I recently came away from Psychopass, so forgive the singular focus on it…

However, I present the conflict between Akane and the Sibyl System as exemplary, here. The Sibyl system is flawed. It is corrupt. It undermines its own stated goals. Akane recognizes this and is fully opposed to its existence.

However, the Sibyl System has a powerful trump card… humanity. The life and prosperity enjoyed by many would be obliterated in the aftermath of a collapse of the Sibyl System. Humans are, at this point, domesticated and very ill prepared to deal with life outside of the institution around them.

Makishima, the main villain, illustrates this well enough. Despite the sheer epic nature in which he confronts Sibyl and rejects the attempt to incorporate him into the system - he does not care if millions die. To him, the life of a person unable to act on their own free will is of no value and no humanity.

This is an unworkable 'solution.' Or, perhaps a measure of such extreme last resort that there will never be a firm consensus on when such action is appropriate.

As such, Akane chooses to search for a way to remove society from the Sibyl System, rather than destroy it outright, or serve it.

Guns blazing is the method of last resort. It will have consequences that spiral out of control. Not that control and the comfort of conflict aversion is always good - but…