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Garland from FFIX is basically the Adolf Hitler of the Final Fantasy universe. Sees himself as the executor of providence's will, has a stark Darwinian view of life and death, seeks new Lebensraum for the Terrans. Both schemes end in absolute disaster for Terra and Germany. Garland's final words at the end of FFIX suggest the words of Hitler's last will and testament - that although they both failed, they don't regret having done what they did because they believed they were both serving a greater function assigned to them.

Garland is the Adolf Hitler of Final Fantasy. Both had a harshly darwinistic view of life. Both had a singular purpose in the restoration of their respective civilizations and felt that restoration rest on the conquest of another.
Terra = Germany, Gaia = lebensraum.

Garland's last words in FFIX:

>Even if I were created to serve one purpose alone, I do not regret being born to this world.

From Hitler's last testament:

>In these three decades, my life and all my thoughts and deeds have been motivated solely by my love for and loyalty to my people. They gave me the strength to make the most difficult decisions that have ever confronted mortal man. In these three decades I have exhausted my time, my working strength, and my health. [...] I die with a joyful heart, mindful of the immeasurable deeds and achievements of our soldiers at the front, our women at home, the achievements of our farmers and workers, and the efforts, unique in history, of our youth that bears my name.