Discussion History Main / RomanticismVersusEnlightenment

* In \\\'\\\'VideoGame/GuiltyGear\\\'\\\', enlightenment ideas and technological science are basically deemed illegal and labelled \\\"Black Technology\\\" by the United Nations since it harms the environment, which is ripe with religious fundamentalism, nazism and xenophobia. This comes across as extremely ironic as magic and the Gear Project were designed for human evolution, only for them to backfire horribly when they began to be used for human greed, resulting in the Crusades, which in turn resulted in humanity regressing into a Dark Ages-like society. The only \\\"enlightened\\\" might be Zepp, who were originally a TotalitarianUtilitarian government before being overthrown and taken over by Gabriel and subsequently reformed into a more democratic nation.

* In \\\'\\\'VideoGame/GuiltyGear\\\'\\\', enlightenment ideas and technological science are basically deemed illegal and labelled \\\"Black Technology\\\" by the United Nations since it harms the environment, which is ripe with religious fundamentalism, nazism and xenophobia. This comes across as extremely ironic as magic and the Gear Project were designed for human evolution, only for them to backfire horribly when they began to be used for human greed, resulting in the Crusades, which in turn resulted in humanity regressing into a Dark Ages-like society.
** The only \\\"enlightened\\\" might be Zepp, who were originally a TotalitarianUtilitarian government before being overthrown and taken over by Gabriel and subsequently reformed into a more democratic nation.
** All in all, despite the excess of Romanticism in the series, \\\'\\\'Guilty Gear\\\'\\\' can be looked at as a TakeThat towards the ideal, showing the CrapsackWorld that can result in a world that has abandoned reason and progress in favor of medieval ideals and absolute Romanticism.

* In \\\'\\\'VideoGame/GuiltyGear\\\'\\\', enlightenment ideas and technological science are basically deemed illegal and labelled \\\"Black Technology\\\" by the United Nations since it harms the environment, which is ripe with religious fundamentalism, nazism and xenophobia. This comes across as extremely ironic as magic and the Gear Project was designed for human evolution, only for it to backfire horribly when it began to be used for human greed, resulting in the Crusades, which in turn resulted in humanity regressing into a Dark Ages-like society.
** The only \\\"enlightened\\\" might be Zepp, who were originally a TotalitarianUtilitarian government before being overthrown and taken over by Gabriel and subsequently reformed into a more democratic nation.
** All in all, despite the excess of Romanticism in the series, \\\'\\\'Guilty Gear\\\'\\\' can be looked at as a TakeThat towards the ideal, showing the CrapsackWorld that can result in a world that has abandoned reason and progress in favor of medieval ideals and absolute Romanticism.

* In \\\'\\\'VideoGame/GuiltyGear\\\'\\\', enlightenment ideas and technological science are basically deemed illegal and labelled \\\"Black Technology\\\" by the United Nations since it harms the environment, which is ripe with religious fundamentalism, nazism and xenophobia. This comes across as extremely ironic as magic and the Gear Project were designed for human evolution, only for them to backfire horribly when they began to be used for human greed, resulting in the Crusades, which in turn resulted in humanity regressing into a Dark Ages-like society.
** The only \\\"enlightened\\\" might be Zepp, who were originally a TotalitarianUtilitarian government before being overthrown and taken over by Gabriel and subsequently reformed into a more democratic nation.
** All in all, despite the excess of Romanticism in the series, \\\'\\\'Guilty Gear\\\'\\\' can be looked at as a TakeThat towards the ideal, showing the CrapsackWorld that can result in a world that has abandoned reason and progress in favor of medieval ideals and absolute Romanticism.

* In \\\'\\\'VideoGame/GuiltyGear\\\'\\\', enlightenment ideas and technological science are basically deemed illegal and labelled \\\"Black Technology\\\" since it harms the environment by the United Nations, which is ripe with religious fundamentalism, nazism and xenophobia. This comes across as extremely ironic as magic and the Gear Project were designed for human evolution, only for them to backfire horribly when they began to be used for human greed, resulting in the Crusades, which in turn resulted in humanity regressing into a Dark Ages-like society.
** The only \\\"enlightened\\\" might be Zepp, who were originally a TotalitarianUtilitarian government before being overthrown and taken over by Gabriel and subsequently reformed into a more democratic nation.
** All in all, despite the excess of Romanticism in the series, \\\'\\\'Guilty Gear\\\'\\\' can be looked at as a TakeThat towards the ideal, showing the CrapsackWorld that can result in a world that has abandoned reason and progress in favor of medieval ideals and absolute Romanticism.

* In \\\'\\\'VideoGame/GuiltyGear\\\'\\\', enlightenment ideas and technological science are basically deemed illegal and labelled \\\"Black Technology\\\" since it harms the environment by the United Nations, which is ripe with religious fundamentalism, nazism and xenophobia. This comes across as extremely ironic as magic and the Gear Project were designed for human evolution, only for them to backfire horribly when they began to be used for human greed, resulting in the Crusades.
** The only \\\"enlightened\\\" might be Zepp, who were originally a TotalitarianUtilitarian government before being overthrown and taken over by Gabriel and subsequently reformed into a more democratic nation.
** All in all, despite the excess of Romanticism in the series, \\\'\\\'Guilty Gear\\\'\\\' can be looked at as a TakeThat towards the ideal, showing the CrapsackWorld that can result in a world that has abandoned reason and progress in favor of medieval ideals and absolute Romanticism.

* In \\\'\\\'VideoGame/GuiltyGear\\\'\\\', enlightenment ideas and technological science are basically deemed illegal and labelled \\\"Black Technology\\\" since it harms the environment by the United Nations, which is ripe with religious fundamentalism, nazism and xenophobia. This comes across as extremely ironic as the magic and the Gear Project were designed for human evolution, only for them to backfire horribly when they began to be used for human greed, resulting in the Crusades.
** The only \\\"enlightened\\\" might be Zepp, who were originally a TotalitarianUtilitarian government before being overthrown and taken over by Gabriel and subsequently reformed into a more democratic nation.
** All in all, despite the excess of Romanticism in the series, \\\'\\\'Guilty Gear\\\'\\\' can be looked at as a TakeThat towards the ideal, showing the CrapsackWorld that can result in a world that has abandoned reason and progress in favor of medieval ideals and absolute Romanticism.

* In \\\'\\\'VideoGame/GuiltyGear\\\'\\\', enlightenment ideas and technological science are basically deemed illegal and labelled \\\"Black Technology\\\" by the United Nations since it harms the environment, which is ripe with religious fundamentalism, nazism and xenophobia. This comes across as extremely ironic as the magic and the Gear Project were designed for human evolution, only for them to backfire horribly when they began to be used for human greed, resulting in the Crusades.
** The only \\\"enlightened\\\" might be Zepp, who were originally a TotalitarianUtilitarian government before being overthrown and taken over by Gabriel and subsequently reformed into a more democratic nation.
** All in all, despite the excess of Romanticism in the series, \\\'\\\'Guilty Gear\\\'\\\' can be looked at as a TakeThat towards the ideal, showing the CrapsackWorld that can result in a world that has abandoned reason and progress in favor of medieval ideals and absolute Romanticism.