The Man That Hated Parasites | Andrew Ryan | Full Bioshock Lore

Oho, a Bioshock video! A dive into this series would be quite interesting- looking forward to more of your content as always!

Libertarianism always leads to anarchy.

As always, godly video from a godly man (or woman or attack helicopter)

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Andrew Ryan. What an excellent character. I'd argue he was more Libertarian than Objectivist like his inspiration, Ayn Rand. Even she saw the need for police force, courts system and military defence. Without these institutions Ryan was helpless against exploiters like Frank Fontaine, and Fontaine knew it. In the end Ryan betrayed his own principles, one by one. The biggest of these being the nationalisation and continuation of Fontaine's Little Sister program. Despite what was done to them, they were still human and their lives were forfeit in the pursuit of power.

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You know, for how egotistical and misguided he was? I felt bad about Ryan's death. The man had everything taken from him three seperate times. The only thing not taken from him...w as his choice on how to go out.

Andrew Ryan is a big part why I love the Bioshock franchise. It would be amazing if a tv show could be created following him throughout his early life to the creation and eventual fall of Rapture.

one of my favorite characters in one of my favorite video games, thanks for the video skyrionn! also glad youre getting sponsors! keep at it

This character is like the far right wing in America. The problem with their beliefs however, is that they are out of touch with reality. Believing that most rich people got there by hard work is totally insane. The fact is that a majority of rich people got there by legacy, by being born into a rich family, this is the opposite of a merit system. And in fact your average person is a much harder worker than people like Trump or Biden's children who have barely had to work an honest day's work in their life, they are the literal parasites.
The irony also is most of the far right wing in America who worship the rich, these people didn't even invent this ideology, it's propaganda created by the rich in America, because your average far right wing person lives in the bible belt area of America, the poorest and most uneducated zone of the USA.

I've always noticed that Andrew Ryan is used as a criticism of Ayn Rands Philosophy. This shouldn't be the case. Andrew Ryan went against Objectivism by controlling people, annexing Fontaine Futuristic, and not letting the market take its course(he would loose to Fontaine). Had he followed Objectivism to the letter, he would have died, but the city may have lived. It would have lived under a despot who only cared for profits and gains, but it would have lived on all the same. Andrew Ryan failed the principles of Objectivism, not the other way around.

Awesomely narrated stoey of Andrew, I like it! Very clear and concise.

Haven't played the game, but its lore and world intruiges me. Wonderful ^_^

When will you ever do Wolfenstein lore? Could be interesting

One of the greatest villains of all time!

Well, it wasn't Ryan. It was Atlas, Fontaine who destroyed Rapture! That was the twist of the game.


And history note: Jews didn't leave Rusia because of comunisim, they leave it because they were were persecuted by the Bolshevik revolution.

I would support Ryan to the end like a true believer, if he was real. the man chooses ... slave obeys! man I wish he was real!

thumbs up if you want johnny depp to portray him.

You should do TF2 lore some time

It's a funny thing. You can start out with good intentions and a decent goal, but strain, corruption, and a huge ego can turn even the best intentions into horrible and unforgivable actions.

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Considering he stumbled across his fortune thanks to the oil in his property.m, he was not ‘self made. Also he’d rather burn a forest to the ground than share it and built rapture so he can invite only the people he deemed elite enough and be left alone. Dunno why people keep saying he had good intentions. Guy felt the need to even control his lovers. Grade A villain but not a sympathetic one

seriously only 420 likes (as of this writing)? Insane.

Andrew Ryan is a sympathetic character; and the writers did great justice on him. It is a cautionary tale of idealogical capture - with author Ayn Rand clearly at its forefront. When one's vision becomes more important than the basic understanding of human social structure, ubiquitous suffering inevitably occurs. Whether it is Communism or Fascism; the end result is the same - a brief societal euphoria before the inevitable and crushing come-down.

Run from it; Hide from it - inter- and intra-group conflict will occur just the same. The mitigation processes are what should be in discussion.

Please do a video on major zero and big boss from metal gear series

I also dislike leeches

It's kinda funny that he presents himself as a self made man, when in reality his wealth came from little more than luck. If the land he bought didn't happen to contain oil, nobody would've ever known who he was.

Why the fuck does this video shows NazBol bastardized version of Communist symbol, the black Hammer & Sickle in white circel which in red background like in Fascist Germany?
Talk about Bolshevik with dignity by using proper Communist symbol with proper colors of yellow & red, not red, black & white like Fascist Germany did or meme NazBols, really ruined to mood of watching video entirely.

heck yeah good vid

You just completely disregarded the fact Andrew Ryan is based on Ayn Rand, a writer of novels about utopian free market capitalist societies.
The meta story here never criticises the soviets, goverment nor socialism but instead completely tears down a political philosophy that is hugely influential on the modern USA. The same way Bioshock Infinete tears down US history and American exceptionalism. I think if you do not mention this you are missing what the writers made the story and these characters about.

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Trippy Storyline... Entertaining indeed

Missed opportunity to say "would you kindly press that like button"

A lot of years have pases and still bioshock has a deeper story then 99% of all games released today, it's fascinating and at the same time sad.
You are putting a lot of work on your content and I highly appreciate it, gods work.

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Honestly, I understand the man. You work your ass off for others to take it for free. Lazy people who dont want to work, but want free stuff and money are nothing more than parasites.

Great Vid

I've played all 3 games and to this day didn't know a whole bunch of this lore at all.

You used the wrong flag when talking about the Bolsheviks. You ended up showing the National Bolshevik Flag—nazbols for short. They’re very different.

Well my deceased friend once said ( after playing this story on the PS3) “ if reincarnation is possible, then who’s to say that an similar scenario wouldn’t be repeated if no one learned the Negatives of this story, and the if the ghosts of such places wouldn’t possibly get reincarnated again and repeat the same sad events again and again throughout history yet to come “….an interesting thought to ponder indeed….

we must seize the means of production

Andrew Ryan is the fuckin man. Don't care what anyone says. I love this dude lol

He had to take control and authority in ways he was very much against philosophically but that doesn't mean he became what he despised.

Making compromises and becoming what you are against is not the same thing. It's not like he chose those things just because. He was forced into it.

Plus, in general his philosophy isn't perfect. Humans natural organize into hierarchies and if you want the progress Andrew wanted, total independence and libertarianism is not going to work (still works a billion times better than the absolute joke that communism is) as well as free market capitalism, with minimal government intervention.

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Or he was only wanting to leave a legacy & 🫒 branch for survival. 😭🕊️

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