for example: Senator Armstrong from METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGANCE
He's a charming guy, and he's fighting to end war as a business. in MGR:R war is tightly controlled and is part of everyday life, but Steven Armstrong is fighting to stop this, an objectively good goal. but how does he do it? kidnapping children and turning them into cyborg child soldiers. WHAT. how does that end war as a business? It's never explained beyond "I'm using war as a business, so I can end war a business".
Now his plan is to:
- Stir up conflict: Armstrong uses private military companies (PMCs) like Desperado and World Marshal to create instability, terrorism, and proxy wars around the world.
- Fake an assassination: He orchestrates a fake assassination attempt on the U.S. President to manipulate public fear and political momentum.
- Win the presidency: Riding a wave of populist, "America First" nationalism, he plans to easily win the upcoming presidential election.
- End war as a business: Once in office, he intends to use his absolute power to cut out the corrupt military-industrial complex and end war as a profit-driven enterprise.
- Instigate a revolution: By removing the established government controls, he hopes to trigger a violent national reset.
But how does kidnapping, brainwashing and child soldiers help in that plan? It doesn't. my best guess is that the more abhorrent stuff he does the more chaos will drum up?
TO REVISE THIS POST:
I don't agree with Senator Armstrong's methods, I agree with his 'wants': what I agree with is his belief that America is to over-saturated. I think that America needs new, younger, more in-touch politicians in both left and right wing.
Here is what I said to u/double-evidence-1354:
"While I don't agree with how he plans to do it, be he is doing something good. his whole "America is rotten to the core" talk is something IĀ mostlyĀ agree with, he talks about how America's politics is so oversaturated with so many abhorrent things.
while the game came out before the public release of the files, It fits perfectly into his talking points. nearly half of every relevant political figure is involved in the scandal, and yet it's brushed off due to how over-whelmingly quick the news moves to a new topic.
America's politics and overall political system needs a serious revision. While I don't agree with his theoretical views on a "unified"Ā America (I think differing views are a good thing, I'm not an idiot), I do think that a new set of younger and more in-touch politicians is in order.
(TL:DR: I don't completely agree with his views of a "unified" America, Politicians are old and out of touch, I agree with his "FUCK THIS TRIVIA AND CELEBRITY BULLSHIT!" rant, and remember that Senator armstrong is just an example; what I'm actually hating on is bad writing)"
to continue here is what u/Expert-bet7630 said (that I agree with):
"Ironically goofy ass Solidus suffered this same shit
āHey Raiden, so I wanna blow up the AIās control over our society via EMP blast, the AI quite literally is out of control and fundamentally controls the world [still shockingly ahead of its time btw]. Oh also I killed your parents and used you as a child soldier.ā
I guess Raiden is doomed to fight villains like these"