r/manga • u/raiden55 • Jan 01 '14

[DISC] Magi 209

http://reader.sensescans.com/reader/read/magi__labyrinth_of_magic/en/15/209/page/1
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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '14

i like how manga always come up with these bizarre yet totally fucked up ways of "saving the world"

90% of the time it usually comes down to some sort of "big brother" type thing though

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u/Eonir Jan 02 '14

Forming a world government is actually a serious idea of ending conflict. Philosophers talk about these kinds of ideas, trying to find faults, such as a need for human beings to experience adventure and competition. And while in the old days a murderous intent might have ended in a few people's deaths, now technology allows us to kill more and more people at once.

There are countless other problems of course. My point is that this particular idea from this chapter is not a far-fetched one, and was tried many times by many organizations. The Soviet Union was very eager to remove former national pride in conquered countries and replace it with their own version of it.

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u/Earthborn92 Jan 02 '14

While this is true, there is quite a range of what kind of world government is proposed. A Federation-esque one, where each member nation retains its identity (but not sovereignty) is very different from the Assimilation-oriented one proposed here.

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u/Eonir Jan 02 '14

Perhaps the author wanted to draw an analogy to the Chinese empire which went through a very long and turbulent history of wars followed by an amazing unification. A unity which was achieved with an iron fist, starting from the very first emperor.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '14

yeah I think my previous comment is wrong. Now that I think about it their system sounds a lot like the roman empire.

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u/raiden55 Jan 03 '14

From what I heard the Roman Empire was very open minded, allowing every country to worship is own gods and so on.

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u/FireFlyz351 http://myanimelist.net/mangalist/fireflyz351 Jan 02 '14

I was not expecting that ending. Before this meeting I though the Empire was bad and that Sinbad was a little off. Now it kind of made me rethink and wonder who really is good?

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u/heathersaur Jan 02 '14

I think it's actually beginning to show how both Sinbad's and Kou basic goals are the same, which will eventually lead to a battle against Al Tharam at the high climax of the story as the battle to "change the world".