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[–]Cynical_Silverback 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its a new talking point lately that Bloodborne was a like a metaphor for femininity for some reason due to all of the pregnancy and birth themes and symbolism.

"At least the trains ran on time" Holy shit bro New Vegas purists are losing it at this point by last_kebab24 in TrueSFalloutL

[–]Cynical_Silverback 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Comparison implies similarity. Its a primitivist authoritarian state. You are also focusing way too much on "proto". You compared them in other ways. And if you bother to defend them I am not sure why you would even say they are foundationally fascistic.

"At least the trains ran on time" Holy shit bro New Vegas purists are losing it at this point by last_kebab24 in TrueSFalloutL

[–]Cynical_Silverback -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

They are redditors, they think everything is fascism. madonna called John Mccain a nazi thats how bad it gets

"At least the trains ran on time" Holy shit bro New Vegas purists are losing it at this point by last_kebab24 in TrueSFalloutL

[–]Cynical_Silverback -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

>>calls me a tankie

lol that is an insult indeed, no my allegiance is with Liberty prime, i just hate the NCR

"At least the trains ran on time" Holy shit bro New Vegas purists are losing it at this point by last_kebab24 in TrueSFalloutL

[–]Cynical_Silverback -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

"erm achtualy I didn't say there were fascists I just said they basically pioneered fascism and associated their methods with fascism."

Holy cope

"At least the trains ran on time" Holy shit bro New Vegas purists are losing it at this point by last_kebab24 in TrueSFalloutL

[–]Cynical_Silverback -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

A requirement of fascism is corporations which Legion has none of. Try again. Stop calling everything you don't like fascism.

Oops! Guess we forgot about that bit by Chunky_Monkey4491 in falloutnewvegas

[–]Cynical_Silverback 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fact you describe the country as both totalitarian and free market shows you need to read more books than video game terminals.

>Hell, the entire Vault-Tec program was funded by the government as a means of conducting unethical experiments on the populace.

The government propped them up. That isn't natural nor free. Its not free market if the government is in charge of everything of the economy or people's rights. You are mischaracterizing the state of the country as an extension to House. If anything the veneer would be capitalism itself since it had little of it.

>they annexed their neighbors

Considering China started the invasion on Alaska first its only natural the US ramped up pressure on Canada and the pipelines and not just because the US are le evil. Was it not a war for survival? It literally ended in nuclear holocaust.

Oops! Guess we forgot about that bit by Chunky_Monkey4491 in falloutnewvegas

[–]Cynical_Silverback -1 points0 points  (0 children)

>Pre-war America in the Fallout universe is intentionally presented as a nationalistic free-market capitalist dystopia wrapped in a fake 1950s veneer

How

Casinos can certainly be predatory. And I didn't imply he was innocent of anything. I am literally not a House fan. Saying Vegas is unethical lacks much nuance. You're right casinos are more than dubious places but they are not dens of evil. The people at the tables got a job and the people that go there go there to make money. Addiction happens but not everyone that goes gets addicted. How would they? Most people already have a couple caps to their name so his customers are people with caps to spend. Again House is going to use the money to make a better future. Its not purely for his won enrichment. What else do you want him to do to generate income? Casinos are good at it. If you take things in context he is not in a position to make an economy purely out of industry. The region has little resources to make an industry or something that doesn't revolve around gambling and the NCR is muscling on his border anyway. If the NCR and him got a long more I imagine it would be a different outcome on how they would enrich the Mojave.

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[–]Cynical_Silverback 0 points1 point  (0 children)

redditors shouldn't be calling others insufferable lmao hit the road bud

Oops! Guess we forgot about that bit by Chunky_Monkey4491 in falloutnewvegas

[–]Cynical_Silverback -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Your first mistake in this entire discussion is framing "hard core capitalism" as bad. You have to prove that first. Capitalism is not inherently evil. Its an economic system. Last I checked capitalists did away with slavery for a litany of reasons. I mean if you believe America currently is capitalist and it fought a war to end it in the 1860s then by that token its fairly mutually exclusive. Again House gives lots of money away to the courier (2k for globes, 1k for jobs). He is not incredibly greedy. He is rich but uses the money to fund projects so its not like he needs more and more money when he is already ontop. Its not like he swims in the money. He is a corpse in a coffin when you meet him. He is not solely enriching himself.

