The Story of Andrew Ryan | Founder of Rapture, Jack's Father, Rapture Civil War (Bioshock)

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  • @wuebboltc
    @wuebboltc 6 років тому +105

    Andrew Ryan, IMO, is a textbook example of a fallen hero. He went through hell multiple times in his life, and had some truly great ideas, but in the end, he succumbed to evil, and became the very thing he hated so much.

    • @brofistbro
      @brofistbro 4 роки тому +8

      Yes! Exactly! He lived too long to be become his worst enemy!

    • @SockPuppetski
      @SockPuppetski 4 роки тому +2

      Nope. Just a shitty libertarian

    • @HeyJinx
      @HeyJinx 4 роки тому

      Bruh. You're supposed to disagree with him. He's just a terrible person by design. Accept it

    • @monad_tcp
      @monad_tcp 3 роки тому +1

      @@ingvaruski7749 Fontaine was a parasite

    • @monad_tcp
      @monad_tcp 3 роки тому +5

      @@HeyJinx no, he's actually not terrible, he stood by his ideals, even when he knew they were flawed, and his city died for it, OBEY

  • @spider-spectre
    @spider-spectre 4 роки тому +74

    "Ryan destroyed his forest so no parasites could have it"
    "Ryan detested nukes because of the destruction and how it allowed parasites to take what they cant have"

    • @garrisonjones1827
      @garrisonjones1827 3 роки тому +1

      Oh the bloody irony i those two statements

    • @animeXcaso
      @animeXcaso 2 місяці тому

      Ryan real fear is NOT being the one in charge

  • @WolvenSpectre
    @WolvenSpectre 3 роки тому +10

    Basically Ayn Rand, Walt Disney, and Henry Ford put together.

  • @hoopsonwheels
    @hoopsonwheels 4 роки тому +41

    Andrew Ryan went through hell and I can see how he developed his ideology. However a combination of his ideology and his ego was his downfall. His self determinism was a factor into why he allowed jack to kill him, he not only wanted to make a point to jack but also wanted to die on his own terms which he ultimately got.

    • @Yes_Fantasy_419
      @Yes_Fantasy_419 4 роки тому +7

      Ryan's own unregulated free market capitalism is what allowed Frank Fontaine to create an empire and recruit an army of poor people to overthrow him.

    • @anunknownentity1637
      @anunknownentity1637 4 роки тому +3

      @@Yes_Fantasy_419 I believe in an unregulated free market. This game strawmans the anarcho-capitalist belief a bit. In a society with no state there would be no power to obtain.

    • @monad_tcp
      @monad_tcp 3 роки тому +3

      @@anunknownentity1637 "In a society with no state there would be no power to obtain" Game pretty much is a mental experiment on what would happen with no state, there's always power, ALWAYS. anarchism is the greatest of illusions ever, its impossible for it to exist in any universe were there's asymmetry of information, basically, all universes that can support any complexity

    • @anunknownentity1637
      @anunknownentity1637 3 роки тому +1

      @@monad_tcp the power Fontaine gained was completely contingent on underwater, superpower giving, drug like slugs. Keep in mind that Rapture was a single closed off area. If someone wanted to compete with Fontaine they could open up their own business, but not when their is limited space and resources. Now I ask if there is always power, then what is that power? It obviously wouldn't be governmental or statist power. Raptures fall was due to only a limited ability to compete in the market as well as unrealistic slugs.

    • @monad_tcp
      @monad_tcp 3 роки тому

      @@anunknownentity1637 " then what is that power? " in nature there are two different systems of information, centralized and decentralized. power comes naturally in any centralized system, decentralized systems dilute it, there are advantages and disadvantages to each, we probably need to strike a balance of both, (like you have a centralized brain and a distributed nervous system at the same time)
      There will always be power, as long as energy/information flows, it will concentrate, its a natural law.
      Markets only follow the same laws all else follows.
      Rapture really fallen when the market was seized by a single entity, thus it stopped being a distributed system, a market only works as long as its a distributed system, if it becomes centralized, then its no better than any government.

