reflection of post Cold War politics where it contemplates what the consequences of ideology is and if submitting yourself to that ideal is actually worth it in the end. MGS1 comes short

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gorgoe.bsky.social•67 days ago

of really answering that other than posit that the sacrifices made for ideology is tragic, which I think is reflected much in Sniper Wolf specifically but does have an undercurrent found in other characters like Vulcan Raven and Snake himself. It doesn't seem to care about the validity of any

gorgoe.bsky.social•67 days ago

ideology so much as it is that the war stemming from that ideology often has horrible consequences that underlay whatever altruism that ideology has. So I think that's why it's weird you call Liquid "Conservative" because to me it comes off like you're conflating modern Conservatism on a title that

gorgoe.bsky.social•67 days ago

did not even address such a dichotomy nor was Conservatism even understood in this way during the 90's. Nor is the concept of bioessentialism even inherently Conservative to begin with. The concept of Liquid is moreso an attack on the concept defining yourself based on your nationality and ethnicity

gorgoe.bsky.social•67 days ago

than it is the notion of the Conservative nationalistic strong man. Calling Liquid nationalistic at all is weird because his motives are more self-serving and egotistical than one that believes in the value of a nation. He quite literally argues that he hates the politicians that abuse the soldiers

gorgoe.bsky.social•67 days ago

that serve them and wants to create a world where soldiers can fight and be themselves as per their "genetic destiny." The way I'm reading this is moreso a dismissal of ideology in general, instead an ideal that presents soldiers as some great collective who by their genetic nature strives in the

gorgoe.bsky.social•67 days ago

violence of war and that violence is a natural state of mankind that should be embraced for that reason. It's absurd if you're looking at that in literal terms but I'm looking at that in conflation to post-Cold war sentiment. As in, trying to find meaning in a world where the cold war has ended and

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