It’s a bit of strategy on his part. Let him finish expending energy saying what he _thinks_ you’re doing, then tell him what you’re _actually_ trying to do, and gain the upper hand during that brief moment of surprise.
@@kylestubbs8867 Ikr, you can see that he even turned off the nanomachines here so raiden can hurt him and kock him back with his attacks so raiden thinks he is winning.
@@md.moinulislam9851 As an American patriot, I agree with the statement. We are told to be proud Americans while our nation rots and our government fucks us over daily. How can we justify pride in a fading American way? "America is diseased, rotten to the core. There's no saving it." So true it hurts.
So, I just learned that the voice actor for senator Armstrong (Alastair Duncan), also does the voice for celebrimbor in the shadow of Mordor/war games and the voice for Mimir in god of war. The man has some real range.
@@Finger875A burglar that trips and falls through a window of a house they broke into can sue the homeowner if they were injured. Currently, the laws protect criminals more than they do the people.
@@MatsuSenpaii I recall back in the day Armstrong was a fairly popular villain then. It was just more subdued then and the memes just came back with a vengeance
Man this is how presidential debates should go, the two candidates beat the shit out of each other while pitching their policies. 1 year late and 12k likes. Didn't expect that tbh.
The best part about this whole scene is the fact that Armstrong grows stronger when he starts to talk about his dream. Raiden is smacking him around one second, but the minute he tells his dream he suddenly manhandles Raiden like it's nothing. The pure power of passion towards his goals turns Armstrong from a politician to a weapon that can surpass metal gear.
Which is the recurring theme of the game. Basically, whoever has the stronger ideals triumphs over those with weaker ones. This is why Raiden loses to Sam at the beginning of the game, but once he admits to himself that he kills his enemies simply because he enjoys it and not because of his shaky belief in “justice” or “protecting the weak”, he starts mopping the floor with Desperado and Armstrong.
i just love the part where raiden grins at his unpunched chin, because he's been punched in the chin throughout the entire game and that was the only time he dodged a chin punch. the struggle, the character growth, the thematic messaging about learning from our past, however gradual and insignificant. all from his newly pristine shiny metal chin. truly better writing than shakeshpeare
To be fair...some of his points are a bit iffy. Weak, die, strong live? Racists, neo nazis black hating and minority hating cops will have a field day.
@@fightingspirit7960 u clearly didnt understand the speech, he's not talking about the weak in a sense of power, he's talking about the weak in an ideological and moral way, he wants to vanish all people who follow blindly what their country says, so the strong minded one can think and act and fight on what they believe is right
@@lalitoemocion3863 to me he wanted anarchy, because how can you control any man who fights his own wars and lives for himself. i don't think you do at all, and while weak-willed corrupt individuals will be weeded out, many innocents will die by the malicious who have freedom to do as they please. government needs some semblance of control
@@fightingspirit7960 Uh no, firstly it’s about your will as a person to choose your own destiny, and then actual physical strength. Nothing here that’s said has anything to do with a specific ideology other than natural selection and Darwinism
Got love how villains like Armstrong’s reason make way to much sense so the writers have to throw in 3:18 just to stop the audience from siding with the villain
@@LucMantique Orwell was a communist, he was just the sort that insisted that the Soviet Union "wasn't real communism". In "Animal Farm", Snowball is a stand-in for Trotsky, a horrid [the censorship algorithm won't let me name his ethnicity, but take a wild guess] who was even more evil than Stalin. As to the rest, I agree. As a man once said, "America is a corpse being consumed by maggots. Liberals are rooting for the maggots. Conservatives are rooting for the corpse." The White men upon this continent need to band together and build a new nation by any means necessary.
The world is built on people who only care about themselves. It's no longer about the people, it's only so they can spew their pointless bullshit. Liberals, Conservatives, right, left, up, down, only money is what they care about. Until we cast those ideas off is when people can and will finally be free to be their own person. Fuck political correctness
0:07 Raiden narrowly avoids the uppercut by retracting his chin a bit. He has a moment of retrospection and chuckles- all game he's been getting scraped on the chin by attacks but this one he cleanly dodges and he's proud. Just makes it all the funnier in the very next scene when Armstrong punches the shit outta him xD
Out of context, his speech sounds reasonable. In the context of Metal Gear 3 where we find out society is being controlled, his speech sounds honorable. Never played the game so I'm not sure how Raiden isn't the badguy
Its mostly because Senator Armstrong has an ends justify the means mentality, where he commits constant atrocities to enact his dreams, enslaving people, murdering people, the list of things he does to achieve what he wants goes on and on.
Well, in the context of MGR Technically Raiden and Armstrong's ideologies are similar for the most part. It's their definition of the weak that arguably causes the most issues when it comes to Armstrong's plan. Raiden is "The protector of the Weak" Who believes in protecting those who can't defend themselves or don't have any means to from those stronger than them. Armstrong's idea of the weak are people who never earned anything and were given most of what they possess (most notably politicians) and he believes that the Strong are those who have fought and survived to earn their keep not strictly the physically strong. This is why Armstrong does want Raiden on his side as he sees Raiden being his textbook definition of a strong individual as he put it "Through sheer force of will and with your own two hands, you took back your life". Raiden's misunderstanding of Armstrong's definition of the weak caused the conflict. And of course the abduction of poor children to use their brains to make soldiers, but that's a whole other topic.
accuse the conservatives of preying on the weak, is a usual leftist's trick Leftist always hide themselves behind the weak, just another business for them. Their poverty is just an alibi for progressive agenda whom never help poor people. They are like wolf disguised in sheep.
