Venom Snake: The Patriots' First Test Subject | MGS Analysis

Most people think the Patriot simulation began in MGS2. I don't. In this video I make the case that Ground Zeroes was the origin point — the first test of whether a man's reality could be built for him from the ground up. Venom Snake wasn't just a body double. He was proof of concept. The blueprint the Patriots needed to eventually scale that control beyond one soldier — and onto an entire population.