@@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.
Yet his solution won out in the end, Raiden went against laws and followed his own form of justice and killed Armatring who he saw as a threat to the way of life Raiden champions. Armstring was right in evwrything, its just Raiden's will was stronger
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.
Trump was playing metal gear Also another metal gear game ( I forgot which one I think 2 ) a computer says something about how the twin towers were destroyed in a terrorist attack meaning Osama was also playing metal gear😮
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.
@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.
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.
@@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
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
@@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
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 know it was a joke, but I also think Armstrong just REALLY needed to get all of those beliefs off his chest. We know from earlier that Armstrong usually lies about his actual beliefs: right before the EXCELSUS fight, Armstrong tried to market himself as a big capitalist who wants to start a war for the economy. It was only AFTER this that Armstrong finally allows himself to talk about his actual goals: a free world where people fight for their own beliefs instead of conformist conspiracies. Who knows how long he was holding all that in.
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
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
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
@@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.
Memes aside, I really like how Armstrong legitimately looked hurt when Raiden pretends to agree with him and calls him insane. He honestly believed in everything he said and saw killing Raiden as the last thing he wanted to do
Killing Raiden would mean killing the very best example of what he wishes to acomplish. As the senator himself put, Jack is one that took back his life with his own strength, his own ideals and will. Not to mention how he also said Raiden would make a great successor
@@Irongrip62 it's an awful thing tbh, wage ww3 to end war as an economy, who will remain alive by the end of the war ? who will pick up the scraps and rebuild society ? it'll be like the middle ages just with technology. so it makes sense why Raiden didn't side with him.
@@danialyousaf6456 in his head WW3 is the filter to separate the weak from the strong which isn’t at all how it would work in reality but he’s not that sane anyway
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.
Are we just gonna ignore how Armstrong just casually took that attempted choke Raiden tried to give him without using the nanomachines? Brother is just a different breed of senator altogether.
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.
@@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.
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.
Jake I it's funny because his jaw keeps getting replaced, and now that it looks like the fuckin grim reaper he was beginning to regret it. Until not having flesh on his lower jaw actually saved him a few times.
@@basedbattledroid3507 the root word for "Senator" is along the lines of "Senior" and "Senile". basically it means "old men who act" so they generally weren't this fucking chad
Игры
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"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
"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
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
@@Dilbert1999 100% yes.
Trump as senator armstrong
“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!!
"RUclips is diseased, rotten to the core. There's no saving it, we need to pull it out by the roots."
- Me
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
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 RUclipsrs that think they're celebertys
Holy shit this speech predicted the future
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
Yet his solution won out in the end, Raiden went against laws and followed his own form of justice and killed Armatring who he saw as a threat to the way of life Raiden champions. Armstring was right in evwrything, its just Raiden's will was stronger
True but at this point I’d still vote him even though he’d destroy the entire country
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.
"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
"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.
2013:
I can’t image someone will say that while running for President
2016:
Oh shit they predicted the future
Trump was playing metal gear Also another metal gear game ( I forgot which one I think 2 ) a computer says something about how the twin towers were destroyed in a terrorist attack meaning Osama was also playing metal gear😮
I forgot that Armstrong actually says “Make America great again”. Japan saw the future 😂
Actually is a Ronald Reagan quote
"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
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.
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
This cutscene is the purest form of saying “hold up, let him cook”
“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
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.
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.*
Jesus christ you have the media literacy of a vegetable
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 😭
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
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.
Here after Trump Assassination attempt
Same
Make America Great Again!
Yeah
✊
Lmao trump is nothing like Armstrong, he's the kind of person Armstrong would hate judging by his speech
"Be the American that Asian stereotypes portrays you as"
- _The Art of War - Sun Tzu_
I just little bit don't want to be militarist, sorry. 🤷♂️
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
**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
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.
This game aged like fine wine.
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
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
The fact that so many Americans agree with Armstrong, if ever so slightly, is proof of how brilliantly this guy is written.
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
“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
Imagine someone searches I have a dream and rather than seeing Martin Luther king he sees senator Armstrong
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!
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
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.
can't believe that this game blew up in popularity again after 9 years
Here in 2023...
This doesn't sound so bad.
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
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
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 honest, i love his idea of a new America
GLORY TO ARMSTRONG
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
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 love how Armstrong stops for a literal smoke break
Almost forgot to watch this today
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 ^^.
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
I love how RUclips thinks this is Injustice: Gods Among Us instead of Metal Gear.
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.
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
3:35 i used the war to destroy the war
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.
