>wants to literally conquer the galaxy
>is the good guy

Hmmm

>>280576335 (OP)
LotGH is one of those works where it's just guys, no good or bad.

By conquer you mean liberate from corrupt oligarchs and despots.

>>280576335 (OP)
homeric ideals, zoomtard

>>280576640
>Oligarchs
Buzzword made by despotniggers

>>280576752
t. four legs that thinks he's better than others

>zoomer cannot into conquering of hearts

>>280576335 (OP)
Why, what's wrong with conquering the galaxy?

>>280576335 (OP)
Reinhardt is right about democracy being retarded
Yang was right that all of humanity shouldn't be governed under a single ruler

>>280576335 (OP)
he actually had no choice because the Alliance was forced to take in the Goldenbaums as refugees. Like how the US incurred upon Pakistan to kill bin laden, except Pakistan in this case knew they'd be coming and prepared to defend themselves
The fact he didn't annex the alliance outright should've told you he wasn't trying to conquer it
can we talk about the patriotic knights though? ABSOLUTE little bitches. did nothing versus the empire until they came for them first. Had months to be an effective force but noooo

>>280578119
Oh come the fuck on, I support Reinhard entirely but he planned the whole thing to get a reason to go into one last great war against the federation that all of the people in the Empire could support (getting completely rid of the Goldenbaums) and the only reason that he didn't instantly annex the Alliance was because it would've been too much trouble for the Empire to incorporate it into its administration all at once (as well as not wanting to further provoke the populace of the Alliance by thrusting upon them all of the Empire's laws at once).
>Knights
Weren't they also just terrarists finger puppets?

>dictatorship vs democracy
It's called 'Legend of the Galactic HEROES' - not 'Legend of the Galactic Political Ideologies'.
The struggle between dictatorship and democracy (or within them) is only there to pit those heroes against each other.
The Empire's purpose isn't to make a point about monarchism, it's traditions and flaws are contrived so that Reinhardt has something too overcome and reshape. Reinhardt has to rise up against the ruling nobility which does not want him, because he is driven to impose his own will. Compare that to Yang who just wanted to study history, but ends up being pushed to take part in it by the FPA. Yang constantly objects to thee support and praise of people whose loyalty he does not want, and feels obligated to fight for a government he does not support. The contrast between those kinds of characters is the core of the story. And there are all these other people with their own idea of what it means to be hero in times of war.
You could conceivably flip the systems and the story still works. Have Reinhardt born into a corrupt democracy and push his way to the top with a reformist political party then lead it into war. While Yang is born into a declining monarchy which he reluctantly fights to protect while trying to avoid stepping on the toes of nobility who are ungrateful despite dependence on his strategy.
It is so tiring that LoGH threads always settle into the same debate about which 'side' was 'right'. The debate between autocracy and democracy is not presented with much depth over the whole 100+ episodes, because it is not really the focus of the anime.