007 // blink and you'll miss a revolution

[serpentis]

Who: Dorian!
Broadcast: Fleet-wide!
Action: On the Three Twins
When: 5/26, night

Well, now that we've all gotten our fill of rampant debauchery, I thought I might pose a little question to you, Fleet. A more...somber question.

[Dorian looks considering for a moment, and when he speaks, he talks with his hands as much as his mouth. It seems like a subject he's certainly into, that's for sure.]

What would you do if, for example, you disagreed with the politics of your home? What measures would you go to? At what cost would you ensure that things were righted, were changed for the better?

[He raises a brow.]

Would you kill for it? Would you bring about chaos and disarray because the end would justify those means, as it were? How many deaths can be justified by a revolutionary change? 10? 100? Thousands? If it were for the greater good, how many lives could you sacrifice?

[He brings the hand back to his chin, thinking.]

Color me curious. What are your politics there?

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[radiantwingedone]

My answer was to leave. ... Although I did kill a few on the way. [ Because at the time, it was leave or kill all the politicians he could before he was stopped. He had been furious. ]

It would depend, I think. Can these politics be changed without bloodshed? Obviously, that is the quickest option - kill the problematic ones, replace them with those who would not continue the issues. This slow possibility, would many die in the time that it takes to rewrite things? Would that number be acceptable, or is it unacceptable that any die for those in power?

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[serpentis]

Which would be better for lasting change? And change on a large scale, not merely pithy attempts of reform. Real change.

The ideal, I would think, is that as few who are innocent of being complicit in running the machine die as possible.

[radiantwingedone]

I have been told many times that people can change. [ His tone says that he's still not quite sure they can. ] It could be done from within - reach a rank where you have power, begin enacting laws and reforms. It is possible that some of the old problems will follow along. It is also possible they will try to make new ones that undo your work. Or ignore the new laws or rules entirely, and use money or favors or other forms of power to get off lightly from the punishments.

... Continuing your machine analogy - even that could take more time. Seeking out the gears and cogs that provide power, instead of those merely trapped, would lengthen the time that it runs [ Thus crushing some people between the gears- ], while merely blowing the machine would kill some who are trapped as pieces.

[serpentis]

[Dorian thinks for a moment, bringing a hand to his chin.]

You bring up very valid points on the complications. Perhaps it's better to have slow, steady reform that's been carefully constructed, rather than a brief and violent coup.

[radiantwingedone]

If you had neighbors, brief-and-violent would cast a shadow on the newly made. Or perhaps also from the inside. There will likely be those who remember that simply offing the lot was how it all started.