"Special mention goes to the Principality of Zeon from the original series for not only claiming that they were fighting a war of conquest (as in it involved an Earthside invasion) in the name of "Independence" from Earthnote , but for nobody in-series ever calling them on their BS (much less their invoking this trope) throughout Gundam's thirty plus year long run"
In the original show, after Zeon's de-facto leader makes a speech invoking this, one of the main characters, Bright Noa clearly says his speech is a lie and all he cares about is establishing dictatorship over the Earth.
This part of the Gundam example:
"Special mention goes to the Principality of Zeon from the original series for not only claiming that they were fighting a war of conquest (as in it involved an Earthside invasion) in the name of "Independence" from Earthnote , but for nobody in-series ever calling them on their BS (much less their invoking this trope) throughout Gundam's thirty plus year long run"
In the original show, after Zeon's de-facto leader makes a speech invoking this, one of the main characters, Bright Noa clearly says his speech is a lie and all he cares about is establishing dictatorship over the Earth.
Edited by strejda