V For Vendetta is a remarkable comic series. I think this will have to be the third time I've gone over it. Yet I seem to get something out of it every time I reread. This time, it reminded me of what I stand for, and sporadically fight for: Anarchy.
There is a difference between anarchy and plain chaos. Truly, it is between a land of do-as-you-please, against a chaotic barbaric landscape of take-as-you-please. The authorities take issue with the concept of people coexisting peacefully without a fascist leadership in place. They are right to do so. After all, who would need them, when everyone learns how to get along?
Of course, reading it also gets me really sad. My favorite hero dies, only to have another live on for him. Like V, my idea of a perfect society is almost pure wishful thinking. But like V, ideas are bulletproof.
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