  • @TheBioshockHub
    @TheBioshockHub  6 років тому +26

    I'm so sorry I had to re-upload this. Sometimes, UA-cam likes to screw over their content creators and this happened to be one of those instances. Thus, I had to re-upload. Don't worry though, I'll make it up to you guys with a livestream tomorrow as well.

    • @ridgedog2317
      @ridgedog2317 6 років тому +1

      @TheBioshockHub I can't wait for the livestream!

    • @KlKA.
      @KlKA. 6 років тому +1

      No problem Nice video very interesting because I study English and you help me thank you

    • @belthazarthedestroyer4371
      @belthazarthedestroyer4371 6 років тому +1

      Life's been quite busy but I've been trying to keep up with you man and damn I'm proud of you, your subscriber count has been growing damn 👌

    • @Tremmuh
      @Tremmuh 6 років тому +1

      How did youtube screw you over?

    • @TheBioshockHub
      @TheBioshockHub  6 років тому +1

      @@Tremmuh Sometimes videos don't hit subboxes or notifications won't send out. I think the 2 days I tried to upload this, UA-cam was being buggy. A lot of my friends were having the same issue as well.

  • @zackfair4187
    @zackfair4187 6 років тому +24

    Eric mr . Ryan he is so powerfull man i was feeling he can be live in all Bioshock

    • @TheBioshockHub
      @TheBioshockHub  6 років тому +6

      Technically, he had eyes everywhere with the Security Cameras.

  • @mikamartin2675
    @mikamartin2675 4 роки тому +8

    The story of Andrew Ryan is one I’ll never forget, despite how fictional his character may be. He was such a complex person. He wanted to give everyone their own work with no one else getting the ‘shares.’ He used his life’s money to create a society hidden from the rest of the world so he and people who also believed in his ideals could live in peace. It’s such a wonderful idea, however unrealistic. I like to believe he had more faith in humanity than what should be given considering ego, greed, and narcissism. However, people who followed him eventually fell apart due to classic humanity flaws, such as ego, greed, narcissism, and ultimately insanity (thanks to the ADAM). He had to become the very thing he hated to try to keep order among his city, and ultimately, with the help of Jack (just my opinion here) realized Rapture could never be the utopia he wanted. And rather than fall as an enemy to his city, he chose to help his son realize he was being controlled while also choosing to die with his fallen city. He had amazing utopian ideas that on a realistic level, can never happen with the flaws of humanity. It’s beautiful and horrifying at the same time.

    • @HeyJinx
      @HeyJinx 4 роки тому +3

      It failed because it was unrestricted capitalism.

  • @アンマー
    @アンマー 4 роки тому +19

    Your dedication for this masterpiece trilogy is highly respected, you educate us and make us love this masterpiece more and more. Thank you so much for your respected effort good sir. Have peace and good health always.

    • @TheBioshockHub
      @TheBioshockHub  4 роки тому +3

      I'll be honest, you just made my day so much better with this one single comment. Thank you so much and I hope you have a great rest of your day/night. Thank you.

  • @IAMELIPHAS
    @IAMELIPHAS 3 роки тому +5

    "Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?"
    "NO!" Says the New Game+ Player in the bathosphere, "it belongs to ME!"
    (Goes on a rampage throughout rapture)

  • @subjectalpha5652
    @subjectalpha5652 4 роки тому +6

    Bioshock 1 threw me in for a shock I literally got the bigger picture when the flash backs of atlas or fontaine saying would you kindly.

  • @AH-is5yg
    @AH-is5yg 4 роки тому +13

    Ryan had something going; however, he got stuck to his ideas and he had too much pride. You're right, Ryan ignored the side effects of the ADAM. He felt if he tried to stop the ADAM, he would have became what he hated, censorship. He also ignored the dangerous experiments that was going on in Rapture besides dealing with Fontaine. He wanted to keep Rapture a secret and didn't tell the citizens that once they go to Rapture, they will stay there for life and can't leave no matter what.
    He also became paranoid when Johnny Topside showed up and he turned Johnny into a Big Daddy.
    Ryan's ideology had so many flaws. His ideas made him the very thing he despises.
    At the end, the good ending, Jack became the father that Ryan couldn't be.

