In the event, of all society being relinquished, could the G1 cartoons see life through time?

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  1. trokanmariel33

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    In the event, that money, capitalism, all society and all nationalism came to an end, could the classic 80's Transformers cartoons series see humanity through "an" entire course of time, say about for 100 years?
     
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    I'm not sure I understand the question. Are you trying to ask if the original cartoon would be enough to help people get by in a post-apocalyptic world?
     
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    If all of society collapsed, I think that whether or not Transformers will survive will be the least of our concerns.
     
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    By no society, I don't mean a post-apocalyptic world; the implication, of the question, is that people have universally agreed to do without money and nations, and jobs of course, and so have to replace the old routine with a new routine. From here, the question is asking whether the classic episodes can be used well enough to get people through a lot of their time, assuming that many activities hitherto available are no longer available
     
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    Not necessary; the implied spirituality of the classic episodes could possibly be used to help people have a routine
     
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    I'm going to say yes. It would be enough.
     
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    "Implied spirituality" what are you smoking? I'm 99% sure you mentioned this "spiritual reaction" from the cartoon in one of your last threads, and nobody knows what you mean by that, either. Speak plainly, please. You're trying to talk in ridiculous metaphors.
     
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    I think you're seeing religion in the 80's cartoon where there isn't any. Either that or you're trolling.
     
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    And just like the other thread, this is over my head. I hope you get the answers your looking for.
     
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    I agree - especially the episode The Girl Who Loved Powerglide, and the one where Optimus Prime is cloned
     
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    I think what he is asking is - would the G1 cartoon be enough to get you through life, if no other activities are available?
     
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    Also, to answer your question, no. This is a ridiculous hypothetical. If all of humanity decided to unanimously defy tens of thousands of years of human nature and somehow come together as one big society full of peace and happiness and blah blah blah, Transformers won't be part of that culture. Not even a little bit. World peace is not attainable within any of our lifetimes and Transformers as a franchise will be long gone by then.
     
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    The blatant racism towards the middle east and the franchise itself being built around an entire civilization embroiled in a civil war that has seen their planet so completely sucked dry of resources that they ended up on Earth in search of more?

    Yeah, in this impossibly utopian society, Transformers wouldn't be allowed to exist.

    Plus, what the hell - mankind not having have jobs anymore? You do realize people like the janitor and the plumber aren't doing those things for fun right? They get paid because it's their job. If they didn't get paid they wouldn't do it, and that would lead to a collapse of modern society if people weren't maintaining the infrastructure.
     
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    And the one with Starscream's ghost.
     
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    Tens of thousands of years of human nature has consisted of co-operation and hand-shaking; the new global system would make effect of those behaviours, and Transformers would be preserved through archive systems
     
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    The Middle East portions of the franchise are minimal; The Girl Who Loved Powerglide is one such episode that perhaps could sustain humanity's routine.

    Money has been part of humanity for a lot of its history, but, money is also dependent on language systems, such as "going on strike" (a severe misappropriation of language anyway) and deserter and traitor, and squatter, and unemployed - none of these terms are mandatory for the planet to exist, or for reality to exist, so money could be relinquished
     
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