I know it was a joke, but I also think Armstrong just REALLY needed to get all of those beliefs off his chest. We know from earlier that Armstrong usually lies about his actual beliefs: right before the EXCELSUS fight, Armstrong tried to market himself as a big capitalist who wants to start a war for the economy. It was only AFTER this that Armstrong finally allows himself to talk about his actual goals: a free world where people fight for their own beliefs instead of conformist conspiracies. Who knows how long he was holding all that in.
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.
"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
NOT FOR MONEY! NOT FOR OIL!
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.
"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
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.
💀💀💀
**stomps out raiden**
2 seconds later
*_Cigar_*
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?
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
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
"Be the American the Japanese think you are."
-Greg Watchamacallit
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”.
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.
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 .
Nothing more American than giving a speech while beat the hell out of a robot
Fuck, I’d vote for him
Same here
Same here.
Same here
Same here
Same here
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 ruclips.net/video/_ettSN3DmpY/видео.html
I mean, he's speaking facts, but that's just typical polititian talk
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?
He's literally what every politcan wished they could be.
He has my vote.
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?
Memes aside, I really like how Armstrong legitimately looked hurt when Raiden pretends to agree with him and calls him insane. He honestly believed in everything he said and saw killing Raiden as the last thing he wanted to do
Killing Raiden would mean killing the very best example of what he wishes to acomplish. As the senator himself put, Jack is one that took back his life with his own strength, his own ideals and will. Not to mention how he also said Raiden would make a great successor
Too bad you can't choose to accept his premise as a player.
@@Irongrip62 it's an awful thing tbh, wage ww3 to end war as an economy, who will remain alive by the end of the war ? who will pick up the scraps and rebuild society ? it'll be like the middle ages just with technology. so it makes sense why Raiden didn't side with him.
@@danialyousaf6456 in his head WW3 is the filter to separate the weak from the strong which isn’t at all how it would work in reality but he’s not that sane anyway
@@narutokiubissj2 the funny thing is though raiden wouldn’t be anywhere near where he is today without big boss basically adopting and training him
Ahead of its time. Dang, Armstrong was spittin some wisdom.
He has my vote
4:07
When the roach I’ve crushed starts moving again
Cleric Is salty I like how there are 81 likes but no replies at all xd
This happen once
Geralt: Roach!?
What Isaac did to most Necromorphs
Bossikorn lmao 😂😂
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.
Are we just gonna ignore how Armstrong just casually took that attempted choke Raiden tried to give him without using the nanomachines? Brother is just a different breed of senator altogether.
He actually has some good points
He's also still insane
@@twinzzlers Nope.
armstrong is fascist
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
Armstrong's glasses are indestructible. Where can I order a pair for myself?
Nanomachines son. He has them on his glasses too.
El Bandito No. Those glasses have been passed down the Armstrong line for generations
El Bandito nah the shoes is strongest one here.
@@basilsalazar3489 no, he's shirt is tougher. And his pants.
You can order those in the university of Texas.
I'd vote for Armstrong now.
he's dead
@@OperationNova Trump then
@@luis-sophus-8227 he's in jail bro
@@OperationNova No
@@luis-sophus-8227 yeah? He got arrested a year ago
Nanomachines, son!
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.
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
One of the most based villains of all time.
Not for money not for oil
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.
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
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.
Daam man Armstrong spitting straight facts 🤣👌
0:11 Love how Raiden gets punched in the face while checking to make sure he wasn't punched in the face.
No, he was relieved he avoided getting punched in the jaw. It was a bit of a running gag in the game.
Too bad he couldn't dodge the second.
ultrix soma is it supposed to be funny becuase his jaw is metal?
ultrix soma and then he skids the whole way on his chin lmao
Jake I it's funny because his jaw keeps getting replaced, and now that it looks like the fuckin grim reaper he was beginning to regret it. Until not having flesh on his lower jaw actually saved him a few times.
If this was a Senator, then no wonder Rome was a superpower.
Too bad the senators in rome were chickenshit bureaucrats too, the Roman equivalent of Senator Armstrong would be Maxinimus Thrax, physically anyway.
roman senators were basicaly the same, they just didnt have internet or didnt need elections
@@basedbattledroid3507 thats a badass name
@@basedbattledroid3507 not that, by the end of the empire most of them were aristocrats in every meaning of the word.
@@basedbattledroid3507 the root word for "Senator" is along the lines of "Senior" and "Senile". basically it means "old men who act" so they generally weren't this fucking chad
Seriously, I can't stop replaying the part where he says "Wipe the slate clean. BURN IT DOWN!" The writing is off the charts 🔥🔥!
I'll vote for this man any day