    • @TheBioshockHub
      @TheBioshockHub  4 роки тому +3

      It's a shame honestly. But like you said about the ending, I absolutely agree with that.

    • @AH-is5yg
      @AH-is5yg 4 роки тому +2

      @@TheBioshockHub thanks, if Ryan pay attention to the side effects of the ADAM and find a cure, maybe Rapture wouldn't fallen so badly.

    • @AH-is5yg
      @AH-is5yg 3 роки тому +1

      @@TheBioshockHub This is a story of what happens when science is left unchecked and Ryan failed to deal with this problem.

    • @AH-is5yg
      @AH-is5yg 2 роки тому

      @@TheBioshockHub There was another reasons for Ryan's downfall was that at the lighthouse the sign said No gods or kings, only man and there is a statue of him, showing his hypocrisy. He does act like like he was above everyone else.
      When the problem came, all he had to do was act and deal with the problem before it gets worse, but he didn't showing his arrogance. He had an off button at the palm of his hands, but he never push it.
      Ryan made Rapture to escape the parasite, but he never understood that the parasite was human nature. He most of all never understood human nature. He never truly ran away from the problem, it came with him in Rapture. His death at the end showed, he failed to deal with the problem.

  • @0xVENx0
    @0xVENx0 2 роки тому +1

    what a great character, its a proof that humans can never be given too much freedom.
    like mother goose said, fixed everything in mankind except their mentality

  • @ChrisSealy1997
    @ChrisSealy1997 4 роки тому +5

    He became the very thing he was exposed to and tried to escape this has happened to a lot of people and still happens to people today

    • @garrisonjones1827
      @garrisonjones1827 3 роки тому +1

      Dr. Manhattan says it best: I can change almost anything but not human nature. Ryan was screwed the moment he created Rapture and became no better than a parasite. If anything, his decision to destroy Rapture would have been the best way to deal with the parasites of his city

    • @ChrisSealy1997
      @ChrisSealy1997 3 роки тому +1

      @@garrisonjones1827 agreed

  • @romainvicta2742
    @romainvicta2742 3 роки тому +3

    Who lives in in a pineapple under the sea Andrew Ryan ! Pretty messed up and handsome is he Andrew Ryan!!!!!!

    • @NightOwl1515
      @NightOwl1515 3 роки тому +1

      If spliced-up nonsense is something you wish, ANDREW RYAN!!!

  • @phantomeye5199
    @phantomeye5199 6 років тому +3

    Yes, that was true. His Jack' father. In multiplayer Ryan speech that each of you that Rapture is your city and offer you a coast 1959. There will be a final year. Before Bioshock begin, after Subject Delta got kill himself in 1958.

  • @fanofmediastuff269
    @fanofmediastuff269 11 місяців тому

    One of the best characters and villains in video game history

  • @chaosisthebestsauce
    @chaosisthebestsauce 5 років тому +26

    rapture is just a anarchist-capitalist wet dream come true (Also pun intended)

    • @liquidbismuth1044
      @liquidbismuth1044 5 років тому +15

      Coming from the dude with the anarcho-communist pfp.

