Ravemastaj
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"Now everyone's inner child is dead and they want to_*be_* the Man."
Why fight the Man when you can be the Man? You are either the Crusher or the Crushed - current society hasn't left room for a middle ground. Consider the following:
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-guns-banks-nra-20180412-story.html
This is a situation where you can be on one of two sides. On one side, you can fight for "the children" and be against those evil guns that kill people. From this side, you don't have to offer any rights to your victim. You can just sit there and deny them service all day, and there is no rule that you have to allow them to make their own banks, or let them have access to credentials/financial infrastructure so that they can compete. You just stomp on your enemy because they are evil, and have no right to an opinion.
On the other side, you can try to argue for your right to be dangerous, for your right to be responsible for what your own two hands can do (or choose not to do). However, by arguing about letting people choose their own actions, you are only supporting the opposing position. Your argument simply swings back on you because the banks can choose NOT to give you service because they have theright to NORIGHT give ynout serviceto. On top of that, your argument will be construed as against 'the children,' and so you will constantly be portrayed as that evil guy that wants to kill children by your oppostion. It's an easy sell to the public, especially when they love being on the side of the 'Hero.'
Knowing this, why would you ever try to fight the prevailing opinion? Why would you ever argue against 'the Man,' when the man is simply the mob of majority opinion? You will always lose that argument. That leaves only one alternative: violence. The only way to win for one side is to become 'the Man,' and the only way to lose for the other side is to stop being 'the Man.' It's Crush or be Crushed, friend. There is no middle ground. The middle ground is for child killers and racist white men (and the occasional crazy Uncle Tom like Kanye West).
Back to this comic though. This whole scene has kind of taken the wind out of my sails for this series. There's really no reason for Rainbow Code to be working for the police if all he's doing is guarding cartels. Unless there is a convincing personal reason for him to continue...why would he do it for seven years? Just to earn the hatred of his own family? Why is the cyborg cop threatening priests? Just for the 'evulz?' Without some background like scarce resources and hard choices, there's no reason to care about the bad guys of the story at all. They're just bad guys.
It's kind of taken the depth away from what I imagined.
"Now everyone's inner child is dead and they want to
Why fight the Man when you can be the Man? You are either the Crusher or the Crushed - current society hasn't left room for a middle ground. Consider the following:
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-guns-banks-nra-20180412-story.html
This is a situation where you can be on one of two sides. On one side, you can fight for "the children" and be against those evil guns that kill people. From this side, you don't have to offer any rights to your victim. You can just sit there and deny them service all day, and there is no rule that you have to allow them to make their own banks, or let them have access to credentials/financial infrastructure so that they can compete. You just stomp on your enemy because they are evil, and have no right to an opinion.
On the other side, you can try to argue for your right to be dangerous, for your right to be responsible for what your own two hands can do (or choose not to do). However, by arguing about letting people choose their own actions, you are only supporting the opposing position. Your argument simply swings back on you because the banks can choose NOT to give you service because they have the
Knowing this, why would you ever try to fight the prevailing opinion? Why would you ever argue against 'the Man,' when the man is simply the mob of majority opinion? You will always lose that argument. That leaves only one alternative: violence. The only way to win for one side is to become 'the Man,' and the only way to lose for the other side is to stop being 'the Man.' It's Crush or be Crushed, friend. There is no middle ground. The middle ground is for child killers and racist white men (and the occasional crazy Uncle Tom like Kanye West).
Back to this comic though. This whole scene has kind of taken the wind out of my sails for this series. There's really no reason for Rainbow Code to be working for the police if all he's doing is guarding cartels. Unless there is a convincing personal reason for him to continue...why would he do it for seven years? Just to earn the hatred of his own family? Why is the cyborg cop threatening priests? Just for the 'evulz?' Without some background like scarce resources and hard choices, there's no reason to care about the bad guys of the story at all. They're just bad guys.
It's kind of taken the depth away from what I imagined.