Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
Not entirely unjustified, either - but the 'savages' term likely stems from bitterness at how poorly Garleans were treated before Garlemald came to be a successful Empire.
Eorzeans had very little to do with that. Garlemald's early woes came from their neighbours in Ilsabard. Eorzea is in Aldenard. (Well, technically Aldenard is in Eorzea, since Eorzea includes Vylbrand.) If your meaning is that Garleans call everyone "savages" because of their treatment from one region, thus making them lash out indiscriminately even against those who had nothing to do with the earlier sins... that doesn't paint the Garleans in any sort of sympathetic light either.

It's much more easily explained as old-fashioned prejudice, with nothing more than a belief in one's own cultural or racial superiority over everyone else's. It's pretty much the same as how many Sharlayans consider Eorzeans to be "barbarians". (To be fair, Eorzea has form in this, thanks to Belah'dia's civil war involving Sharlayan aetherytes.)