Actually I don't think that's the message in Tactics at all, it's actually quite the opposite.Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno
The story in Tactics progresses with interchanging villains who each escalate the conflict and make the situation worse, even though they honestly feel that they're doing it for the better. It's this culture of rationalizing your own cruel tactics that made Ivalice such a crappy place to begin with.
The Death Corp. use terrorism in the name of the poor - the only real result is an excuse for the nobles to use them to further a war. Each of the noble factions believe they are less corrupt/obtuse than the other faction and believe that they can bring better peace to Ivalice. The Church thinks the nobles have created this whole mess to begin with, but they're actually unknowingly leading the world towards an apocalypse!!!
The only characters who will not take underhanded tactics in order to further peace are Ramza's faction. In many cases, some of the schemes they foil would in fact lead to a better world, but because someone will get hurt along the way, Ramza stops it. At certain times I think he specifically says he will not allow any inustice even if it does lead to a utilitarian net gain.
I think I've said this before, but that's what the Ivalice games are all about - heroes who rise above the moral ambiguity which is suffocating their culture/setting, in order to put down a supernatural threat.
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