AlexXIV wrote...
Ok I have to say it. I usually agree with things you say, even if maybe you sometimes go a bit far. Anyway. But synthesis does not necessarily equal intolerance. It is an utopia. You know, no religion, country, no races, no property, etc. etc. The idea is if there is nothing to fight over, there will no longer be wars. Well, as a certain pirate lady from Dragon Age said, it is a nice idea in an a world of ideas. The problem I mainly have with synthesis is that it is a true fairytale ending. There could hardly be more unicorns and rainbows than in synthesis. It's supposed to be the happy ending.
Think about the reasoning behind synthesis.
Organics and synthetics are different.
Because they are different, they will never co-exist.
Synthesis makes organics and synthetics the same.
If they are the same, they will co-exist forever.
Well actually co-existence is the wrong word as they're just mashed together as one but you get the point.
Now, replace "organic" and "synthetic" with "black" and "white". Do you see the very, very unsettling issue now?
But sadly it has nothing to do with ME. Not even with life. The ending basically paints life as we know it as negative, wrong. It would be better to live in a perfect world where people have no reason to disagree or whatever. That's why it is so out of place imo. It is like giving up. I think even John Lennon would have liked it. But honeslty, he was wrong with alot of things. Not all mind you, and not going into detail.
However, the problem with synthesis is not that it is racist or intolerant. It is that it is the easy way out. Dreaming instead of living. Harmony instead of conflict. Status quo instead of progress. It is everything life is not about. Another quote from Dragon Age from Hawke: "It's life, wild and glorious." Despite all the strife, chaos and injustice you have to love life as it is. And synthesis is an abomination. As is the idea of 'heaven' tbh. (or utopia).
It also violates a core theme of Mass Effect. Strength and unity in diversity.
Synthesis eliminates diversity, and blames diversity for the galaxy's problems.
Modifié par The Angry One, 01 mai 2012 - 12:51 .