User blog comment:JustSomeDude.../Law's Plan & The Shichibukai/@comment-4754162-20130204062632

I write this in a separate comment because I think it deserves a separate section rather than including it into the already lengthy comment below.

About the Three Great Powers. One thing that I wonder if people are noticing the actual fact is regarding the Yonko faction is not a one entity but instead 4 entities.

Therefore I think, its not accurate to say that the balance of power lies in "Marines + Shichibukai = Yonko" but instead should be "Marines + Shichibukai = Yonko 1 = Yonko 2 = Yonko 3 = Yonko 4" assuming that none of the Yonkos are allied with each other. Therefore this is the so called "balance of power in check", a 5-way tag-o-war.

In your theory 3, the idea was weakening the Shichibukai faction, therefore without the full force of the Shichibukai, Marines will definitely not able to hold their ground against ANY Yonko (notice I say ANY instead of THE, because Yonko faction is not a one entity). Marine justice will be easily eliminated, thus plunging the world into lawlessness (no pun intended).

I have a theory in mind that SAD is something required to sustain those artificial DF users, therefore without a continuous supply of SAD, Kaido will be greatly weakened since his army are made of artificial DF users. Other Yonkos and / or the Marine + Shichibukai can defeat or eliminate Kaido as a superpower.

Combining the above two theories, without full force of Shichibukai, the Marines are greatly weakened. Without SAD, Kaido is greatly weakened. The other three Yonkos may want to take over the territories or even eliminate the opposition from the balance. This is the chaos that I spoke about in my comment below.