I forget which book it is where Miles quotes his mother as saying that democratists are fine with aristocracy so long as they're the aristocrats, which ouch and also very true. It's just a shame that Cordelia hasn't, erm, done anything with that.
but the solution they all choose is "well, we'd better prop up the corrupt system, because the people currently running it are all competent and well-meaning"
Plus, they're also the ones running it.
And in fantasy/SF, you can make sure the people up top are always competent and well-meaning, which does not work in RL.
And, like, like, like! This is a series that STARTED OFF with Aral nearly getting fragged by his own men, and mutiny, and MAJOR WAR TO KILL SOMEONE AND A POLITICAL PARTY and and and and... just, like, Ezar Vorbarra = competant, not well-meaning. Serg Vobarra = neither of those. :P And it STARTS with that and and and and then Miles nearly gets sentenced to death because corruption and and and *tries to grab air and turn it into complaints about the narrative developments of a long-running science fiction series*
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but the solution they all choose is "well, we'd better prop up the corrupt system, because the people currently running it are all competent and well-meaning"
Plus, they're also the ones running it.
And in fantasy/SF, you can make sure the people up top are always competent and well-meaning, which does not work in RL.
And, like, like, like! This is a series that STARTED OFF with Aral nearly getting fragged by his own men, and mutiny, and MAJOR WAR TO KILL SOMEONE AND A POLITICAL PARTY and and and and... just, like, Ezar Vorbarra = competant, not well-meaning. Serg Vobarra = neither of those. :P And it STARTS with that and and and and then Miles nearly gets sentenced to death because corruption and and and *tries to grab air and turn it into complaints about the narrative developments of a long-running science fiction series*