Controversial Akainu Is Not A Fascist, Featuring Ryokugyu

#22
No because then Rocks gets first pick on all the devil fruits, and revokes his Garp back up for the most stacked crew we've seen yet.

Destroying Ohara + it's evacuating citizens with no remorse for a fascist regime isn't enough to make someone a fascist?
Yep, it’s not. Again:

So are hardline communists fascists? What about militant religious states? Burning books =/= fascism

Lee is correct here, unless you wank to conflate “evil authoritarianism” with fascism and make it an objectively useless term, the clear demarcation is in the actual belief contents as opposed to the actions taken.
Fascism stems primarily from a belief in discrimination and hierarchy itself.

Many ideologies are virtually indistinguishable if you look at the actions their adherents take, the belief content is what matters most for delineating them.
 
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#24
I'd argue Akainu is a militant religious authoritarian. Considering the CDs view themselves as literal gods.


He's a right wing authotarian yes.
Where has Akainu ever referred to the CDs with reverence in the entire story? Lee gave clear examples of the opposite so the burden of proof is on you.


So? He still went there solely because they hit a CD.
And? That means he worships CDs?

If your boss at work got slapped by an assailant you would probably defend them, that doesnt mean you would suck them off or view them as a god lol.
 
#26
Yep, it’s not. Again:


Fascism stems primarily from a belief in discrimination and hierarchy itself.

Many ideologies are virtually indistinguishable if you look at the actions their adherents take, the belief content is what matters most for delineating them.
I get your trying to figure out Akainus more intricate political views, but at the end of the day what matters is the result of his very intentional choices. Which all revolve around making sure pirates are suppressed, and securing the interests of Marie Jois.

I am very confident many of those in fascist regimes had all sorts of quibbles with them. But at the end of the day, Akainus more than just a card carrying Marine, he's the personal bodyguard of his fascist leaders.
 
#27
Where has Akainu ever referred to the CDs with reverence in the entire story? Lee gave clear examples of the opposite so the burden of proof is on you.



And? That means he worships CDs?

If your boss at work got slapped by an assailant you would probably defend them, that doesnt mean you would suck them off or view them as a god lol.
he will use a sandman ap post saying akainu referred to the cd with respect
 
#31
I get your trying to figure out Akainus more intricate political views, but at the end of the day what matters is the result of his very intentional choices. Which all revolve around making sure pirates are suppressed, and securing the interests of Marie Jois.

I am very confident many of those in fascist regimes had all sorts of quibbles with them. But at the end of the day, Akainus more than just a card carrying Marine, he's the personal bodyguard of his fascist leaders.
I agree that at the end of the day the results matter over everything else.

But that also doesn’t make someone on a fascist on its own.

Again I have no political stakes in this discussion at all, I just think we need to make sure terms actually mean something, because otherwise the word itself becomes less useful.
 
#38
Yep, it’s not. Again:


Fascism stems primarily from a belief in discrimination and hierarchy itself.

Many ideologies are virtually indistinguishable if you look at the actions their adherents take, the belief content is what matters most for delineating them.
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Where has Akainu ever referred to the CDs with reverence in the entire story? Lee gave clear examples of the opposite so the burden of proof is on you.



And? That means he worships CDs?

If your boss at work got slapped by an assailant you would probably defend them, that doesnt mean you would suck them off or view them as a god lol.
I'm not saying he worships them, but he definitely holds them on a pedestal/likes to protect them.
 

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#39
Because people want to say other people are morally wrong for enjoying characters in a non-existent faction in a fictional story
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people really overestimate the thought that Oda puts into things.

To Oda, Garp, and Koby are good marines despite Garp defending the CDs. It's just that simple. He's not thinking of anything else
 
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