But oh well, USAsians must always represent revolutionaries as ebil that want actual change. Even fictional ones.

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    If I remember correctly, Cybertron had a strict and violently enforced caste system

    Megatron himself was literally consigned to be a pit fighter for the entertainment of the upper classes

    Gotta say that’s a good enough reason to fuck shit up

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      Yeah if I recal Megatron was painted quite positive in his origin stories at least the ones I read. Only later on they make him out to be some kind of Tyrant EDIT

      Straight from Wikipedia. Megatron’s most consistent origin portrays him as having risen up from being an oppressed worker to a gladiatorial champion who took the legendary name of one of the original Thirteen Primes—Megatronus as his own. He shortened his name when he became a political revolutionary who attempted to reform Cybertron’s corrupt governing body and called for an end to its decrepit caste system. As the mentor of the young Orion Pax, Megatron preached that freedom of self-determination was the right of all sentient beings.

      Megatron is a real one and one of the 5 Heads of Marxism. Probably gets smeared by Radio Free Asia

      I bet Optimus Prime has brunch with Hillary Clinton