@@TellmeWhy3 When did op ever mention conservatives. All you've done is proven your own madness by seeing a connection that was never made and defending the lie that you probably tell yourself.
@@actualturtle2421 I'm confident that Donald Trump Jr will be similar to Senator Armstrong, when he finally has enough of all the bs going around these days and decides to run for president.
@@DesertStateNevada Trump Jr will do exactly what his daddy did, which is grift off of right wing rage and never actually do anything. If you're still thinking Trump is the answer, you've got a long way to go.
@@actualturtle2421 "right wing rage"? lol Lets see if you can actually explain what you're talking about. But the moment you start blabbing about nonsense you heard on the young turds, bsnbc, vox, reddit, twitter, late night propaganda shows or etc. this conversation is over.
@@actualturtle2421 how do you like your new gas price? Jobs and income drying up? Unchecked mass migration that gets most government funds while you and your fam can starve for all they care? Increased crime rates and unchecked rioters that can take your shit with impunity? New wars that will serve no one but a handful of elites? Truth is as much of an asshole Trump was he did truly care for Americans.
Cause US citiziens inform themself with mainstream media lol. But it happens in every country, the msjority see polítics as my blue team good vs your red team bad. When you got interést in an external country you are at least a little more neutral. Is not always. I for example dont like communism, and despict my heart being libertarian, i am not against the communist china gov. Cause i consider china historically was a mess of infinite civil wars, the alternativa to the ccp maybe was worse.
People were so stamdoffish about this game when it first dropped but not only is it the best one in the franchise (imho) it's one of the best for of created media ever. It was built to reflect humanity at its core and because of that will probably live for ever.
Think Jack, think! You are fighting so you can watch everyone around you fight wars for causes they don't understand and die for reasons they don't believe in! What will you have after America's gone to shit?!
@@i_i8924 Not actually. When Armstrong refers to killing for what they believe in he doesn't mean it like that. He means that no American will have to fight a dishonest war. Less Vietnam wars and more just ones likes WW2. American soldiers wont die and bleed so that some corporation can access oil reserves. They'll willingly risk death because that country attacked America first clearly and aggressively. The weak that would be purged are those same people who bow down to international corporations and put profit before morality. Armstrong wants the morally strong to thrive, not the physically. He wants politicians to enact laws because they genuinely think they're good, not because some corporation donated to his campaign. He wants to end PMCs because he believes that people should only kill if they believe its morally right. Not because they want money. In his new America, Morality would trump profit, and real politics would be decried as an excuse for their lack of will.
@@YunoGasaiMC2012 feels like you are strawmaning his character. WW2 wouldn't be a "just" war in his view. at least not universally just. "morally" the germans did their best to purge "evil humans". morally the rest of europe did good by kicking down the "insane and evil germans". the americans in the senator's image would support both sides. morality is defined and balanced by the collective. an individual can warp his view of morality into the absurd, which applies to the senator as well.
I like how people are saying "I would totally vote for Armstrong" unironically but if he was real people would probably hate him and would be terrified of his ideology
@@Archedgar and staging terrorist attacks to gain power and justify a war on terror, harvesting orphan brains to train an army of child soldiers, and planning a genocide of the weak in America. He's the bad guy for a reason lmao
You think hes stupid enough to just scream his ideology to the world? "Hey! Im Steven Armstrong and I wish to turn america into one gigantic battle royale! Vote for me will ya."
@@Archedgar He's a social darwinist. His plans include child trafficking for organs and brainwashed cyborg soldiers, rallying American jingoism to get the presidency, and then burn all civilization to the ground so the strong can purge the weak and then live in a completely anarchic might makes right world. Where "the law changes to suit the individual". Meaning that if someone isn't strong enough to fight back you can do anything to them. Absolutely no moral enforcement or structure.
@@codeninja100 Funny coincidence they chose that line in particular. Old Reagan campaign slogan originally, so I suppose it makes sense as a reference for an over the top US politician stereotype.
actually Imperium likes weak men. Or please tell me how Armstrong would consider the hordes of devout pilgrims travelling to all the shrine worlds in the Imperium strong people.
I dont think you guys truly grasp how amazing this game is. This is one of the single most deepest , most indepth studies of the military industrial complex and modern american politics Brought on by a game about a cyborg ninja figthing a roided out super powered US senator.
"I promise I won't get political"
_2 drinks later:_
"America is deseased,rotten By the core"
Oh no, I'm not brave enough for politics
I don't even need a drink considering that I'm too young to even get one.
“And from the ashes a new America will be born!”
*flips table*
@@hit9819 friend: i shoulda seen this coming but i want to see where this goes
"what the hell are you talking about?"
