How would one, given the current situation on Terra, move humanity towards becoming something more Imperial, and in doing so, not cause massive amounts of death and destruction?
…if I had an answer to that one, I’d be Chairman of the Vanguard Party, not an ‘umble SF author.
(Honestly, if I was feeling all upbeat and hopeful at the moment, I’d say “education, enlightenment – and the Enlightenment – and maybe some voluntary cognitive surgery”.
If I was feeling less serious, I’d go with a Dr. Horrible quote and say “Anarchy – that I run!”
But it’s election season here in These United States, and as I’m unable to escape the spectacle of almost everyone trying to decide whether to kneel before the monochrome authoritarian or the colorful fascist and receive their leavings of the screwing about to be rightfully delivered to the Other-Tribal-Americans, those unspeakable, interchangeable bastards, my opinion of humanity in general is busy experimenting to see if it can find some new depths to sink to, and so I’m going to quote a somewhat different part of the Horrible canon:
Any dolt with half a brain Can see that humankind has gone insane To the point where I don’t know If I’ll upset the status quo If I throw poison in the water main
Listen close to everybody’s heart And hear that breaking sound Hopes and dreams are shattering apart And crashing to the ground
I cannot believe my eyes How the world’s filled with filth and lies But it’s plain to see Evil inside of me is on the rise
…without the counterpoint.
I might be more than just a little bitter, cynical, and depressively-triggered right now, despite the best efforts of the medications. Ask again later.)
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://eldraeverse.com/2016/11/06/feel-free-to-skip-an-election-time-question-response