>>13393647Pretty much.
"Now that we, the young and idealistic main characters, have proven ourselves superior by right of being the best at mass murder, we can safely declare that all of the old people (by which we mean anyone even 5 or ten years older than us) whose terrible beliefs and practices lead mankind to such a fate have been defeated and the future will be a bright and hopeful place where the current generation will make everything better by making none of the same mistakes as the old one."
"Except, no wait. Bandai wants another Gundam show. Okay, new plan!"
[fast forward the timeline by a couple years]
"Now that we, the NEW young and idealistic main characters, have proven ourselves superior by right of being the best at mass murder, we can safely declare that all of the old people whose terrible beliefs and practices lead mankind to such a fate have been defeated and the future will be a bright and hopeful place where the current generation will make everything better by making none of the same mistakes as the old one."
And it will never end, because Gundam only has slightly different versions of the same message to espouse, but it comes off as super insincere because we already know this doesn't stick. Everyone always acts like what they are doing is a massive turning point in history, when none of it matters because someones just going to build a new Gundam a decade from now and there is going to have to be a new Earth vs Colonies war for it to be important in and change the tide of.
