"The Philosophy of Fallout - Wisecrack Edition"
https://youtu.be/C-5tEt2CUro
The video is just a random one I watched on Youtube. I have not played the game, and I probably never will, but it got me thinking about a few philosophical ideas.
1. Marketing power masking reality - The power of advertisement and propaganda really does its job in masking the horrifying reality, similar to how the devil got us blind.
2. Technology as good, always - For some time now, it seems that technological advancement is a positive factor, something that should be achievement more and more. What is it all for? For humanity? I can list a few hundred negative sides of technological advancement on top of my head.
3. Being happy as the ultimate goal - If you are happy, you become rather obedient to the higher powers governing. Satisfaction, however, leads to laziness and proneness to stay put. This reduces the chance for improvement. Thus, the ones suffering will always be suffering. This ties in with point #1 quite well. So, I dare say, "don't be happy, make changes."
4. Hunger for power will never stop - Hegemony is probably human nature. We long to be better than one another. When will it stop? War in history seems to be constantly repeating itself. What did Jesus say about this? Oh wait, yeah, stop being self-serving.
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