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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 9858493" data-attributes="member: 11760">Well, I'm thinking of some specific examples. There's one Asian city state that, while by no means perfect (especially if you're big into free speech or LGBT rights) goes far further than it has to to pacify the population and the powers that be (who are tough to dislodge, so good luck if this ever changes) in making everyone's quality of life decent to exceptional. (Obviously weighted more towards the ruling class, but even the worst-off people in the society are doing significantly better than their counterparts in neighboring nations.)I can think of at least one. But I agree with you about the general rule.100%. I've got very strong feelings about the increasingly common license plate reader cameras in the US, which seem like a great idea until you hear about cops using the system to find their estranged spouses and beat them into a coma, etc. And that's independent of all the times we don't hear about where the authorities use them to monitor and harass their political opponents.I feel like D&D cosmology didn't get much thought until Planescape and then it was largely about how to rationalize a pretty poorly designed structure.I think it's probably a reflection of a large strain of patriarchal thought in American culture, especially at the time, with both religious leaders and God being seen as the ultimate authority figure and that what they do is inherently right, even if we disagree with it, by virtue of their position.</blockquote>

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