• ceenote@lemmy.world
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    The king answering with anything other than some variation of “Because I ordered you to” broke my immersion.

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      Ironically, this king was the one exception that was benevolent and fair. The knight, of course, was a member of MAGA - Make Arcadia Great Again.

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      2 months ago

      One of the reasons I can never stomach Nick Bostrom’s Fable of the Dragon Tyrant because it depicts the idea of a stoic king who cares about his people.

      (Also, glosses over completely how an ageless soceity would be stacked under feudal-capitalism)