#they aren't going to show us the Atlesian's 'getting what they deserve' by being stranded in the desert to starve bc they lost thier home t

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I still hope the gang in vacuo don’t waste too much time trying to save the atkasmoristicrats

If they’re willing to change their ways and be better like may and Whitley? Good on them, they can tag along

But you just know a LOT of them are just gonna complain about not owning slaves anymore,

And the ones like madam? And Jacques? Leave em,

The general rule should be “shut the ruck up and stop being racist/classist or get left behind”

"Atlastocrats": a portmanteau of Atlas/Aristocrats. I like it, I'm gonna use it from now on.

Of course the people offering help are going to offer it to all of the needy, people of Mantle and Atlas alike. I'm sure those that don't want to accept change will turn up their nose at being helped by these 'lowlifes', who will then take their assistance elsewhere.

Are you familiar with the Aesops fable of the Lion and the Mouse? In short, a Lion catches a mouse but spares it when it begs for its life and to return the favor one day. The lion scoffs at the idea, but obliges. Some time later, the Lion is caught in a hunter's net and the mouse chews the ropes to free it. The mouse says to the lion, 'see? I promised I would return the favor.'

Now clearly the moral is about treating those 'below you' with respect and they will help you in return. Obviously, not every Atlesian "lion" has spared a Mantle "mouse", but the logic still stands - the lion would not have been saved if not for that mouse. That 'humbling of the lion' is the important lesson that the Atlastocrats now have to face. The lion that had refused to concede to the mouse would not survive, ie. Atlesians that still refuse to accept their circumstances and reject help will not receive help, and thus suffer.

This show doesn't coddle the undeserving - we never got a "Cardin redemption arc" to show how he makes up for all his shitty behavior toward Jaune and the people he bullied. The same should hold true here; leave the bullies behind and unrecognized. Let them resolve their issues or die in their unchanging mindset (like goatman).

My assumption is that by the time we see Vacuo (again, assuming some time has passed in Remnant by the time RWBY returns) you won't be able to tell the former Mantle citizens from the former Atlas citizens. Because the rich pricks have to adapt quickly if they want to survive in a *gasp* diverse community of impoverished people!

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Side note, I'm not sure how common it was for Atlesians to own slaves? We know from the DC comic that the SDC technically did, and Madame DEFINTLEY did, but it doesn't seem to be outwardly common, for obvious ethical reasons. I prefer to think Atlas folks were more ignorant than actively malicious toward others.