They have diametrically opposed race theories but similar governmental systems so they'd hate each other more deeply than either ever thought possible.
"Pinnacle Men and the Draka are natural enemies! Like Pinnacle Men and Nazis! Or Pinnacle Men and Super Catholics! Or Pinnacle Men and Illuminists! Or Pinnacle Men and other Pinnacle Men! Damn Pinnacle Men! They ruined NUSA!"
Jokingly. Maybe the Empire could get in on some of that for UNLIMITED POWAH and stomp everyone, but then, certain ships that look like Gothic cathedrals appear and a giant golden-armored man surrounded by troops who make the stormtroopers look like shrimps comes out to fight Palpatine.
"This is the only true Emprah who convolutedly betrays people, can come back from the dead, and can use soul-related powers!"
And then the Photino Birds (Xeelee Sequence) or Anti-Spirals (Gurren Lagann) show up. Those are probably the strongest dystopian regimes ever.
(Yes, the Photino Birds from the Xeelee Sequence might be the strongest dystopian regime, or is that the Anti-Spirals?)
And then the Photino Birds (Xeelee Sequence) or Anti-Spirals (Gurren Lagann) show up. Those are probably the strongest dystopian regimes ever.
(Yes, the Photino Birds from the Xeelee Sequence might be the strongest dystopian regime, or is that the Anti-Spirals?)
But those aren't dystopian regimes, since they aren't governments or societies.
They are whole species who have collectively agreed on goals that require or imply the extinction of most other life in the universe. Since they do what they do out of their own initiative as an species, it's not like they are languishing in a society that coerces, forces, manipulates or brainwashes them into doing those things.
The Photino Birds afaik aren't even aware they are destroying baryonic life in the universe, probably not even aware of baryonic life's existence iirc. Going by what I remember, they are just sort of "terraforming" it so they can survive more comfortably on it, which is hardly a dystopian or evil motivation alone on itself; it’s just alien.
A better example of dystopia in the Xeelee Sequence are the Qax Occupation of Earth, the ICOG and many post-ICOG civilizations, if not most of post-ICOG mankind if viewed from modern values.
