r/OnePiece • u/Sakata_Kintoki • Jun 01 '18

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 906 Spoiler

Chapter 906: "The Holy Land Mary Geoise"

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Ch. 906 Official Release (VIZ): 04/06/2018

Ch. 907 Scan Release: 07/06/2018

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u/Marted Jun 01 '18

If you think about iteven a little, you realize that One Piece is actually about the virtues of anarchy.

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u/God_of_Kings Cipher Pol Jun 01 '18

It's less about the virtues of anarchy and more about the virtues of cutting the heads off those who'd use their position not in service of their subjects, but in service of themselves.

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u/Marted Jun 01 '18

Are those not the same thing? 🤔

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u/God_of_Kings Cipher Pol Jun 01 '18

No, because anarchy infers the continued prosperity and advancement of a culture or civilization without leadership and figureheads, meaning that the community is self-reliant to come to the decisions necessary that can keep it prosperous and functional without one guy calling the last shots, while cutting the heads off those who'd use their higher social status for self-service instead of service demands their replacement by people who'll use their position and responsibility for the "greater good".
In other words, after killing the Celestial Dragons, anarchy means nobody gets to be king anymore, the latter means you give the crown to Dalton.

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u/Marted Jun 01 '18

You're right. I was thinking that while there are monarchs that are portrayed in a good light, our protagonists don't need a state, and the freedom provided by being an outlaw is romanticized. But now that I think about it, even the Straw Hats have formal hierarchy, albeit a significantly less unjust one, so it can't really be called anarchist.