Glenn Beck, makes his own Rapture (Bioshock was right)
I always love when fiction predicts things before
they happen.
Glenn Beck has decided to make his own theme park/city. It will be called Independence, USA. This park/city will be supported by the ideas
of Ayn Rand. Glenn Beck might actually
have completely lost his mind or make it a complete success. However, it seems like this notion of an Rand
city seems a bit familiar.
From
Glenn Beck’s site, ((While
Independence is very much a dream at this point, the proposed city-theme park
hybrid would bring several of Glenn’s seemingly disconnected projects into one
place. Media, live events, small business stores, educational projects,
charity, entertainment, news, information, and technology R&D – all of
these things would have a home in Independence. With the rest of the country
and the world going away from the values of freedom, responsibility and truth,
Independence would be a place built on the very foundation of those principles.
A retreat from the world where entrepreneurs, artists, and creators could come
to put their ideas to work.))
Then it dawned on me. This is Rapture from the Bioshock games! Basically, Glenn Beck will be the Andrew Ryan
of the city. Check out the video below.
It will really make sense when you find out Beck
wants to make a Media Center which will make its own TV shows and movies, just
like Andrew Ryan in Bioshock. When you
add words like deprograming, you get that Ryan vibe.
Deep down, I want to see Glenn Beck’s city become a
reality. The very name of his city
conflicts with itself. Independence USA, you have “independence” with the world
“united”. It would be fun to see how far
this thing would go.
In the game Bioshock, Andrew Ryan gets so disenfranchised with the world and decides to make his own city outside the sphere of governments, but his ideas end up turning against as people take advantage of his open market and ideas. He turns on his own beliefs to save his city. And, Bioshock is based on the work Rand too. Actually, Bioshock deconstructs it.
And, we know how Rapture turned out.
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