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Doppelgänger
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The industrialist who built the city is very rich, which he saw as his just reward for his hard work. However, events like the Great Depression and WW2 convinced him the world wasn't worth bothering with anymore.
So yeah, he takes what he sees as the best humanity has to offer, and brings them altogether in a self-contained city, untouchable by the rest of the world. Here, you decide your own fate and make it based on your own merits. The needy are seen as parasites and charity is seen as a virus.
One fine day however, scientists discover a species of slug that produces pure stem cells. The ready supply enables genetic engineering to proceed at breakneck pace, which causes commercialization. Eventually, control over the substance leads to an all-out civil war, which has played out for at least a year before you arrive.
Welcome to Rapture, city of broken dreams.
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