Whoa, whoa...
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Originally Posted by Triple_R
Democracy etc.
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You should watch Legend of Galactic Heroes.
Also, as someone who lives in a nominally free and democratic country that is
rotten to the core, I personally think that while the ideals of democracy are great, the execution thereof will never match up to them because humans will always be humans.
Also, to return the topic to where we started - Squealer's little monologue in ep 17 about their colony being a ~democracy~ where each and every individual is valuable, unlike the old ways where they're just pawns to be sacrificed whenever needed, etc. etc..... this coming from Squealer was sketchy to start with, but after this episode? Where his actions pretty much went against of what he preached? Against the reasons he used to take the higher moral ground?
Really...
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Originally Posted by Triple_R
Weapons are tools. The question is what is the tool being used for? If the tool is being used to free slaves that otherwise would always remain slaves, is that such a horrible tool?
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Oh, but if the tool is being used to free slaves, murder innocents, and also murder their own kind -
then what?
Really - there's no "bad" side and "good" side in this story. There are just shades of gray (more than 50!).