Dude literally just talked for 2 minutes straight about what he's talking about.
Raiden is always confused lmao in mgs2 if you press r1 while on codec with either emma or the patriots he says "what the hell are you talking about?"
Empty platitudes, like all politicians difference is he belives in them, lol.
Can’t pay attention to the words when he’s getting his ass beat the whole time.
He is a cyborg bninja, pretty nsure they can
Dude
I suck at politic speak too I can relate
Idgi what potatoes and article 13 have to do with hentai
:V
“Your tooth is diseased, rotten to the core. There’s no saving it, we need to pull it out by the roots.”
-Dentist Steven Armstrong
BURN IT DOWN!
Literally one of my wisdom teeth last year. Thank God for anesthesia.
Wipe the enamel clean
@Jacky138 The cavaties will be purged, and the jaw bones will thrive. Free to grow as they see fit! It'll make the tooth be great again!!
"TH-cam is diseased, rotten to the core. There's no saving it, we need to pull it out by the roots."
- Me
2:32 “Fuck this 24/7 internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit”
Armstrong spittin pure fax on this one
And more importantly the media.
Not really.
Because in reality, the majority of people barely talk about shit like that.
my favourite part of this whole thing
@Meldrick Edwards no its still a thing, just a little different, just look at tiktok and youtube shorts
@@Dilbert1999 100% yes.
"How the hell did you get elected?"
"Memes, Jack."
The Dna of the soul.
It all started, one long summer ago...
*Donald Trump in a Nutshell*
Lol
@@matteocampus6450 amen
The strongest part of Armstrong isn’t his body, it’s his glasses
And shoes.
Nanomachines son
And the brightest part in Armstrong is not his conviction but his shoes.
And his arms
Like holy shit
0:37 armstrong could have easily hit raiden with a left uppercut, but man's got so much honor he listens to raiden
Armstrong is such a kind dude
He’s a real one
It’s a bit of strategy on his part. Let him finish expending energy saying what he _thinks_ you’re doing, then tell him what you’re _actually_ trying to do, and gain the upper hand during that brief moment of surprise.
He gives the feeling he did not expect any responses to his speech and was actually caught off guard. That was when he decided to give the truth.
@@kylestubbs8867 Ikr, you can see that he even turned off the nanomachines here so raiden can hurt him and kock him back with his attacks so raiden thinks he is winning.
2:33 how this line aged well
I KNOW RIGHT
it's like they predict the future
Like wine
Internet was supposed to be a free space for ideas, no matter how illegal. Ah man... Now we can't even swaer in YT sections.
Bruh are you people like 10 years old? The internet and television were like this even before Revengeance was released
Armstrong: "Fuck this 24/7 internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit."
Its true ya know.
Everything he says is soo true its kinda scary.
He also said "Fuck American pride"
@@md.moinulislam9851 As an American patriot, I agree with the statement. We are told to be proud Americans while our nation rots and our government fucks us over daily. How can we justify pride in a fading American way?
"America is diseased, rotten to the core. There's no saving it." So true it hurts.
And narcisist TH-camrs that think they're celebertys
Holy shit this speech predicted the future
"How is your shirt so white?"
*Washing machines, son*
“Made to clean away all the dirt and grime obtained in battle. You can’t make me dirty Jack.”
WHY WON'T IT STAIN???!
It's a tide ad
Pure white, spiffy clean, trust me jack a little tide can do wonders.
Washing machine? I bet this guy washes them himself with his overwhelmingly sexy arms
This cutscene is the purest form of saying “hold up, let him cook”
So, I just learned that the voice actor for senator Armstrong (Alastair Duncan), also does the voice for celebrimbor in the shadow of Mordor/war games and the voice for Mimir in god of war. The man has some real range.
Damn I didn’t even know he was mimir
Good to know I wasn't just going insane when I noticed they sounded similar
He was also the husband of Anna Gunn (The actress of Skyler White)
Baldur is blessed with NANOMACHINES, SON
He was also in a Regular Show episode.
When you beat Garry Johnson and Jo Jorgensen & get to the final boss of the Libertarian party
This dude is way out of the LP's league, he actually seems to have a philosophy
@@vladimirdan1959 that is the ancap philosophy, basically purging "the weak" threw the free market
@@bubblegumgun3292
"Armstrong, dont you mean 'through' the free market?"
Armstrong: *lifts up competition* "say what?"
@@TOAOM123 lol
Obviously it's Verman supreme
"How did you even win the election"
*"Voting Machines, son"*
Sean Maguyon i mean, you aint wrong
"Well, I don't write my own speeches."
Rigged
"They fortify the election in response to PR trauma."
Ugh, let's not get the tRumpists going on the "bUt ThE eLeCtIoN wAs StOlEn" bs more than they already are.
We never agreed with Armstrong solution, we agreed with the problems he saw
Typically fascists are good at identifying the symptoms but are shit at actual diagnosis
I agree with his solution
@@sigiligusit's a little flawed not perfect at all it's not the only solution but might as well be the best
Every year, I agree with him more and more...
@@Finger875A burglar that trips and falls through a window of a house they broke into can sue the homeowner if they were injured.