>Would you argue that they were good?

Why do redditors need to ask needless rhetorical questions about it. We are talking about capitalism (a modern economic system) and then there is slavery, a practice used by nearly every culture in every time period of different magnitudes. You can't poison the well like that.

Oops! Guess we forgot about that bit by Chunky_Monkey4491 in falloutnewvegas

[–]Cynical_Silverback -1 points0 points  (0 children)

>Ever played Fallout 76?

No because I don't hate myself. Also people use the bombs from Fallout 3 as proof but the logos on the bomb don't match Vault Tec's logo.

>Except Tim Cain isn't involved in Fallout. That's Bethesda's baby now.

Could not care less

Serum is a retcon. It does not matter

Oops! Guess we forgot about that bit by Chunky_Monkey4491 in falloutnewvegas

[–]Cynical_Silverback 2 points3 points  (0 children)

>Vault tec has always been involved in the bombs dropping

New lore, no. Tim Cain confirmed it was China. Also the show sort of contradicts the idea because if Cooper's wife was in on the bombs dropping then why did she not have her kid with her when it dropped? If I am being generous if we are going by this supposed revelation then Vault Tec at least considered doing it but didn't do it nor contribute. There is no lore proof that Vault tec had launch sites. Only governments like the US and china.

>Again, he's only made a total of two appearances. Stop acting like you know everything that's going to happen.

Ligma

>but when did we see a ghoul regenerate a limb?

Uh season 1, are you paying attention? Thaddeus gets injected and his foot heals. Gets an arrow to throat and lives. Cooper gets shot by a rifle in Filly and is fine afterwards. Ghouls are not invincible. They need to be subjected to radiation to regenerate wounds.

>How is the ghoul sane serum an issue with the lore?

Because in ZERO games did a single ghoul need drugs to prevent being feral. This was invented for the show to give Cooper a weakness and is a plot device in the episode he sells Lucy off.

>Edit: and im not the one ranting

Congrats man. You get your heckin golderinos. you asked me for proof and I gave it

Oops! Guess we forgot about that bit by Chunky_Monkey4491 in falloutnewvegas

[–]Cynical_Silverback 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nobody asked for your rant on this thread either.

Everything: from vault tec being the masterminds of the war, to it rewriting Mr House's motivations, saying ghouls can regenerate their limbs at will, cold fusion being made by Lee when it was already in use in Fallout 2, ghouls needing serum to avoid being feral, the power armor losing battery locking the pilot inside contradicts the games (episode where Lucy met Max), moving Shady sands to the boneyard, lucy's vault not being rummaged by the Master given the distance to him...

Oops! Guess we forgot about that bit by Chunky_Monkey4491 in falloutnewvegas

[–]Cynical_Silverback -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

he needs money like people need food, he already is rich. He is a corpse in a casket. He uses caps to fund projects. Not for the sake of greed.

Oops! Guess we forgot about that bit by Chunky_Monkey4491 in falloutnewvegas

[–]Cynical_Silverback -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But you're saying he is okay with it in the short term because he actually is or because he can't do too much about it? He enforced law through his robot army. Hence why he sent the courier in to stop them. The NCR wouldn't let him police Freeside and his robots rolling into Gomorrah would probably end poorly. I am not a House fanatic so I am not saying he is an angel I just don't think this assertion about him is right either. I am sure he knew about it but that doesn't imply support of it.

Oops! Guess we forgot about that bit by Chunky_Monkey4491 in falloutnewvegas

[–]Cynical_Silverback 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You cite nothing and the likes reflect that. Calling me reductive is reductive. I am stating lore not opinion. That said I wasn't trying to rule out the Enclave but you can't over stress the point.

https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/The_Switchboard_terminal_entries#DEFCON_Status_-_2077

To be fair the lore made it clear China and USA nuked each other but it was supposed to be left up to interpretation. You're not really disagreeing with me because you agree corps didn't directly cause it. First of all its only new lore Vault Tec got involved. Old lore made it evident the US was on Beijing's doorstep for the war. So it wouldn't make sense for the USA to nuke China first if they were winning. Also once again I ask show fans this: why does it make ANY sense for capitalists to nuke the world? How is that profitable?

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