The Red Empire...

From: Peter Metcalfe (P.Metcalfe@student.canterbury.ac.nz)
Date: Mon 08 Jan 1996 - 11:56:40 EET


Martin Crim:
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worries about the 'Perpetual Revolution' of the Red Moon and wonders
if the 'Cultural Revolution' may be next. I think the Osliri River
Rituals have already sunk to the level of Mao Zhedong's Notorious
Swim in the Yellow(?) River that began the Cultural Revolution.

However I don't think the Lunar Empire is politically organized
enough to have anything like the Red Guards or the Cultural

Revolution. The image of the Lunar Empire is more like Rome of
the Late Republic to me, ie there is severe internal strife among
the ruling elite while the Empire is militarily expansionistic.

The Lunar religion has hardly the capacity to enforce ideological
uniformity considering the amount of Illuminates it has! I get the

impression the higher Ranks are deeply cynical and are in it for the
political and magical power they can snaff^H^H^H^H^H acquire for the
benefit of others.

Hmm. what are the odds of a catastropic fire happening in Raibanth
or Glamour within the next ten years (and being blamed on the White
Moon Nuts)?

- --Peter Metcalfe

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