Currently, the laws protect criminals more than they do the people.
@@spectralstriker Ok shithead, name ONE such case where this happened and the burglar has won the case.
@@Finger875 He's right though.
@@spectralstriker *"IS THAT JUSTICE?!"*
_"No..."_
*I'd've got him 10k.*
He literally only talks for 20-25 minutes in the whole game but it's enough to be a legend
You don't need to rant if you have a point to make.
That's a lot of talking lol
That's more than most characters in games lol
You don't need to talk to be a legend, look at doomsayer
COULDV GONE PRO IF I DIDN'T JOIN THE NAVY
Senator Armstrong: I used the wars to destroy the wars.
xD
World war 1
Olivier Pineau yeah that’s the joke idiot
@@OutCast907 stfu fanboy
Olivier Pineau woah did you see that? It’s hard to miss, but that was a rare species known as a “joke” that flew right over ur head
The fact that so many Americans agree with Armstrong, if ever so slightly, is proof of how brilliantly this guy is written.
For someone as buff as Senator Armstrong, the fact his button up shirt doesn't become undone is astonishing.
His shirt and glasses are the true heroes of this tale
Don't forget his belt and pants
Nanomachines son!
Wish it did though fr fr
@@emma6648how you get caught gooning for Armstrong 😭
“Make America great again”
*looks at upload date*
2013 shocked!!!!!!
Dude I thought I was the only one 😂
Prophetic??
It was Reagen who said it first
@@foxthefox1594 And Bill Clinton in 1991 and Hillary Clinton in 2008
“How the hell did you get elected?”
“Nanomachines son!”
They harden in response to physical trauma
"Mother of all omelet son!"
lmao
Crysis: lol
Lmao
I love how Armstrong stops for a literal smoke break
"Be the American the Japanese think you are."
-Greg Watchamacallit
I wish most political debates were like this
Lmao only Chady but smart men in the house...I can dig it!
@@felixgutierrez993 yes i too would like a fist fight of convertation
@@lionelk.y7233 that would be ebic tho
Bernie wouldn't last a second, but I mean he couldn't do that in a debate anyways.
A bunch of nanomachine-enhanced boomers stomping the shit out of each other while they deliver presumably improvised monologues?
Sounds fun.
Platinum Games when they create Metal Gear Rising:
*"I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it"*
Nice back to the future reference
but people loved it when it came out and it has been meme'd for years
@BEASTFRAG435 yeah, but i don't feel the same hype back then tbh, maybe it's because the internet is not as good as today
@@MatsuSenpaii I recall back in the day Armstrong was a fairly popular villain then. It was just more subdued then and the memes just came back with a vengeance
@@MatsuSenpaii the internet was better back then when the game came out
It's crazy to think that a Japanese game creator understands more about American politics than most Americans *XD!*
Its as if Japan and the states have had a political conflict or something.
Bruh, how exactly?
It's called outside perspective
Ahead of its time. Dang, Armstrong was spittin some wisdom.
**Calls Armstrong a typical politician**
Armstrong: (able to tear the president in two with his bare hands)
and he played college ball
Coulda gone pro if he hadn’t joined the navy
He's not one of those belt waste pansies
He could break Trump in two with his bare hands.
@@CID-db5zu Don't fuck with this senator
Man this is how presidential debates should go, the two candidates beat the shit out of each other while pitching their policies.
1 year late and 12k likes. Didn't expect that tbh.
Definitely, we’d get rid of those crusty ass politicians and get some young blood that can shatter their opponents bones
👍
@@june9914 You mean get rid of those limpdick lawyers and chickenshit bureaucrats?
We’re getting there
And that's how you'd get more people into politics.
A decade later and this shit still hits hard!!!!
Here in 2023...
This doesn't sound so bad.
The best part about this whole scene is the fact that Armstrong grows stronger when he starts to talk about his dream. Raiden is smacking him around one second, but the minute he tells his dream he suddenly manhandles Raiden like it's nothing. The pure power of passion towards his goals turns Armstrong from a politician to a weapon that can surpass metal gear.
Yes
That's called anime talking power
Which is the recurring theme of the game. Basically, whoever has the stronger ideals triumphs over those with weaker ones. This is why Raiden loses to Sam at the beginning of the game, but once he admits to himself that he kills his enemies simply because he enjoys it and not because of his shaky belief in “justice” or “protecting the weak”, he starts mopping the floor with Desperado and Armstrong.
Just the cliche that whoever is currently talking is the one winning at that moment
@@reinazer379 except this time it's against the protagonists my god
Armstron is an anime protagonist confirmed ^^.
the embodiment of the phrase "dangerously based"
Sdio mains when they run out of new players to beat
@@SpeedKing.. have not played hftf in like 2 or so years since i quit, but it was fun to dunk on new players, i mostly played hol horse.
@@yes2sdiomain335 well, I could never dream of finding another hftf player in an unrelated video. Nice being here.
no such thing
nice picture
i just love the part where raiden grins at his unpunched chin, because he's been punched in the chin throughout the entire game and that was the only time he dodged a chin punch.
the struggle, the character growth, the thematic messaging about learning from our past, however gradual and insignificant. all from his newly pristine shiny metal chin. truly better writing than shakeshpeare
can't believe that this game blew up in popularity again after 9 years
Remember kids, giving a speech while fighting makes you strong .
