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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sepulchrave II" data-source="post: 7880203" data-attributes="member: 4303">Italics mine. I especially like the last sentence. Nothing conjectural - good, hard statistics.It seems – from my pedestrian perspective – that you already have a vision of how you want this world to be – which is what all of us do, of course, so I can’t fault that. But I feel obligated to restate this, as I'm not communicating what seems to me the most important factor in this emergent magical society of yours. That is the reaction of human beings to this phenomenon. Humans react within the context of worldviews and constructs with which they are already familiar. Magic has to be incorporated into or reconciled with an existing paradigm.Now, you can handwave this magical reality into an egalitarian, populist movement, as unstoppable as some kind of ideal bitcoin. But I don’t think that’s how the world works.1. Can magic be weaponized?2. Can it be leveraged for political and economic advantage?3. Does it represent a threat to existing power structures?These are the germane questions.In this world – our world – there would be an evangelical backlash in America the likes of which we can only imagine: the end times really are upon us. Seriously: how do you think the Southern Baptist Convention would react – dogmatically – to the emergence of magic? And other evangelical movements? How do you think that would ripple through American politics? If 1% to 2% of the population are magically endowed how would the Southern Baptist Convention rationalize this?; clue – the LGBT population is estimated at 4.5%Sorcery is forbidden by Sharia on pain of death. Currently, fifteen countries adhere – to one degree or another – to Sharia.In China, the government would be harvesting pineal glands from Tibetan monks for research.In short, I think the world sucks more than you admit.Merry Christmas.</blockquote>

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