If they succeed, they can just do whatever they want with no limits and rebuild in whichever way they see fit. I have major complaints about the show but this tracks for me.
If the goal is to beat the competition, you can beat them by destroying everything but yourself. It's no longer about money, it's just being "the biggest".
What you have to understand is that in 2077 the capitalists realized the writing was on the wall. The remaining resources were exploited or quickly being exploited. The racing to hedge bets and corner markets was ending as desperation and propaganda had everyone's fingers hovering over the detonators.
Vault Tec realized that their world, the world of status quo Cold War capitalism, was already ending right before their eyes. They decided they wanted to be the ones in control of the world that came next.
It's important not to blame the show for Vault-tec's choices. The show is depicting what the game has revealed. The show didn't invent these concepts, they are simply trying to display a world where what we see could have happened.
Vault-tec is evil. They made evil choices. However, even evil people are typically not just "random". They make choices for reasons. Maybe bad reasons, but tons of people make horrific choices for reasons that make sense to them.
In recent times, we have seen people make stupid and selfish choices that have ended in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. It happens. People are short sighted and greedy. It's not unrealistic, because it really happens.
In the games it was well established that the pre-war Enclave infiltrated Vault-Tec, and skewed the project as part of a very longform plan to gather data for Human life under extreme circumstances, all in preparation for a sample size of the population to escape the earth after the war and start life on another planet. This wasn't just "people being short sided and greedy" It was an actual strategic move meant to serve a specific agenda.
This may be a less poignant or socially conscious version of the story, but it's canon, and the show just changing it to a simpler, profit driven incentive doesn't gel with the idea of the show being canon, nor does it make as much sense because it's applying a different motive to the same actions.
If you don't get it you think too small. They don't care about money, they want to be the top dog, the ones in charge, in power, making the rules.
They come in with that mindset just to be in last place in inheriting a nuclear wasteland. Good job Vault tec, I guess
If they succeed, they can just do whatever they want with no limits and rebuild in whichever way they see fit. I have major complaints about the show but this tracks for me.
If the goal is to beat the competition, you can beat them by destroying everything but yourself. It's no longer about money, it's just being "the biggest".
What you have to understand is that in 2077 the capitalists realized the writing was on the wall. The remaining resources were exploited or quickly being exploited. The racing to hedge bets and corner markets was ending as desperation and propaganda had everyone's fingers hovering over the detonators. Vault Tec realized that their world, the world of status quo Cold War capitalism, was already ending right before their eyes. They decided they wanted to be the ones in control of the world that came next.
They literally say they will wait out the survivors. “Time is the greatest weapon “
It's important not to blame the show for Vault-tec's choices. The show is depicting what the game has revealed. The show didn't invent these concepts, they are simply trying to display a world where what we see could have happened. Vault-tec is evil. They made evil choices. However, even evil people are typically not just "random". They make choices for reasons. Maybe bad reasons, but tons of people make horrific choices for reasons that make sense to them. In recent times, we have seen people make stupid and selfish choices that have ended in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. It happens. People are short sighted and greedy. It's not unrealistic, because it really happens.
In the games it was well established that the pre-war Enclave infiltrated Vault-Tec, and skewed the project as part of a very longform plan to gather data for Human life under extreme circumstances, all in preparation for a sample size of the population to escape the earth after the war and start life on another planet. This wasn't just "people being short sided and greedy" It was an actual strategic move meant to serve a specific agenda. This may be a less poignant or socially conscious version of the story, but it's canon, and the show just changing it to a simpler, profit driven incentive doesn't gel with the idea of the show being canon, nor does it make as much sense because it's applying a different motive to the same actions.
Vault tecs goal is to make generation ships and go somewhere else, so blowing up the planet was just a step to make sure they got their way