tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post8518364592269315059..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Blue And Green PlanetKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-8901417216738074592017-05-27T23:35:49.076+01:002017-05-27T23:35:49.076+01:00Kaor, Paul!
I agree, because that was the only wa...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I agree, because that was the only way the Empire could WORK, tolerance of almost any kind of socio/political system as long as they lived in peach with their neighbors and paid modest tribute to the Imperium.<br /><br />We see Dominic Flandry making very similar comments in THE REBEL WORLDS, where he discussed how the Empire had many races with some very strange social arrangements. And how they tend to think humans were very odd themselves! (Smiles)<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-70977567751046841562017-05-27T23:28:49.785+01:002017-05-27T23:28:49.785+01:00Sean,
What I do like about the Terran Empire is th...Sean,<br />What I do like about the Terran Empire is that its member planets can have any social form that they want provided that they pay modest taxes.<br />Paul.paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-11419234906773249422017-05-27T23:24:24.444+01:002017-05-27T23:24:24.444+01:00Kaor, Paul!
I would admire Trotsky more IF he ha...Kaor, Paul! <br /><br />I would admire Trotsky more IF he had not bloodied his hands so much with innocent blood in the Russian Revolution, Civil War, and dictatorship of Lenin.<br /><br />As fictional states go, I don't find the Terran Empire that bad. I've said this repeatedly, compared to many actual regimes, past and present, the Empire looks VERY good. Perhaps like a combination of the US and UK.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com