If Babur and the Solar Commonwealth are about to wage war, then it is advisable that Babur occupy the Maian System in order to forestall a Commonwealth occupation. That makes sense. But why are they about to wage war? We learn that the Baburite occupation of Hermes has a hidden agenda: Benoni Strang's social revolution. That man would have done no harm and much good if he had stayed home and led the Liberation Front.
The Hermetians are promised internal self-government, a promise soon broken. However, while that promise is still ostensibly on the table, Sandra reflects:
"'...I can't imagine any interest the Baburites might take in our local politics.'" (p. 153)
I read somewhere that Spanish Christians had more religious freedom under Muslim rule because the Muslim rulers did not care which of their subjects were "heretics." An Alan Moore superhero loses interest in human politics just as we have no preference between red and black ants.
(Click on the above link from "Babur" for a surprise.)
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
If the occupation of the Hermetian system had been a totally Baburite matter, I have no doubt any interference with the internal affairs of Hermes would have been minimal. But of course Babur was itself being manipulated by Benoni Strang for his own disgusting ends.
I clicked on the link to the "Babur" restaurant, and I was not surprised it specializes in Indian cuisine. We see a lot of that in Stirling's THE PESHAWAR LANCERS!
Happy New Year! Seam
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