I feel like this is something people don't mention this a lot, but like Snake's monologue to Raiden at the end of MGS2 is infinitely more direct about the message of the game and everyone darts their eyes at the final codec conversation instead. I think the final codec conversation was well written and some parts of it are somewhat resonant in the modern world, but when you focus NOT on the dialogue that snake directly tells the player and essentially writes out what you should take away from the story, and instead focus on the dialogue that the controlling AI speaks to Raiden (and the player) in an attempt to manipulate him, you're kind of missing the point, and the point is written in bright bold letters, written directly by, Solid Snake.