Okay, so a while ago, I cracked a joke about Largo pretty much taking over things... and people just shrugging it off like, "Whatever, at least we're not being robbed by the government."
And then Dartz says that Largo pretty much wants to enslave everyone, human and buma alike.
But suddenly I realized why that was ringing false to me.
What does a machine (even a Buma) REALLY know about the difference between choice and slavery?
I mean, stop and think about it. The whole thing with the 33S Bumas is that they're having trouble understanding what it really means to have a choice in the first place. So how would Largo be any different in that matter? So what if he's a Hyper-Buma? He still has the same amount of emotional development and life experience. (Which is to say, not much at all, and probably even less than Dartz's 33S girls.)
On top of that, his entire context in regards to slavery is going to be that of wage slavery in a corporate environment. And even that can be skewed even further if we take Bob's interpretation of life inside GENOM Tower (aka the man-made Mt. Fuji that's actually an arcology). And that being that the people that live inside that thing never have any real need to leave for anything - the Tower has everything; shopping centers, grocery stores, convenience stores, entertainment, schools, housing - you name it, it's got it.
The only downside was that you were pretty much stuck living the GENOM Life. Which actually wasn't all that bad. You do your job and generally don't screw up, then you're set for life. Literally.
So, Largo wants everyone to serve him, both human and buma alike. That's nice. What does he REALLY want, though? Because at some point, he's gonna wind up like the fraudulent stock brokers in the movie, Boiler Room, where they all had gobs and gobs of money, but no fucking clue on how to spend it all! And thus, no matter how many he has under his thumb, will he really know what to do with it all? And how would he react when confronted with this simple truth?
Total control is only a means to an end. The real question is: What is that End?
(And in this context, Largo suddenly seems like such a 2-Dimensional character. Even Quincy was a more well-developed character, and he was kept shrouded in mystery as much as possible.)
And then Dartz says that Largo pretty much wants to enslave everyone, human and buma alike.
But suddenly I realized why that was ringing false to me.
What does a machine (even a Buma) REALLY know about the difference between choice and slavery?
I mean, stop and think about it. The whole thing with the 33S Bumas is that they're having trouble understanding what it really means to have a choice in the first place. So how would Largo be any different in that matter? So what if he's a Hyper-Buma? He still has the same amount of emotional development and life experience. (Which is to say, not much at all, and probably even less than Dartz's 33S girls.)
On top of that, his entire context in regards to slavery is going to be that of wage slavery in a corporate environment. And even that can be skewed even further if we take Bob's interpretation of life inside GENOM Tower (aka the man-made Mt. Fuji that's actually an arcology). And that being that the people that live inside that thing never have any real need to leave for anything - the Tower has everything; shopping centers, grocery stores, convenience stores, entertainment, schools, housing - you name it, it's got it.
The only downside was that you were pretty much stuck living the GENOM Life. Which actually wasn't all that bad. You do your job and generally don't screw up, then you're set for life. Literally.
So, Largo wants everyone to serve him, both human and buma alike. That's nice. What does he REALLY want, though? Because at some point, he's gonna wind up like the fraudulent stock brokers in the movie, Boiler Room, where they all had gobs and gobs of money, but no fucking clue on how to spend it all! And thus, no matter how many he has under his thumb, will he really know what to do with it all? And how would he react when confronted with this simple truth?
Total control is only a means to an end. The real question is: What is that End?
(And in this context, Largo suddenly seems like such a 2-Dimensional character. Even Quincy was a more well-developed character, and he was kept shrouded in mystery as much as possible.)