    • @luismedina5792
      @luismedina5792 3 роки тому

      @@liquidbismuth1044 well it isn't now currently as I type this

    • @radioactiveranch9637
      @radioactiveranch9637 3 роки тому +2

      And it is so much more successful and better than Anarcho communism

    • @tomfooleryjohn6176
      @tomfooleryjohn6176 2 роки тому

      @@radioactiveranch9637 Eh anarcho-communism has never existed, and we've had governments pretty damn close to anarcho-capitalist in the past, it usually includes slavery to some degree, and workers living in shitty, disease ridden corporate-run towns or tenements. Yeah naw my guy, it really doesn't work. Furthermore, the Soviets weren't communist, like, at all, communism by definition requires zero state, and the USSR definitely had one, it also requires the abolition of money, which again did not happen, and democratic rule with zero hierarchies, which it was a "democracy" in the sense some people voted, but it was high up party members, not the people, and it definitely was a hierarchal society. Lenin and the crew were a bunch of fucking sociopaths who used the guise of socialism to assume power (they were the minority communist movement btw in Russia, even though they named themselves the minority, and they seized control of a somewhat democratic government that had been installed after the fall of the Tsar), but very quickly abandoned the liberation of the working class, instead of installing an oligarchy not all that dissimilar from the monarchy previously in terms of the concentration of power. Communism, and I know I may sound like every other leftist, by its very definition, has never been tried. Instead what we've seen routinely is people utilizing a guise of socialism to assume power, only to distort the fuck out of socialism, or actual socialists assuming power, only to be met with international sanctions or a coup funded by the west (The CIA has a dirty ass track record of toppling democratic governments when they elect socialists, even when they're not democracies but air-quoted, but rather, legitimate democracies). So yeah, anarcho-capitalism, is a shitshow, and communism, let alone anarcho-communism, has never been attempted or been given a fair chance at all. Signed, a former objectivist who sucked Ayn Rand's dick and now wishes that cunt never was born, with her weird-ass fucking rape apologia for a narcissistic, sociopathic, piece of shit (seriously her work is legitimately disgusting). Also she died on government assistance, the fucking irony lmao.

    • @BelieveMeitsTrue
      @BelieveMeitsTrue 2 роки тому

      @@tomfooleryjohn6176 Parasite

  • @joejackson5708
    @joejackson5708 3 роки тому +2

    Great vid!... but im confused... your name is eric... but you said you were andrew ryan lol 😆

  • @circusbaby8116
    @circusbaby8116 3 роки тому +1

    He kinda looks like he's partying in the thumbnail ngl

  • @Weeklong_Seagull
    @Weeklong_Seagull 4 роки тому +8

    I 100% believe in Ryan. His pholiphy is very wise. And I think rapture was destroyed by the "parasite" those leading him into paranoia and corruption. The parasite will always take. And adam kinda fucked it over too

    • @vksasdgaming9472
      @vksasdgaming9472 4 роки тому +2

      And by stifling competition, censorship and ignoring basic laws of economics he was nothing short of a parasite. Rapture was failure doomed to happen and his blind selfishness only hastened the process. His only "philosophy" was imemyselfminemy and he even refused to accept that somebody was better than he was at game he founded.

  • @spikebaltar5071
    @spikebaltar5071 6 років тому +4

    Whatever57010 - GTA IV, EFLC & V
    ZacCoxTV - All GTA
    Swegta - Bully
    RelaxingEnd - Call Of Duty Zombie
    TheBioshockHub - All Bioshock
    How come this channel don't have as much view?!

    • @TheBioshockHub
      @TheBioshockHub  6 років тому +1

      I think it's because I only have had one opportunity to network with someone, and I'm grateful for it. But I'd need help trying to get other UA-camr's attention to possibly work together.

    • @TheBioshockHub
      @TheBioshockHub  6 років тому +1

      Do you happen to know any Last of Us or Bioshock content creators?

    • @spikebaltar5071
      @spikebaltar5071 6 років тому +1

      @@TheBioshockHub : Not yet. Although I came here from Captain Eggcellent Bioshock easter egg videos I have to admit. It's hard to find channels that are devoted to the series and are still uploading today despite the first game being a decade old.

  • @brofistbro
    @brofistbro 4 роки тому +3

    Big question I got. What I want to know is why did Ryan wanted to use the would you kindly trigger on Jack since he knew that meant his death? was that his way to prove a point or did he really wanted to go out on his own terms? Either way, tho, that part got me sad, when seeing the detail that Jack uncontrollably beat his own father to death...the stuff cuts deep

    • @mikamartin2675
      @mikamartin2675 4 роки тому +3

      WhimsicallyAltered I think he did it to go out on his own terms, and help his son realize he was being controlled, even with the ‘puzzle room.’ Maybe he gave Jack a chance to break free and it failed, too.

