Gundam Style

Watching some anime with my kids, I guess I'd missed the voluntaryist themes underlying the Gundam series. The state works toward a peaceful society, but through force and oppression of resistance, with the Celestial Beings fighting back against the oppressive state in order to bring about a peaceful society free of the inherent violence of the state. I've thought for years that the best way to change the world is through children, and if propaganda can be used against the state to deliver a message of peace and hope to the youth through a medium to which they relate, then maybe a peaceful future can come to fruition. 

Gundam 00