Quote Originally Posted by Raoabolic View Post
Who needs critical thought when those in power tell you who the bad guy is! Besides, your entire argument is "Well, they should have been stronger!". That's not the mindset of someone wanting to help others, that's the mindset of a sociopath, lmao.
...well... aren't we sociopaths? Have you not seen the crazy flips we do in-game while killing people?? Why are we so jumpy that stuff's being shot at, Machinists? And what's up with all the flourish after stabbing people, Red Mages?

And honestly, the methods are similar and that in itself is a problem. But two things.
1 - There is a difference between the methods employed and morality. We kill, yes, but we don't go around torturing people. Garleans do. We kill because we're fighting for freedom. Garleans have secured their freedom in Ilsabard, their idea was to go around murdering and torturing their neighbours and their neighbours' neighbours. At least we're trying to liberate the people of the places we go to, and we don't go on a murder spree just because they're Garleans. Otherwise Jullus wouldn't be breathing on his second cutscene.
2 - We actually resort to diplomacy. We try to do dialogue first. Which is far more than what Garleans ever attempted. Garlean diplomacy is "Bigger Army Diplomacy". Look at Bozja; they didn't even try to coexist, they just went at eachother's throats because "MUH LANDMASS"

...except when we're massively incompetent at it. I'm still salty about the war table scene with Varis. Varis's claims to shut down the other nations were so flimsy, and he purposely ignored the development on the past two expansions specifically to remain on a moral highground while the others just looked down with guilt in their eyes.