Andrew Ryan's vision was of a society free of the 'petty morality' of church, government or any arbitrary authority, a society allowed to explore everything to its fullest potential no matter the cost/harm. Life is deemed pretty much expendable in this society, for the 'greater good' of progress. We see this everywhere in Bioshock and Burial at Sea, the Little Sisters being the pinnacle of this casual disregard of empathy.
Essentially, as a society that has fallen so far, I wonder if Ken Levine tempered his original ideas for the Little Sisters, and what such people might do to the young for a profit. I shall assume I don't need to expand on that premise more than I have.
In a Rand-ian society, 'lessers' are expendable and exploitable. To what level the exploitation? Long term harm is moot when the person is destined for the dump anyway. If society were to go to those levels of Ryan/Rand, where would it stop? Money buys anything if someone is willing to pay and another to offer the service.
And yes, I am dumb. It is only while writing this that the 'Ayn Rand' / 'Andrew Ryan' anagram thing hit me lol.
I hope these musing aren't TOO dark for some but I enjoy taking things to their nth level, regardless of where that may lead.
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