User blog comment:Ghmorello/Chapter 925: The King And Queen Of Thanksgiving/@comment-26369387-20181123221945/@comment-2600:1702:3C50:A6E0:A0D7:58C5:4E2B:356B-20181128021939

Your argument makes sense. The other Yonko do have an advantage over him as far as how long they have held their titles. They would be more likely to be practiced at being an emperor then he is. Encouraging others to challenge him would make their jobs much easier considering that if they are lucky then he will be taken out by other pirates whom they can defeat while weakened and claim the credit. If a marine hero does so, it bolsters the reputation of the marines ensuring more people join and less people are encouraged to be pirates. Blackbeard seems to resemble a character who I saw in another anime who works to gain power through stealth and intelligence in much the same way Blackbeard does. Much like Blackbeard he has no concern for fame or recognition in and of itself, only with increasing his power and furthering his goals. The government should not underestimate him just because he is new at this; he is to our knowledge the only Yonko who has ever replaced an existing one.