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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

V speaks of anarchy as having two roles: destroyer and creator, as he teaches Evey to create and he destroys. Additionally he describes anarchy as the order to be contrasted to the chaos immediately after his destruction of norsefire's control.

As for that quote, I'm struggling to find evidence it was in the comic (I never actually watched the movie). The wikiquote for the comic doesn't have that line, but the one for the movie does, and the comic one instead has a lot of V explaining anarchy to anyone whether or not they're interested in listening.

The comic is very explicitly about British anarchism against British fascism, whereas the movie is a lot more about George W Bush, the patriot act, and the left wing opposition to these things in the America of the early and mid 00s