Fallout has always seemed like a critique of humanity's baser instincts and the economic greed of superpowers like the United States. It paints a picture that war is inevitable as humans constantly strive for more power and resources. The Sino-American war that sparked the nuclear fallout was a conflict over Earth's scarce resources, after all.
You would think that the world of Fallout is inherently a critique of the overconsumption, consumerism and greed typically associated with capitalist economic systems, however, according to series co-creator Tim Cain, that was never the point.
Cain released a video entitled 'Capitalism' on his channel. In the video, Cain offers the viewpoint that consumer and employee behaviour has helped shape capitalism, essentially saying that people should live by their principles if they want change. This argument ignores key systemic and societal factors that take agency away from the consumer, but Cain provided a balanced argument and offered anecdotal examples from his own experiences.
A commenter pointed out that profit-seeking entities will always try to squeeze profit out of the consumer, and that they felt this was one of the themes of the Fallout series. Cain disagreed, replying that Fallout was never aimed at...
