Lady Liberty - Don't Tread on Me

Solid Snake – Monologue on the Second American Revolution and Lady Liberty

(Setting: A dark rooftop overlooking the ruins of a once-thriving city. Smoke lingers in the distance. Snake, older and war-weary, speaks into a codec that may or may not still be connected.)

Solid Snake (gruff, reflective):

“People think the first American Revolution was about tea and taxes. But it was more than that. It was about freedom... or the illusion of it.

The second one? It didn’t come with muskets or powdered wigs. It came in silence. Through screens, through data. Through lies whispered into the ears of the masses. Corporations became governments. Soldiers became algorithms. And liberty… Lady Liberty... they turned her into a brand.

She used to stand tall in the harbor, torch raised high, welcoming the tired, the poor, the huddled masses. Now she’s just another hollow statue surrounded by surveillance drones and red tape.

I’ve seen what happens when freedom dies. I’ve fought it, bled for it. But the enemy wasn’t always clear. Sometimes it wore a flag. Sometimes it looked like us.

The second revolution isn’t fought with guns—it’s fought with truth. With people waking up. Realizing they’ve been programmed to accept chains as comfort. That’s the battlefield now.

Liberty isn’t given. It’s not legislated. It’s taken. Reclaimed. Lived.

And maybe... just maybe... the spirit of that revolution is still out there. In the cracks of the system. In the voice of a whistleblower. In the courage of a kid with nothing to lose.

I may be just an old soldier... but I still believe in her. In Lady Liberty. Not the one they print on money. The real one—the idea. The fight.

And I won’t stop fighting... not until she’s free again.”