Makes your arms strong
Anime has always been the prime example of this ... And certain superhero movies!!
XD
I wouldn’t speech but I would preach
AHHAHAAHAHAHHAHSHSHSHSHSHSHSAHHAA
I feel like this comment is the topic of a TED Talk
Two things that costed Armstrong to lose against Raiden:
1) The removal of his Shirt
2) The removal of his Glasses
now he'll never win the election!
And his heart
But if its the yakuza series, removing clothing gives 100% buff tho
@@rifqihanief2909 What in the...
@@dr.walterbennett don't know its a game sieries named yakuza
To be honest, i love his idea of a new America
GLORY TO ARMSTRONG
Worst part is that the Senator has some really good points. How the hell did Japan out-America America?
Become the American the Japanese think you are.
@@greensmurf221 уеs.
The virgin moderate vs the chad anarcho-egoist
Is this a Stirner reference ?
@@berdankarabacak5633 Indeed
We live in a society...and that society is a spook.
Spook
Too bad these anarchoegoists are only succesful in video games, and even then
Man those infowars life supplements really work
MAGAMACHINES, SON
Right, we need more mechas to test these miracle products!
Male vitality, son!
@@joelcraig9803 the lobsters are psykick
Funny.
Now i know why Mimir didn't die when Kratos cut off his head.
Nanomachines son.
They sound so different yet voiced by the same person wtf
*Scottish accent* NANOMACHINES, BROTHER!
Fuck, I’d vote for him
Same here
Same here.
Same here
Same here
Same here
"I don't write my own speeches"
Well you should, because this one you just cooked up has 99.99% of the comment section agreeing with you
Well it makes sense in-universe, because although Armstrong seeks to end wars, he must pretend he wants to start them to win the elections
To be fair...some of his points are a bit iffy. Weak, die, strong live? Racists, neo nazis black hating and minority hating cops will have a field day.
@@fightingspirit7960 u clearly didnt understand the speech, he's not talking about the weak in a sense of power, he's talking about the weak in an ideological and moral way, he wants to vanish all people who follow blindly what their country says, so the strong minded one can think and act and fight on what they believe is right
@@lalitoemocion3863 to me he wanted anarchy, because how can you control any man who fights his own wars and lives for himself. i don't think you do at all, and while weak-willed corrupt individuals will be weeded out, many innocents will die by the malicious who have freedom to do as they please. government needs some semblance of control
@@fightingspirit7960
Uh no, firstly it’s about your will as a person to choose your own destiny, and then actual physical strength. Nothing here that’s said has anything to do with a specific ideology other than natural selection and Darwinism
"Make America Great Again."
-Senator Armstrong.
Not gonna lie nearly did a spit take when I first heard Trump say it, it caught me that off guard.
@@aguyontheinternet9095 *Trump must`ve played this game*
Well, trump was in WWE so i guess he's the closest americans can get to senator armstrong.
I can back that statement
@@aguyontheinternet9095 I believe Reagan originally had the slogan and Trump reused it
Got love how villains like Armstrong’s reason make way to much sense so the writers have to throw in 3:18 just to stop the audience from siding with the villain
That is enough to make me side with him though
In RL, the strong are purged. If it's a choice between that and Armstrong, then I agree with him.
Almost forgot to watch this today
The Libertarian party has really gone off the deep end
Life Myth Animations Anarcho-egoism baby, society's just a spook
@@nicolasd140 If everyone took care of their own life the world would be a better place
@@JoaoPedro-hz4vp -- Tommy Wiseau
Lmao
Life Myth Animations I wish actual libertarians were this cool
Hey, whether he’s right or wrong, you gotta admire his passion.
Love him or hate him, senator Armstrong spitting straight facts. 💯💯😜👆🤘
@@snurffff AWESOME
he has a dream
#armstrongdidnothingwrong.
I mean he basically was just a patriot 2
mega sean I mean, I kinda agree on the media part
2:53 never has there been a more true statement, especially right now
Yeah... It's sad
True reality
It was true well before the game even came out lmao. Iraq War anyone?
He pulled a Martin Luther king he truly doesn’t write his speeches
Martin Luther King mixed with Donald John Trump is how I would describe Armstrong speech
@@nope6908 *W*
"I'm using war to get elected, so I can end war as a business"
Translation: "I used the stones to destroy the stones"
😂😂😂
420 Dankaroni
"It nearly killed me,but the work is done.it always will be,i am inevitable"
So he’s basically Grover Cleveland
Gone reduced to atoms
Its actually how this works, instead banging stones with your head moron like you would do.
I like how Japanese developers can create a better American character than pretty much any American developer studio could.
@Victor Luigi "If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight!" Sun Tzu said that.
@Victor Luigi God Speed ya Magnificent Bastard
Its similar to how American directors can create better Japanese characters in movies than any Japanese movie studio.
