tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post3547960997257704376..comments2024-03-18T17:06:32.290+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Social PhilosophersKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-14562665717853717022017-05-05T07:24:15.679+01:002017-05-05T07:24:15.679+01:00Kaor, Paul!
And at least the usurper Flandry did ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />And at least the usurper Flandry did serve, Hans Molitor, was a reluctant, unwilling usurper! Old Hans only consented to being illegitimately proclaimed Emperor because the Wang Dynasty had irretrievably collapsed and every other upstart aiming for the Throne was worse.<br /><br />While I have some sympathy for Bond's bafflement, I'm not so sure it doesn't matter, as he seems to have thought, who governs. It does matter how people aspire to, or come to power, what they believed, or who they are.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com