“I am Andrew Ryan, and I’m here to ask you a question. 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.’ 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.” ~Andrew Ryan, Bioshock
“I am Andrew Ryan, and I’m here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? ‘No!’ says the man in Washington, ‘It belongs to the poor.’
“I am Andrew Ryan, and I’m here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? ‘No!’ says the man in Washington, ‘It belongs to the poor.’
How do Americans feel about this attitude?
Andrew Ryan does NOT understand Washington at all (prioritizing the poor, lol), nor even American history (slavery, company stores, anti-union legislation, etc).
But he definitely got the “No!” part right. Whoever that sweaty guy is, the fruits of his labor belong to whoever can monetize it the most inescapably.
“I am Andrew Ryan, and I’m here to ask you a question. 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.’ 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.” ~Andrew Ryan, Bioshock
This is the origin story IRL for Rapture lmfaoo
How do Americans feel about this attitude?
Andrew Ryan does NOT understand Washington at all (prioritizing the poor, lol), nor even American history (slavery, company stores, anti-union legislation, etc).
But he definitely got the “No!” part right. Whoever that sweaty guy is, the fruits of his labor belong to whoever can monetize it the most inescapably.