#downwiththestate

🏛️ Yevon: The Union of Church and State

The Church of Yevon holds totalitarian control over Spira. It is both government and religion, ensuring that there is no distinction between political power and divine mandate. It upholds its rule.

Manufactured crisis & fearmongering – Sin, an unstoppable force of destruction, keeps the population in a constant state of fear, ensuring their reliance on Yevon. (Sound familiar?).

Banning progress – The church forbids machina (advanced technology) to keep the masses dependent on archaic traditions. Meanwhile, the ruling class in Bevelle enjoys all the benefits of technology, proving their "anti-machina" stance is pure hypocrisy.

Rigid class structures – The Maesters (bourgeoisie) send summoners (working class) to their deaths, brainwashing them to martyr themselves for "peace." Meanwhile, the elite sit comfortably, untouched by suffering.

The Illusion of Salvation – The Final Summoning is a scam. It kills the summoner, destroys Sin temporarily, and the cycle starts again. The system exists to sustain itself—not to fix anything.

The Church of Yevon gaslights an entire civilization into believing that suffering is noble, poverty is virtuous, and only the ruling class can "save" them.

⚡️ Tidus: The Outsider-Turned-Revolutionary

At the start, Tidus is completely disconnected from Spira’s struggle. He is, effectively, the apathetic outsider—your average "I’m not political" guy.

He just wants to go home (apathetic bystander).

He notices things aren’t adding up (early-stage radicalization).

Then he realizes the entire system is a lie and refuses to accept it (fully radicalized revolutionary).

By the end, he helps dismantle the entire oppressive power structure.

Tidus’s journey is a lesson in waking up to systemic oppression and actively fighting back against it.

🔧 The Al Bhed: Radicalized Revolutionaries in Exile

The Al Bhed are Final Fantasy X’s equivalent of anarchist resistance fighters.

They reject Yevon’s control.

They embrace "forbidden" technology.

They actively rescue summoners from being sacrificed.

They challenge the idea that suffering is necessary.

For this, they are vilified, hunted down, and treated as dangerous radicals. The ruling class frames them as terrorists, because their existence alone threatens the power structure.

💀 The Final Summoning: Grooming for Suicide

From birth, summoners and the working class of Spira are taught that the summoner's deaths are necessary "for the greater good." Their sacrifice is celebrated, not questioned.

If you die working, that’s just life.

If you struggle to survive, it builds character.

If you suffer, it’s because of your own failings—not the system.

This mirrors how capitalism convinces workers that suffering is noble, while the ruling class sits comfortably, demanding more sacrifices.

💥 Dismantling Yevon: A Full-Scale Revolution

The party’s fight against Yevon is not just about defeating Sin—it’s about overthrowing an entire power structure.

They expose the Church’s lies.

They dismantle Yevon’s authority.

They destroy Sin WITHOUT a summoner’s sacrifice.

They end the cycle of oppression—permanently.

This is not just a battle against a big evil boss. This is a full-scale revolution that topples an entire system.

🔥 Conclusion: Final Fantasy X as a Revolutionary Blueprint

Final Fantasy X is not just about fighting monsters. It’s a lesson in radicalization, class consciousness, and direct action. It’s about:

How ruling classes use fear to maintain control.

How those in power create artificial cycles of suffering to justify their existence.

How revolutionary change requires rejecting not just the leaders, but the entire system upholding them.

Resistance is messy, painful, and often met with hostility—but it is still necessary.

And so, Vicki has laid down two conditions for their participation in my podcast:

1. I must formally apologize for calling them a tanky.

2. I must sign up for their CPUSA youth club.

Now, obviously, this presents a moral crisis. I, Doucheroo the Destroyer, am an Anarcho-Communist. I believe in mutual aid, direct action, and the immediate abolition of hierarchical structures. The CPUSA, on the other hand, believes in…ugh…“working within the system.” 🤮

Do I betray my ideological purity for the sake of creating the greatest leftist podcast of all time? Or do I stand firm and lose my chance to spend hours in close proximity to Vicki while discussing class warfare in sultry, microphone-enhanced voices?

I was deep in contemplation, staring into the existential abyss of my own romantic hypocrisy, when some unholy goblin at school slapped a ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ button onto my backpack.

I did not immediately notice because I was too busy running through my ethical dilemma like a character in a bad Dostoevsky novel. But when I did see it? Oh, comrades. Oh, no.

I ripped that cursed object from my bag and, in a moment of unfiltered rage, shouted to the heavens:

“THIS IS DEMOCRACY MANIFEST!”

Which… made no sense in context, but honestly? Neither does slapping libertarian propaganda onto the bag of an anarcho-communist who literally spent last week explaining why private property is a lie.

Anyway, I am now faced with a life-altering decision. Do I:

A) Swallow my righteous anti-statist pride and sign up for Vicki’s CPUSA youth club so I can start this podcast and maybe, just maybe, win their heart?

B) Stick to my principles and remain ideologically pure but tragically alone?

Or, the forbidden option:

C) Tell Vicki I’ll sign up, then never actually show up to a single meeting, because isn’t deceiving a communist organization the most anarchist thing I could possibly do?