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Then they turned into Space N*zis in ME3.
Why are you ignoring that they were already that all the way until ME2?
No, they were not. It was just retconned that way.
In ME2 (and partly 1) they have been the institution with great results but questionable methods, operating in the shadows. The galaxy would be completely different for Humanity if they would not exist. In a bad way.
In ME3 they suddenly have a whole fleet and army, and attack absolutely everywhere without any reason.
The mistake here is treating Cerberus as an indivisible whole.
They were all Space N*zis before, vs they were not.
Independent cells, people, all very possibly working under a different definition and vision.
What you could debate is whether TIM was always Sith-esque or not and since he was in charge of the overall vision, maybe you'll get further with that.
I disagree with this. I don’t think you’re looking at it the right way…consider this scenario: a guy comes to your door and tries to recruit you to the KKK but to one of the nice chapters, not one of the ones with lynchings and so on.
Maybe there could be separate cells working toward very different goals. That’s possible. But how did it come to be? Why are they all still identifying as Cerberus? (Talking ME/ME2 timeline here.)
The problem is you're attributing Cerberus with the KKK. Cerberus is a human survivalist group, not a racist one. They're out to preserve humanity, not kill other species. Perhaps TIM was indoctrinated in Evolutions, perhaps he simply succumbed along the way somewhere, and this explains the different viewpoint in ME3. Yeah there are racist elements in the group, much as there are racist elements in the alliance, the Turians, the Quarians, the Krogan, the Asari, pretty much everyone.
I don't believe your looking at it the right way either. But that's just my opinion.