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Overthrowing oppressive governments is not something inherently woke and it existed for thousand of years. The Straw Hats are not anticapitalistic or anarchic, infact they never had anything against people who amassed their riches or power honestly (Kaya, the Nefertaris, the Rikus, thr Kozukis etc.)
Oda isn't 100% consistent and we can see that in his love of monarchies and depiciation of women but overall One Piece is left-wing / woke. One Piece is about a diverse group of anarcho-communists (pirates) of different races/nationalists from all across the world who come together to overthrow an oppressive government and that government is oppressive because it supports racism, discrimination and slavery. On top of this, we can even see Oda trying to normalize transgenderism through characters such as Bon Clay or Ivankof. One Piece is woke / left-wing and if you don't like that then you're respecting Oda's themes and his messages.
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Again, they are not anarchists or communists and they don't have the slightest clue about such doctrines, Oda himself is a multimillionaire. The Straw Hats don't care about rich people or the ruling class, unless it is oppressing their friends. Fighting authority isn't even something exclusive to the woke movement and has been around for a very long time. Transgenderism is certainly presented in a good light but I am not sure I'd say it's normalized, as it's mostly caricatural. One Piece is not a sacred text and no-one is bound to agree with everything in it, especially if it's the interpretation of another reader.
Luffy has stated this ideology: freedom (anarchy). He wants to be the freest man in the world. He wants to be the King of the Anarchists (Pirates). Overthrowing the upper class people you don't like is left-wing revolutionary thinking. What happens if Vivi decides to raise taxes and some people don't like it? according to Luffy's ideology it would be perfectly fine to overthrow her kingdom. I don't think Oda's One Piece ideology is well thought out but it's clearly based on his personal left-wing beliefs. "Only people you like can remain in power. People you don't like must be over thrown. If the government gets in your way then they must be destroyed." One Piece has anti racism, pro transgenderism, diversity everywhere, I think you're in denial.
One Piece isn't meant to be a hardcore political story but Oda is infusing his personal beliefs into the story and if you look beyond the basic plot of each arc then you can see these themes. I think you guys are in denial because you're right wingers and you don't want to admit that you actually like leftist ideas.
I am not a right-winger. Oda's beliefs infused in this story are roughly "fight the oppressor and fight discrimination", which isn't exactly anything exclusive to communism or anarchism, it's nothing specific. As I said, quite a lot of the Strawhats' friends and allies are wealthy people or heads of their respective states.
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