U get a good view at the state of your house looking from the outside
And I believe he knows fighting a little bit better than you do because he invented it!
I forgot that Armstrong actually says “Make America great again”. Japan saw the future 😂
He has my vote.
2013: there is no way this guy can be real
2021: I wish this guy was real
@@LucMantique Orwell was a communist, he was just the sort that insisted that the Soviet Union "wasn't real communism". In "Animal Farm", Snowball is a stand-in for Trotsky, a horrid [the censorship algorithm won't let me name his ethnicity, but take a wild guess] who was even more evil than Stalin.
As to the rest, I agree. As a man once said, "America is a corpse being consumed by maggots. Liberals are rooting for the maggots. Conservatives are rooting for the corpse." The White men upon this continent need to band together and build a new nation by any means necessary.
@@LucMantique you really had to set Aqua as pfp and talk about political stuff
@@LucMantique Orwell was a gay communist. You are a gay liberal.
They're both demented. It's just one is less of a narcissistic lunatic.
The world is built on people who only care about themselves. It's no longer about the people, it's only so they can spew their pointless bullshit. Liberals, Conservatives, right, left, up, down, only money is what they care about. Until we cast those ideas off is when people can and will finally be free to be their own person. Fuck political correctness
0:07 Raiden narrowly avoids the uppercut by retracting his chin a bit. He has a moment of retrospection and chuckles- all game he's been getting scraped on the chin by attacks but this one he cleanly dodges and he's proud. Just makes it all the funnier in the very next scene when Armstrong punches the shit outta him xD
And his chin glows red hot from the friction of sliding on the floor
Oh my God, you have a keen eye.
You can actually see how chin move back into his mouth to avoid the attack
Dude, I've seen this cutscene like 200 times and never noticed that he actually retracts his chin!
This, plus in the DLC we see Sam avoiding chin attacks WITHOUT his upgrades yet.
He has my vote
4:30
I like how he immediately calmed down after a quick puff.
He just needed his nicotine, y’all, we’ll be coolin’ in a minute.
He probably rehearsed it a thousand of times before fighting raiden so he could win his debate with him. Armstrong for senator👏
I can imagine him alone in a room with a badly drawn anime boy penned on a punching bag
@@Scroteydada Armstrong’s bodypillow
@@Aeaaoooaaa that’s one durable ass pillow
he was already senator in this video. he wanted to become president.
@@sparrow_solas fun fact: in lore, he was running in the 2020 election
3:59 Not for oil? Oh Sh*t he’s serious.
Finally someone who's trustworthy and not full of shit!
Yeah they went to control other resources as well
@Stephen Jenkins No, they can go at war with you for litium, gas, consumers, sugar, bananas; doesn't matter.
America when a small developing third-world country "finds" oil
Out of context, his speech sounds reasonable. In the context of Metal Gear 3 where we find out society is being controlled, his speech sounds honorable. Never played the game so I'm not sure how Raiden isn't the badguy
Its mostly because Senator Armstrong has an ends justify the means mentality, where he commits constant atrocities to enact his dreams, enslaving people, murdering people, the list of things he does to achieve what he wants goes on and on.
Ikr
Kidnapped war orphans to create soldiers use war to stop war make America great again
"The weak will be purged and the strongest will thrive"
What a reasonable man
Well, in the context of MGR Technically Raiden and Armstrong's ideologies are similar for the most part. It's their definition of the weak that arguably causes the most issues when it comes to Armstrong's plan. Raiden is "The protector of the Weak" Who believes in protecting those who can't defend themselves or don't have any means to from those stronger than them. Armstrong's idea of the weak are people who never earned anything and were given most of what they possess (most notably politicians) and he believes that the Strong are those who have fought and survived to earn their keep not strictly the physically strong. This is why Armstrong does want Raiden on his side as he sees Raiden being his textbook definition of a strong individual as he put it "Through sheer force of will and with your own two hands, you took back your life". Raiden's misunderstanding of Armstrong's definition of the weak caused the conflict.
And of course the abduction of poor children to use their brains to make soldiers, but that's a whole other topic.
Are we gonna ignore the fact that Senator Armstrong used the quote ''Make America Great Again'' before Trump?
Filipbob Bobek Ronald Reagan(?) said it first!
Armstrong used the quote _before_ Donald Trump.
Who cares..its fictional
Damn
@Jonathan Reyes Black Lives Matter .
Me : Armstrong has a point, why is he the bad guy again?
“ the weak will be purged “
Me : Ah i see
accuse the conservatives of preying on the weak, is a usual leftist's trick
Leftist always hide themselves behind the weak, just another business for them. Their poverty is just an alibi for progressive agenda whom never help poor people. They are like wolf disguised in sheep.
@@TellmeWhy3 What?
Tonio du87 he literally said he wants to murder people who are below him please tell me you’re joking
Great concept, poor execution.
@@TellmeWhy3 When did op ever mention conservatives.
All you've done is proven your own madness by seeing a connection that was never made and defending the lie that you probably tell yourself.
I'd vote for Armstrong now.
he's dead
@@cheeseslimeinconstantpain Trump then
@@luis-sophus-8227 he's in jail bro
@@cheeseslimeinconstantpain No
@@luis-sophus-8227 yeah? He got arrested a year ago
One of the most based villains of all time.
