oo4. ♙ accidental video

[escapedpandora]

[The feed starts up black, and then you can see that the black is actually a nose nudging at the camera... and as the nose moves further away from the camera, you can see a puppy, looking happy and licking at the NV with tail wagging. It looks like it's on a desk filled with books, in a brightly lit room

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[shi_swoon]

[Ffft laughing quietly, and then couching a bit louder to get Hope's attention]

Hey, excuse me?

[escapedpandora]

[He startles a moment, head jerking up slightly at the noise in his room, making the puppy yelp in dissatisfaction.]

...Someone there?

[goldilocked]

Politics are complicated.

[and deadly. but wait. he is distracted by the puppy.] Goodness, that puppy's adorable.

[escapedpandora]

[Hope looks embarrassed by now, having located his NV. How long had it been on and people listening to him complain?]

Complicated's a bit of an understatement.

[He takes a moment to nudge the puppy off his hair and onto his shoulder instead, even as it wiggled in protest because-- high places! Do want!

Hope just gives him a pat on the head and tries for a sheepish smile.]

He's... I guess he's the one who wanted to talk to everyone. He was probably just really bored here... this is Faith, by the way!

[The puppy gives a happy bark, hearing it's name.]

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[whipfist]

... Don't know about taxes, but humans "need" governments because they're too damned stupid to function without some sort of "leader".

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[escapedpandora]

[The way you phrased that makes him cautious, but anything's better than studying at the moment.]

One government should be fine, then. I don't see why anyone needs... "nations" and all those factions, or even different forms of government. That's just ridiculous.

[whipfist]

One government for the entire world?

There'd be a revolt.

[escapedpandora]

Why a revolt? It'd be better than having different laws every time you stepped too far from home.

And all these wars between nations... it would actually stop.

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[makes_asteroids]

Because people are fickle, at least in terms of why governments change.

Studying political science or history?

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[escapedpandora]

[He might sound pretty embarrassed since, wow, how many people managed to see that?]

Both. I couldn't really understand one without the other, I guess. Figured it would be easier to try and tackle both at the same time, but... it's kind of hard to understand.

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[makes_asteroids]

Yes, they are - and you're correct in that they have to be understood together but I think you may be tackling a bit much at once.

Governments are set up by people to accomplish different things. Some are governments 'of the people' - meaning they serve the interests of the population under them and help provide for them. Others claim to be for the people but in reality merely serve the interests of a few. People, who like to blame others for their actions, change governments through various means when they no longer people the government is serving them - or when a small group wants to seize power. There are many different countries simple because countries tend to be defined by people with similar cultures - those that speak and read the same language or share the same religion generally - because people believe those like themselves are to be trusted and the 'other' is not.

[escapedpandora]

That's...

[He's struggling to figure all of this out.]

I guess that's what people around here mean by xenophobia. I... kinda understand, I guess. But with so many countries... don't they see it as just that many different enemies, then? It just seems counterproductive to want another government when there's already fully-functional ones that would take people in... unless the cultures there hate everyone, I guess. Then I can't imagine that the government there would be nice... or fully-functional.

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[elderyouth]

Why d'you need to get it...? It sounds like gibberish!

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[escapedpandora]

[He perks up a bit at the familiar voice.]

Doesn't it, though? Governments here are weird. I figured I'd look this up so I wouldn't be so lost if I go back to school, but it just doesn't make much sense.

[At least snuffing at different books seem to be entertaining the puppy at the moment.]

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[elderyouth]

Do they make you know that stuff by heart before going back...? Or can you bring the book with you-- so you don't have to really know it, just know where to find it!

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[escapedpandora]

I don't think so? I just want to be able to understand it if it comes up, since I don't know anything about this world. Or if it's used as some kind of example.

It doesn't seem easy to understand, though.