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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 9511983" data-attributes="member: 6779196">There are surely characters within that realm who hold to lawful good ideals. But, while living under authoritarian rule, one’s only options are to take revolutionary action against the system (which would be chaotic), to fall to complacency (which would be neutral), or to uphold the system (which would be evil). It would probably be in the best interest of those within such a society who hold lawful good ideals to ally with those who hold chaotic good ideals, if only temporarily, in order to put as swift an end as possible to the state of affairs which prevents them from living in accordance with their ideals. Any relevance to current real-world geopolitics is purely coincidental.A lawful good god would have a pretty hard time exerting any influence over a society in which the law was inherently evil, yes. This is why gods need mortal agents; mortals have the unique ability to define their own nature. For the beings of the wider cosmos, alignment is prescriptive. An Angel cannot be evil or chaotic, for to do so would be to become a devil or an empyrian. But the mortal follower of a lawful good god? They have the moral agency to determine that, in this instance, the good must temporarily take precedence over the law, lest the forces of evil turn it to a weapon against good, and stamp out the influence of the lawful good gods. They can defeat the evil tyrants so that lawful good can once again established a foothold, and a new, just order can be established.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 9511983, member: 6779196"] There are surely characters within that realm who hold to lawful good ideals. But, while living under authoritarian rule, one’s only options are to take revolutionary action against the system (which would be chaotic), to fall to complacency (which would be neutral), or to uphold the system (which would be evil). It would probably be in the best interest of those within such a society who hold lawful good ideals to ally with those who hold chaotic good ideals, if only temporarily, in order to put as swift an end as possible to the state of affairs which prevents them from living in accordance with their ideals. Any relevance to current real-world geopolitics is purely coincidental. A lawful good god would have a pretty hard time exerting any influence over a society in which the law was inherently evil, yes. This is why gods need mortal agents; mortals have the unique ability to define their own nature. For the beings of the wider cosmos, alignment [I]is[/I] prescriptive. An Angel cannot be evil or chaotic, for to do so would be to become a devil or an empyrian. But the mortal follower of a lawful good god? They have the moral agency to determine that, in this instance, the good must temporarily take precedence over the law, lest the forces of evil turn it to a weapon against good, and stamp out the influence of the lawful good gods. They can defeat the evil tyrants so that lawful good can once again established a foothold, and a new, just order can be established. [/QUOTE]

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