UpDownLeftRight wrote...
Oh, please come up with good arguments/reasons. Saying "You have to support humanity because it's your species!" is not a good reason. That is a bad excuse.
No, it's a very good excuse. Let us change the words a little bit: "You have to support Britain because it's your country!"
Would you agree or disagree?
Why do countries exist, why do cities exist, why do cities have their own city councils, their own mayors, why do countries have their own governments? Why isn't there just one big government?
The reason is quite simple: geographics and demographics. Countries are formed (usually) out of a series of settlements that share the same language and culture. They are also linked geographically and so have access to certain resouces and also share similar needs.
Why did the British colonies in the Americas rebel against Great Britain? What was their beef with their leaders back on the British Iles?
They didn't feel that the British government represented their interests. In addition to the colonies not having any actual representation in the government itself, it was apparent that the British government, some 4,000 miles away on the other side of the ocean, would pass laws and edicts that benefit the British Iles but that often worked to the detriment of the colonies. Thus the colonists rebelled and created their own government which would put the needs of the colonies first.
This is why Ashley doesn't feel humanity should be reliant on allies. We cannot expect the needs of humanity and the needs of an alien ally to always be aligned. Sometimes they will need to advance or protect their own interests and that could run counter to what humanity needs. We saw examples of this with the quarians, batarians, and more recently the humans in regards to the Citadel Council. In each case the Citadel Council preferred over all stability to the needs of the affore mentioned races. That doesn't make them evil, but if you are a batarian, quarian, or a human you need your own government, independent of the Council, which will always cater to your needs. Otherwise you are going to be forced to make sacrifices for the benefit of everyone else, and towards what end? It may sound selfish, but try to think of it like this:
When humanity's interests are sacrificed for galactic stability it isn't just
you who is doing without, it is your friends, family, neighbhors, and children who are doing without. Would you rob
your child of a bright future in exchange for making sure the salarian economy experienced a new boom? I sincerely doubt most would. After all, if you won't look out for what is best for your child then who will? It certainly won't be the Salarian Union.
Countries do not have friends, they have mutual interests. When two countries can benefit by working together they do so, but as soon as their interests are no longer aligned they start to drift apart. The Allies during WWII were deeply suspicious of one another. The Soviets felt America was trying to stack the new world order against them, the Americans thought the British were looking to expand their Empire, and the British thought the Soviets were looking to expand the Soviet Union. Even while working together they competed and tried to out-maneuver the other. It is the same with the species of Mass Effect.
Ultimately I support a human civilization that is as free from alien coercion as possible. If humanity can achieve it then that will mean a position in which human civilization has established itself as being more formidable, rich, and influential than all the other races. This is not an evil thing to strive for. It is no different from the United States establishing itself as the one of the world's only super powers following world war II, or even the world's
sole super power after the end of the Cold War. Doing so allowed the American people to thrive and to enjoy an ease of life that few people on Earth can match.
The humans in Mass Effect should strive for nothing else. The Council races conspired to keep themselves at the top of the food chain for thousands of years. Nobody here ever complains about that. No, instead they only condemn humans for wanting the same thing.
The turians, salarians, and asari are more populous, wealthy, and influential than humantiy is. If the human race is to compete with them then we have to be willing to do whatever it takes. They never held anything back and neither should we.
Modifié par Shandepared, 08 avril 2010 - 07:36 .
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(or not...I liked the Eldar more)
