Who are the bad guys in One Piece?

Lili-Chwan

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I've been thinking 'bout this ever since the first episode. The good/bad guys role changes in different Arcs.
That's what makes it so good. We have Pirates vs Marines, and the obvious choice would be to say that Pirates are bad and Marines are good. But over the course of the story, we see that those tittles mean nothing, and that each individual is either good or bad, even if he is labelled a Pirate or a Marine.

I can be more precise. Basically, the World Government is the Law, and thus it is the Good. Since they are the law, everyone that opposes them are Bad, and thus, every Pirate, being them criminal or not, are the Bad guys. But the fact is, the World Government isn't always right, and there is corruption inside, and thus we see things that divide our moral consciousness. So we see Pirates that, despite being pirates, are actually good, and we see corrupt marines, that are suppose to be good, but are bad, all the way to deeper corruption and doubtable decisions made by the government many years before, which you'll see once you get to more advanced chapters (I don't want to give you any spoilers)
 

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Like Liliana said, you can devide everyone in different catagories. But from origin Marines are supposed to be the good guys to protect the citizens. Only the justice by force mentality is wrong. Of course the strawhats aren't saints too but they are pirates after all.

.........| Pirates | Marines
.........|--------|---------
Good..|..Luffy...|....Garp..
.........|............|...........
-------------------------
.........|..Black...|...........
Bad....|..Beard...|.Akianu.
 

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Spoiler don't click unless you want ruin the storyline for yourself Luffy vs. Crocodile

Like when Luffy fought Crocodile because he was causing a civil war in Arabasta and every one would die but the Marines chose to say that Luffy was a bad person and put a bounty on him instead of thanking him for stopping a criminal from corrupting a million people.

When the World Government was fully aware of the Human Auction House but just because some people who had some family members who made history 800 years ago they are untouchable while they are killing people who really want to do something that will benefit the whole world even the Marines and World government possibly and they are allowed to do that? What if Sabo who Saint Charles killed was going to be a great pirate like Luffy and they could have done many great things.
 
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