They're speaking facts while fighting to death. Absolute chads right here.
*ABSOLUTE MAD CHADS*
That's how old epic fights were done
God I wish this was IRL politics
@@jaypea30 th-cam.com/video/_ettSN3DmpY/w-d-xo.html
I mean, he's speaking facts, but that's just typical polititian talk
I love how it ends with “how the hell did you get elected?”
Me then: How the hell did he get elected?
Me now: Why the hell can't I vote for him?
@@actualturtle2421 I'm confident that Donald Trump Jr will be similar to Senator Armstrong, when he finally has enough of all the bs going around these days and decides to run for president.
@@DesertStateNevada Trump Jr will do exactly what his daddy did, which is grift off of right wing rage and never actually do anything. If you're still thinking Trump is the answer, you've got a long way to go.
@@actualturtle2421 "right wing rage"? lol Lets see if you can actually explain what you're talking about. But the moment you start blabbing about nonsense you heard on the young turds, bsnbc, vox, reddit, twitter, late night propaganda shows or etc. this conversation is over.
@@actualturtle2421 how do you like your new gas price? Jobs and income drying up? Unchecked mass migration that gets most government funds while you and your fam can starve for all they care? Increased crime rates and unchecked rioters that can take your shit with impunity? New wars that will serve no one but a handful of elites? Truth is as much of an asshole Trump was he did truly care for Americans.
He's literally what every politcan wished they could be.
Armstrong After the speech:''So what do you think''
Raiden:''How the hell did you get elected
Armstrong:''WHAT DID I JUST SAY?''
To be fair, Raiden is fighting for the some of the “weak” Armstrong says “need to be purged”.
Wow the AVGN has really been hitting the gym since the last time I saw him
Yeah
I hate you
"Hitting". He probably hit the gym itself once he was done with his training.
Nah. All the gym equipment would break.
💀💀💀
Man, the guy from Bee movie got ripped.
Bad boi
Holy crap
Why the hell you edit your message
What
@@makian_real sorry, I thought you edited your message, but I was wrong
3:35 i used the war to destroy the war
And to think that Senator Armstrong's VA also plays Mimir from God of War, that guy has quite the vocal range.
Stand User: _Senator Armstrong_
Stand Name: _Nanomachines Son_
The stand name isn't a musical reference
"I am machine" would be a better stand name
@@delontahenderson9327 I take that reference
I, Senator Armstrong, have a dream
Jose Diaz it would have to be localized for American copyright so it's fine. I mean, there's no band called ZIPPER MAN.
When Japanese developers knows more about US politic than average American and everyone in Canada or Europe
When the
impostor is sus
@@bloodredrain 😳
They are closer to us then europeans ya know
Cause US citiziens inform themself with mainstream media lol.
But it happens in every country, the msjority see polítics as my blue team good vs your red team bad.
When you got interést in an external country you are at least a little more neutral. Is not always.
I for example dont like communism, and despict my heart being libertarian, i am not against the communist china gov. Cause i consider china historically was a mess of infinite civil wars, the alternativa to the ccp maybe was worse.
NOT FOR MONEY! NOT FOR OIL!
People were so stamdoffish about this game when it first dropped but not only is it the best one in the franchise (imho) it's one of the best for of created media ever. It was built to reflect humanity at its core and because of that will probably live for ever.
It satirises America. Way to live up to the stereotype of thinking America is all of humanity
The fact that there isn't at least a sequel or a remake to this game, is beyond me.
It’s you yet again
Ouie
Still waiting for one
And there never will be :(
It's konami what'd you expect?
I vote for Armstrong. He actually stands behind his beliefs with incredible passion and monstrous strength.
@@7up706 worth
@@7up706 worth
@@7up706 worth
I wouldn’t. Armstrong is wrong.
@@7up706 worth
RJ3000860 took the advice and went to control his own destiny.
Lalelulelo gave Kojima a red hat
Conservative dad after watching CNN.
lolololololololol
CNN sucks
Actually this political ideology lines up more with Anarchism which is mainly left leaning ideology.
sure, cause conservatives never made the US actively seek and go to war for money and oil....
@@reductio1000 Did you even listen to what he said. LOL.
@@Flakjacket96 Going off "purge the weak" I'd say he's advocating for more like Anarcho-Capitalism, which would be the bottom right corner.
“The weak will be purged and the strongest will thrive”
Why do I feel like it’s Omni-Man explaining his race’s history
cliché villain stuff.
Damn, Omni-Man would approve
Think Jack, think! You are fighting so you can watch everyone around you fight wars for causes they don't understand and die for reasons they don't believe in! What will you have after America's gone to shit?!
@@i_i8924 Not actually. When Armstrong refers to killing for what they believe in he doesn't mean it like that. He means that no American will have to fight a dishonest war. Less Vietnam wars and more just ones likes WW2. American soldiers wont die and bleed so that some corporation can access oil reserves. They'll willingly risk death because that country attacked America first clearly and aggressively.
