My country has a history of meddling in foreign affairs. It is an empire, after all.

The United States, in order to protect the interests of capital, has overextended into other nations often. The Middle East, most famously. Vietnam as well. Brazil, closest to my heart. An untold amount of others that we simply don't know about. It's a harrowing thing to think about, a terrible pill to swallow - these forever wars are simply the end goal of the systems and structures we have created for ourselves, one that we as individuals have no power to stop.

There are many reasons for these. Resources. A simple show of strength. Perhaps to even disrupt political progress because it will bring down the empire. In Twilight Princess, it is simply revenge. A very human emotion for the machine to harbor, and perhaps too simple. Ganondorf merely seeks to capture what he perceives that he deserves, what he thinks that he is entitled to.

Maybe I'm wrong that it's too simple. Now that I've written out, I see that perhaps that motivation for tyranny is accurately portrayed, from a certain point of view.

So he uses Zant, a puppet in a nation that has been oppressed by Hyrule for aeons. One that has been exploited and segregated from the land of light for perceived crimes against systemic abusers. A vilified group of people who were shunted outside of reality. Through this oppression it was easy for a fascist such as Ganon's toy to arise, one who was used so easily as a tool for the larger game of capital. After all, a God came from the heavens and gave him something to blame. A system to believe in. Something to trust in.

Zant is a pitiable, pathetic creature. Ganon is a disgusting manipulator.

A fascist coup backed by a foreign empire in the interest of political power. Countries used as nothing more than ways to gain ever more money.

It's a story that's been played out over and over again, as old as are light and shadow.