nakashima is definitely not a "real leftist" by this board's standards at all
>>25271lord genome became an ally. he used to be a spiral warrior but changed his mind after finding out about the spiral nemesis; he had a point that being gung-ho about human evolution isn't the answer, but went for the cowardly opposite-extreme authoritarian solution & got drunk with power
the theme of the show, "past and present coming together to create a path towards the future", can be applied to many things, but if applied to partisan politics (and it very easily could given the antagonists' approach being literally conservative) it's a rather centrist one. Lord Genome & the Anti-Spiral having a point that should not be ignored is clear-as-day an integral part of the show's message. it's basically saying conservative old-timers & rebellious youth need to work together.