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Old 02-23-2019, 10:25 AM   #1340
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Default Re: Catalog of the Weird Parallels

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Originally Posted by Astromancer View Post
Paradoxically this makes this world far more dangerous. Reduced fear is reduced caution and less attention to safety. Reduced Anger means the elites run roughshod over the people because the people, lacking anger, don't have the will to challenge the elites. So there are no serious programs to deal with even serious injustices or obvious dangers. The synergy between these trends means the elites are outrageously violent and cruel because there are no negative consequences to even their most sadistic actions.
Is this how you get evil galactic empires that don’t put guardrails on walkways next to kilometer deep shafts on space stations?
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