    • @brofistbro
      @brofistbro 4 роки тому

      @@mikamartin2675 whooooaaaa
      that really means something, but not the going out on his terms..

    • @WoodysPickle
      @WoodysPickle 3 роки тому +2

      “His own terms”
      Dude got bashed in the head with a golf club

  • @vksasdgaming9472
    @vksasdgaming9472 4 роки тому +5

    Andrew Ryan is magnificent case of genius gone insane. Just like person he critiques upon was undeniably intelligent and went grandly crazy. That means his world-view became horribly twisted and inhuman. Not to mention hypocritical as well. He chose himself. Everything in the world was for him and him alone. Utterly sociopathic point of view and he even managed to get others to believe in it. Whole huge technical achievement of building underwater city AND keeping it secret (ot at least separate) went to waste. Not to mention not regulating anything will eventually lead to stagnation as businesses use all their resources trying to sabotage their competitors. You can always be best if there is no competition and if competitor has better product steal it of destroy it. Whole conflict between Fontaine and Ryan was just that. Fontaine had better product, Ryan tried to take it. Fontaine had resources to take it back. Yay - Rapture goes to hell and nobody wins.

    • @HeyJinx
      @HeyJinx 4 роки тому

      Soo... he's a capitalist. You're supposed to disagree with him by design

    • @vksasdgaming9472
      @vksasdgaming9472 4 роки тому +1

      @@HeyJinx Capitalism is a tool to be employed by state just like socialism or any other -ism which keeps its occupants safe from external and internal perils. That is function of state. I think nowadays he might be be called Sovereign Citizen.

  • @WoodysPickle
    @WoodysPickle 3 роки тому +1

    Getting my first tattoo in a few weeks. It’s Bioshock themed

    • @TheBioshockHub
      @TheBioshockHub  3 роки тому +1

      Awesome! What're you getting?

    • @WoodysPickle
      @WoodysPickle 3 роки тому +2

      It’s a half sleeve of the lighthouse and the words going down saying A MAN CHOOSES A SLAVE OBEYS and under that I’m having 2 needles (opposite ends) shoot out ADAM and EVE and make the 5 (even though there’s 6) notes from the main theme (red and blue) and under that a Big Daddy and a Little Sister with the Big Daddy putting an umbrella over the Little Sister. Under that will be the three linked chain but more badass haha.

  • @Sabaaaification
    @Sabaaaification Рік тому

    I can’t get mad on Ryan,I felt sorry for him,when he died by our hands I realised what did he want to achive,and totally agree on he’s ideology.

  • @magnasupreme
    @magnasupreme 4 роки тому +12

    Do you think if not for frank fountain rapture wouldn’t of fallen. To me Fontaine made the inevitable happen quicker

    • @TheBioshockHub
      @TheBioshockHub  4 роки тому +5

      It definitely would've happened either way in my opinion.

    • @Yes_Fantasy_419
      @Yes_Fantasy_419 4 роки тому +2

      Rapture was doomed to fall due to Ryan's own flawed philosophy. Objectivism, capitalism, and individualism all lead to misery, division, civil war, poverty, and self destruction. Hell Ryan's unregulated free market capitalist system is what allowed fontaine to become filthy rich and build himself an empire almost as powerful as Ryan's. Ryan also condemned the poor to die which is why many poor people flocked to fontaine home for the poor. Ryan became a tyrannical dictator when he realized to late that objectivism is what led to the civil war.

