it flipped when the new generation of 16 year old retards flocked to the internet to discuss anime. they did not grow up with 4kids one piece so they did not grow an aversion to it the way young gen Z / tween millennials did, so the same generation that got groomed into becoming hyperpolitical suddenly became one piece diehards. it's not that luffy is willing to challenge the worldwide government to save one of his crewmates, it's that he fucking hates marines and wants to kill them all, he totally wants to murder them as revenge for ace! it's not that the resistance to fascism consists of a chaotic cocktail of freedom fighters from all walks of life, it's that they're allies of the lgbt because one of the pillars of the movement is a fruity fellow who leads the fruitbasket kingdom. and yamato? her insistance on being oden isn't just a character quirk, she's actually transgender! kiku? who the fuck is kiku? shut up! and don't show me that sbs shit either i don't care if oda says she's a woman and not a man because...they translated it as her being a man so she's a man so THERE!!! I WIN! there's absolutely no room for interpretation that isn't my own and i refuse to understand how anyone to the right of marx's ghost could enjoy one piece
basically it flipped when children took over internet discourse without learning how to debate