Questioned? We know why. My world is more of an oligarchy. [While there is the void century and certain things banned by knowledge, they are supposedly things that would destroy the whole world if pirates or even certain marines got their hands on them. The newspapers still have mostly free speech, enough to embarrass the fuck out of the government politically, but the government just doesn't tell them anything, nor let others like Smoker or the marines tell them anything either.] He wants people to choose their own destiny...
[And sometimes Smoker can see the merit of that. He doesn't like being told which way to go, and then there's the whole issue with Portgas he sort of didn't bring up, but that bothers him.] But throwing off the World Government... the hell does he intend to replace it with? Anarchy might bring freedom for some, but it'll kill a lot of people.
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Questioned? We know why. My world is more of an oligarchy. [While there is the void century and certain things banned by knowledge, they are supposedly things that would destroy the whole world if pirates or even certain marines got their hands on them. The newspapers still have mostly free speech, enough to embarrass the fuck out of the government politically, but the government just doesn't tell them anything, nor let others like Smoker or the marines tell them anything either.] He wants people to choose their own destiny...
[And sometimes Smoker can see the merit of that. He doesn't like being told which way to go, and then there's the whole issue with Portgas he sort of didn't bring up, but that bothers him.] But throwing off the World Government... the hell does he intend to replace it with? Anarchy might bring freedom for some, but it'll kill a lot of people.