Snake's war against a shadowy organization controlling the world, known as the Patriots,
uses its near - future technology to ask questions about personal freedom, the role of technology in our society as a tool to aid or even control us, even how media can influence and even trick us (a major role in the post-modern technological shit - show of a tale that is Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, which attempts to tackle the power of information as a
memetic tool of control).