User blog comment:Maki Kuronami/Lesson 24: Why the Naming Rule of Remnant Exists/@comment-10390252-20140926091912

The origin of the naming rule sends a chill down my spine. It's clear that Remnant has had a close brush with fascism or Maoist communism, with its ideology of collectivism and subsuming the self to the greater community represented by the state.

I wonder if Cinder's ultimate employers are remnants of that group seeking to win a second round, this time by deceit, trickery and strategy (rather than brute force and open conquest as they had failed to do before)? Cause the kingdoms to fall and, in the resulting chaos (as in 'V for Vendetta') the people choose to be slaves in exchange for being safe again. It would certainly fit in with the idea of 'taking away what power they have'!