people (not each individual but in general) will always be religious in some way. It's human nature
I would rather say spiritual. Even me who is extremelly materialist can be very spiritual at time. But rather than finding the research for spiritual awakening in religion or faith or magic stuff, I will rather search it in science, in the unknown and in the potential of humanity for greatness.
When I read a One Piece chapter the last thing on my mind is "what is and isn't socially acceptable".
And yet, this is all that is One Piece. In more ways than most stories in fact, this is precisely why it can be compared sometimes to great forging myth or great mythological tales like The Odyssey.
Not an excuse lmao. Holy you're not serious here.
I am. The escapism is just a false excuse to avoid what is already there. Politics, even if Mods are denying it, are ALL OVER THE PLACE in this forum, they are just ignored and in the shadows. My place is to question them and therefore bring them to the light in order to better the discussion which can result in a better environment, better poster, a better forum and ultimately, a better fanbase.
Politics are the conflict of values. As such,
politics always make the world better. Its the absence and the restriction of politization that creates chaos. You can check everywhere in the world. When political discussions are suppressed, the environment is hostile to people. And what can be said for the world, a country or a community, can be said for a simple fanbase or a forum as well.
Arguing is political now?
Yes. Politic is conflict. There is no politic without that principle.
The only reason we have conflict here is because someone dared to challenge another's headcanon lol. It's not that deep.
That's what you think. But in reality, there are deeper reason why there was a battle with two major characters in the story among the fans.
Those reasons are deeper than just the story or the character's journey. The reason are political. Political in the sence that each character has raised a certain number of values in each fanbase, values that went in conflict with each others.
So behind the Carrot VS Yamato war, there was a political conflict at play. The conflict of two sets of values and a battle to see which ones would prevail.
Again. Politics had all its place in this thread.