SM Stirling's Emberversers express a common attitude to their environment but in different ways:
marking out what is rightly the domain of the Lady Flidais;
National Parks;
rights under Forest Law;
the biodiversity of riparian wetlands and watershed maintenance;
God's command to the sons of Adam to be wise stewards;
what White Buffalo Woman says we can take...
Difference without division. Unity without uniformity.
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Kaor, Paul!
I can certainly agree with that last bit: "Difference without division. Unity without uniformity." The problem, of course, lies in how some, like fanatical Muslim jihadists, want both unity and a smothering, choking Islamic uniformity. With everything regulated according to the precepts of Sharia law.
I far prefer what we see in Anderson's works under both the Polesotechnic League and the Terran Empire, for that kind of unity/diversity without a crushing uniformity. And I like how Anderson does not dodge how fragile and precarious that kind of diversity/unity can be. That helps to make his stories feel more REAL to me.
Sean
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