Forum:Liberty Prime

I love Liberty Prime. It's very well thought and designed. But frankly i think some of the younger and inexperienced audience are missing the point. As with the whole Fallout game concept, it warns about the dangers of extremism by simply showcasing it. A better way than to tell a man what to think is to let him think it instead. The game portrays the American propaganda, yes PROPAGANDA of the 40s and 50s which did the same thing and had the same goal as the Russian, German and/or Chinese ones.

In short, Liberty Prime is cool because his lines are so wrong. I fear some who appreciate the Fallout universe, love it because of the general opinion on it and not because they get the message. And they're not to blame, because they hadn't had contact with that particular sort of brainwashing propaganda from either side.

But the rational thing to do, is to look for historical facts, and learn the situation so you can better interpret what the author meant with his work.

The danger here is to take the robot's lines and believe in them. Sadly as many US citizens haven't had contact with communist regimes they take they're domestic propaganda for being true. Life and history showed that both sides used the same PR (public relations for the US because it sounds good and propaganda for the communists) to achieve the same goal. To win easy support from the populous which in turn would consolidated they're power, by portraying flaws of the other sides system, but overlooking they're own.

As with the Star Wars universe, the Fallout universe gives hints about supporting a balanced and rational way of approaching things (ex. Buddhism, zen philosophy).

Anyways, Liberty Prime is the robot. ;)