The weak that would be purged are those same people who bow down to international corporations and put profit before morality. Armstrong wants the morally strong to thrive, not the physically. He wants politicians to enact laws because they genuinely think they're good, not because some corporation donated to his campaign. He wants to end PMCs because he believes that people should only kill if they believe its morally right. Not because they want money. In his new America, Morality would trump profit, and real politics would be decried as an excuse for their lack of will.
@@YunoGasaiMC2012 feels like you are strawmaning his character.
WW2 wouldn't be a "just" war in his view. at least not universally just. "morally" the germans did their best to purge "evil humans". morally the rest of europe did good by kicking down the "insane and evil germans".
the americans in the senator's image would support both sides.
morality is defined and balanced by the collective.
an individual can warp his view of morality into the absurd, which applies to the senator as well.
I'll vote for this man any day
I like how people are saying "I would totally vote for Armstrong" unironically but if he was real people would probably hate him and would be terrified of his ideology
Yeah, evil & stupid people would be against Armstrong's ideals, I.e. liberty & individual rights.
@@Archedgar and staging terrorist attacks to gain power and justify a war on terror, harvesting orphan brains to train an army of child soldiers, and planning a genocide of the weak in America. He's the bad guy for a reason lmao
@@corsojames Worth it to stop leftist orthodoxy on the level he's facing, I.e. the nonstop wars. He's right.
You think hes stupid enough to just scream his ideology to the world?
"Hey! Im Steven Armstrong and I wish to turn america into one gigantic battle royale! Vote for me will ya."
@@Archedgar He's a social darwinist. His plans include child trafficking for organs and brainwashed cyborg soldiers, rallying American jingoism to get the presidency, and then burn all civilization to the ground so the strong can purge the weak and then live in a completely anarchic might makes right world. Where "the law changes to suit the individual". Meaning that if someone isn't strong enough to fight back you can do anything to them. Absolutely no moral enforcement or structure.
This game is like 12 years old, but everything he says sounds painfully accurate.
Its amazing how armstrong predicted our future perfectly
“Make America Great Again”
9 years but still
@@codeninja100 Funny coincidence they chose that line in particular. Old Reagan campaign slogan originally, so I suppose it makes sense as a reference for an over the top US politician stereotype.
@@yourbenevolentsaviorgill5547
Not the future, the long-lasting norm since Reagan
-A guy who voted for him after hearing this: I really like how he doesn't care about political correctness in his speeches.
Good that Drumpf bad lost 😂😂😂
100%wholesome
@@JuanAntonioGarciaHeredia you just voted for a nazi and you’re happy
@@garyoakham9723 I'm not american lol
@@garyoakham9723 Biden's a nazi? LOL
@@JuanAntonioGarciaHeredia Yeah, it shows pretty clearly in how you type.
"Be the American that Asian stereotypes portrays you as"
- _The Art of War - Sun Tzu_
I just little bit don't want to be a militarist, sorry. 🤷♂️
This game aged like fine wine
The memes, dna of the soul
Armstrong: “ the weak will be purged “
Warhammer 40k: * happy inquisition noises *
actually Imperium likes weak men. Or please tell me how Armstrong would consider the hordes of devout pilgrims travelling to all the shrine worlds in the Imperium strong people.
@_ Loratar57FV
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE
Suffer not the weak to live
“Happy inquisition noises” Me: no one expects the Spanish Inquisition
Iron Hands space marine legion actually.
Damn. He isn't right, but he's far from wrong
ikr
@Jeff Denza big boss, ocelot, solidus, and armstrong
I may not agree with everything to his extremes, but what I'll say amen to is the media part.
*Even if you're correct doesn't mean you're right*
Lol yall fucked up.
I dont think you guys truly grasp how amazing this game is.
This is one of the single most deepest , most indepth studies of the military industrial complex and modern american politics
Brought on by a game about a cyborg ninja figthing a roided out super powered US senator.
"He is so fucking cool"
Good God, did Armstrong get a psychic vision of the future and go insane? Now that's a hardcore origin story.
Look up "Most profound moment in gaming." Metal Gear has got this shit down back in the early 2000s, man. It's crazy.
Possible cus metal gear.
Nanomachines, son.
That's why.
@@firuzmajid4780 Nanomachines son, they cause insanity in response to looking into the future
Isn't he in like 2025?
When the villain be making some damn good points
That is kind of the point of a well written villain.
vogonp 42 true
Social Darwinism isn't a good point. Besides that, yeah
social darwinism is bad
Idiots be pretending they understand what that guy meant. The two guy above my comments understood that well btw.
Seriously, I can't stop replaying the part where he says "Wipe the slate clean. BURN IT DOWN!" The writing is off the charts 🔥🔥!
Armstrong beats the shit out of Raiden and then proceeds to smoke a cigar over his beaten body. Absolute gigachad.
I, Senator Armstrong, have a dream that I know is just.
*[N A N O M A C H I N E E X P E R I E N C E]*
stop, jojobrony
No you stop poopy head
@@MisterHeroman for all I know, there are no ayaya horses in jojo.
@@lebron7071 woah that's a nice short speecg
7 page nanomachine beatdown