The whole concept of the GTVA as the aggressors is, frankly, retarded. I understand where the writers are coming from, I even agree with some points like the devastating encounters with the Shivans would have a profound impact on the psyche of the Alliance and would harden them. But the idea that they would wage a war on a faction that was not threatening them is absurd in the extreme, especially a war on ****ing Earth, which is practically deified by Galactic Terrans (even if its status as a lost promised land has diminished of late).
Ah, yes, in retrospect it does seem retarded that if your best social scientists (this in a time when social science has become vastly more rigorous and accurate) told you that the continued integrity of your government depended on securing Earth and then you learned that Earth had been taken over by a bunch of pacifist hippies who would philosophize away your military and were stupid enough to NOT have turned Sol into a massive anti-Shivan war machine you would declare war on these idiots since the alternative was basically surrendering to them and watching your population flee into their arms and
hang on a second
that doesn't seem retarded at all.
The fact that a huge chunk of the battlegroup flat-out mutinied at the end of AoA speaks volumes.
The fact that they wouldn't have if they hadn't gone through what they did speaks bigger volumes.
And from a strategic point of view it's complete idiocy. If they are so paranoid about the Shivans returning why would they be bleeding away their military strength in a needless war? Yes, yes, I know the infrastructure in Sol is extensive, you could argue that they figure any losses they incur capturing that infrastructure would be easily made up for by what it could produce for them.
Indeed, the latter statement is correct. The GTVA has in fact kept most of its mainline forces on Shivan alert; the UEF war is - while basically using as many forces as they can fit and support in Sol - not eating up THAT much of their overall strength.
But the fact is that they can have access to all those shipyards and things without losing a single fighter. The UEF wasn't hostile to them, and is well aware of the threat the Shivans pose (I've always been surprised Sol got so little mention and played virtually no role in FS1, outside of the finale). They would certainly be willing to join with the GTVA in a military alliance, and since the only threat outside of pirates that the UEF would face would come from outside the system, and if allied with the GTVA the only external threat would be the Shivans, the GTVA would have the aid of the entire UEF military machine essentially (though the UEF would likely insist on keeping a few fleets permanently stationed in Sol).
And then the GTVA government would collapse in an enormous civil war as mankind began a massive immigration (rout, some might say) to Sol and the economies of both GTVA and UEF collapsed under the strain. How's that for undermining defense against the Shivan?
As for being paranoid that Ubuntu will spread through the GTVA, that would never happen. The fact that it's childish "let's all be friends and get along happy happy joy joy" philosophy gained such a following even just in an isolated Sol is highly suspect to begin with.
You're right. Never in history has a collectivist, alternative philosophy taken route in a discontented, suffering populace and led to massive socioeconomic change
wait
omg what happened to china what's up with all these red things where's the han dynasty gone D: D: D:
Your superficial understanding of Ubuntu betrays great fear. A more accurate mockery of their tenets would be 'let's all be friends and get along in a freakishly effective socially engineered unit that spews out scientific and industrial innovations at a godawful rate and might, if convinced to go to war, be the most ****ing devastating sociopolitical unit of all time but in the meantime is busy making all its citizens fat, rich and very happy'.
The whole conflict is just too contrived. Maybe that's the point, after all the story isn't finished yet, but I find that GTVA vs Sol stories only work when the Earth forces are the aggressor.
I think your commentary on the Cuban Missile Crisis probably would've been similar. 'If they just team up they could make so much MONEY and establish the WORKER'S PARADISE it's so contrived that these two groups are separated by mere ideological and intellectual differences when the threat of NUCLEAR WEAPONS IS OUT THERE'
Oh, and I still hate the horrible 'cosmic balance' stuff you're doing with the Shivans and the Vishans.
Pay more attention.
Troll harder or read the techroom before trolling.