    • @anunknownentity1637
      @anunknownentity1637 4 роки тому +5

      @@Yes_Fantasy_419 I believe Communism and Collectivism lead to misery, division, civil war, poverty, and self destruction. Capitalism and Individualism value the individuals decisions and choices as opposed to beliefs that force others to conform to the ways of Communism and Collectivism. An unregulated free market does need regulations, but governments interfering and bailing out large corporations is far from unregulated and that is the current system in the United States. Capitalism has done great things to life hundreds of millions out of poverty and it leads fulfillment with life. There are not many ideologies that I believe to be more dangerous than the collectivist-Marxist ideologies. Equality of outcome is not a good thing because not everyone is equal, not everyone has the same skills, interestes, and abilities. The simple fact is that one idea values the individuals choices as opposed to them being forced to make certain choices. I really enjoy this game but it makes Andrew Ryan a straw man of Capitalism. A man who doesn't care about the poor and thinks that everything should be unregulated and privatized. This is something that does not accurately reflect the views of those who support Capitalism and Individualism.

    • @mikamartin2675
      @mikamartin2675 4 роки тому +1

      If it hadn’t been Fontaine, I believe Rapture would have fallen regardless. Maybe not when it did, but eventually. If not Fontaine, then perhaps Sofia Lamb, or the insanity from the ADAM intake alone. Or perhaps if not for Fontaine, then someone else may have taken advantage of the same things Fontaine did. It’s a shame, but it definitely would have happened regardless.

    • @Godlike-87
      @Godlike-87 4 роки тому +1

      @@anunknownentity1637 you should actually read what you wrote. It is actually disgusting.

  • @zayy7900
    @zayy7900 6 років тому +5

    Erik you gotta try survivor!

  • @pilotk5752
    @pilotk5752 6 років тому +4

    I love how the thumbnail is Andrew Ryan trying to do a dance but ending up having a seizure. Nice work with that one Comrade Bulvoski Erik!

  • @Peter_mikaelson
    @Peter_mikaelson 3 роки тому +1

    The stuff that you’re telling me is blowing my mind bro on my buddy Sinclair

  • @sidafakaba2376
    @sidafakaba2376 6 років тому +4

    it's okay

  • @evantgse
    @evantgse Рік тому

    Ryan could have stayed and become a politician in the us considering it changes every 4 to 8 years

  • @lolita19711
    @lolita19711 3 роки тому +1

    Belorus=former Lithuanian kingdom ( particulary near minsk is the pure lithuanian territory) in conclusion Ryan is Lithuanian.Russian dont use weird surnames like ryan he must of been something like Andrew Rynkevicius or smthng

    • @thewintermute7964
      @thewintermute7964 2 роки тому

      His real name is Andrey Raynovsky, and Belarus had not been Lithuanian for over a hundred years and Russians enforced their culture and language in Belarus which remain dominant there to this day. So I think Ryan was most likely Russian or maybe Russian of the Jewish descent. And he altered his name so that it sounds more American which was supposed to mean his disappointment in his past life and the culture he no longer belonged to.

  • @onekingdom1955
    @onekingdom1955 2 роки тому

    Amazing

  • @franzpanz
    @franzpanz 2 роки тому

    Chose a bit of an unflattering picture of him for the thumbnail 😂

  • @jalenikezeue4114
    @jalenikezeue4114 Рік тому

    When he says rapture can be your City who exactly is he referring

  • @stealth7225
    @stealth7225 3 роки тому

    The way the player completed that hack in the beginning annoyed me.. Great video tho

  • @TheOther19
    @TheOther19 4 роки тому +3

    Andrew Ryan, a man of hypocrisies

  • @rohanswarts6866
    @rohanswarts6866 4 роки тому

    BioShock hub my dream is to realy build a city in a ocean one day with casinos dance clubs and restaurants. If I ever do you are definetly invited

  • @nickdegugs7190
    @nickdegugs7190 5 років тому +8

    Y’all realize he’s reading the wiki word for word?

    • @TheBioshockHub
      @TheBioshockHub  5 років тому +10

      It's credited in each description of each lore video I do. I've said that this is where I get the information before. No secret.

  • @LoiselsPhotography
    @LoiselsPhotography 5 років тому

    Congrats, you just read the wiki explaining who Andrew Ryan is..