(IC) Lost in Dreams (Julian)

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Originally Posted by TGLS

"Do you think they planned it that way from the beginning?"

"Maybe some of them. Some of them were probably drunk on their newfound power, and some of them hadn't had power go to their heads yet."

My thoughts drift back towards my history classes. "Maybe it's like colonialism; they start from an economic and pragmatic position, and then they build an ideological justification afterward that reinforces their position."

"That's what I think. The people pushing this really want Panogos pulled down, so they applied whatever levers they could, without regard to ethics, lives, or blood.

"Oh, I see. But how would that effect the ideas that they build on top of their 'strange' ideas? Like, you might start with the sacredness of personal choice, and go from there, ending up on all sorts of far flung ideas that would seem to be changeable ideas..."

"I won't say that it results in a clean philosophical system. It results in a practical system that builds working societies."