HypoSoc
The mind is such a fragile plaything.
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So, just a minor point. I know in this thread that I used the word Princeps for the Emperor, as an explicit nod to Antonine Golden Age Rome.
I have since change my mind, and edited accordingly. The Title "Dominus" used by Diocletian era Rome is far more accurate, as the "Princepate" of Rome was a period where the Emperor put on aspirations of being an approachable everyman, to pretned at still being a continuation of the Republic.
Comparatively, the "Dominate" period was marked in part by the Emperor acting as an unapproachable divine figure, separate from and beyond the citizenry of the period, guarded from public access by both a wall of bureaucracy and cultural norms, and seen as invested with the ultimate power of god.
This isn't about Tyranny (as you had very tyrannical emperors and the Principate and very enlightened emperors in the Dominate), but about Pretentions.
The Princeps is the best person for the job that needs to be done, and you are a fool to think otherwise because there is no one better.
The Dominus is utterly perfect and you are committing treason/blaspheme by casting aspersions on their character.
The latter is far more accurate in describing Von Graft's role in this society.
I have since change my mind, and edited accordingly. The Title "Dominus" used by Diocletian era Rome is far more accurate, as the "Princepate" of Rome was a period where the Emperor put on aspirations of being an approachable everyman, to pretned at still being a continuation of the Republic.
Comparatively, the "Dominate" period was marked in part by the Emperor acting as an unapproachable divine figure, separate from and beyond the citizenry of the period, guarded from public access by both a wall of bureaucracy and cultural norms, and seen as invested with the ultimate power of god.
This isn't about Tyranny (as you had very tyrannical emperors and the Principate and very enlightened emperors in the Dominate), but about Pretentions.
The Princeps is the best person for the job that needs to be done, and you are a fool to think otherwise because there is no one better.
The Dominus is utterly perfect and you are committing treason/blaspheme by casting aspersions on their character.
The latter is far more accurate in describing Von Graft's role in this society.