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DonCoquixote

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16. In Bioshock Infinite

Mon Dec 16, 2013, 02:59 PM

Dec 2013

You find this city called "Columbia" which is a huge fraud founded by a person that lied about his miltary heroism, and the fact he had mixed heritage himself. He is not only a racist, but is a tool of bankers and robber barons. The robber Baron in that game (Jeremiah Fink, who spouts his own Ayn Rand Gibber over loudspeakers) MOCKS the piety and patriotism of the founder. Add to the fact he kills his wife, imprisons, tortures and brainwashes his daughter, and you have the sort of person that could easily make Fox News nightime cast.

Of course, the Fox people would play this game and omit the fact the foudners were the BAD GUYS, despiter the fact one of the first scenes is a scene where they try to kill the main character and an interracial couple at a county fair.

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Tea Party Facebook Group Posts BioShock Image Satirizing Tea Party [View all] meegbear Dec 2013 OP

HAHAHAHAA zappaman Dec 2013 #1

if only we had a crack investigative journalist who could get to the bottom of this farce... dionysus Dec 2013 #26

LOL... politichew Dec 2013 #2

And the entire plot of the first Bioshock game... Bjorn Against Dec 2013 #3

Oops. Beat me to it! Hong Kong Cavalier Dec 2013 #12

Well, to be honest... MrScorpio Dec 2013 #4

Priceless! Wait Wut Dec 2013 #5

It's an awesome game. NutmegYankee Dec 2013 #6

You'll love it, it's seriously subversive in it's own way. Katashi_itto Dec 2013 #7

Good news: you can pick up the gun and use it on other robots (and people). sakabatou Dec 2013 #21

Fallout has some hilariously over the top shit too. Like LIBERTY PRIME.... AtheistCrusader Dec 2013 #22

Conservatives don't get satire. Baitball Blogger Dec 2013 #8

Indeed, they barely even get humor. arcane1 Dec 2013 #11

I remember when Colbert awoke_in_2003 Dec 2013 #13

*facepalm* Dash87 Dec 2013 #9

There's idiots who think that the original Bioshock is some homage to Ayn Rand. Hong Kong Cavalier Dec 2013 #10

This is why satire and parody are some of the best tools against the far right ck4829 Dec 2013 #14

I don't get that it's satire.... Chakaconcarne Dec 2013 #15

If you played the game DonCoquixote Dec 2013 #18

In Bioshock Infinite DonCoquixote Dec 2013 #16

OMG that's funny! NastyRiffraff Dec 2013 #17

I guess this might be one issue that differentiates between libertarians and objectivists or teabagg AtheistCrusader Dec 2013 #19

XD sakabatou Dec 2013 #20

The game's creator, Ken Levine, finds it all hilarious PennyK Dec 2013 #23

Some people get the joke, and some are the joke. eom R Merm Dec 2013 #24

It's also Sarah Palin's Christmas Card for 2013...nt joeybee12 Dec 2013 #25

They just completely lack the gene for perceiving irony. Ganja Ninja Dec 2013 #27

I am sorely tempted to post this on my face book page. stage left Dec 2013 #28