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Of course, none of these ideas may be shared. Ideas are dangerous, and the risk-averse primate Jaxtians would never allow any critique of their beloved government to come around- especially when headed by the chief narcissist of them all, the <span class="mu-i">Supreme Ruler</span>. Imagine being such a narcissist, you inflict punishment on people for not following your will after you die. That is the truth of the Jaxtians power structure and tradition- narcissists extending forwards in time, to stomp on faces and feel better about their worthless lives.
Born from the most cruel murderer of them all, the Supreme Rulership is the worst tradition the Jaxtians ever invented. The idea behind one mind and one voice ruling all only works if that voice is infallible- but such a thing cannot exist in this imperfect universe. As such, they can only pretend that voice is infallible, silencing all voices who disagree. The Hazaar got to space despite their selfishness and lack of community simply by follow the Nonaggression Principle. The Vetuck lacked the intelligence to do so, but did not build a dystopia to make up for it. The Swall were victims of circumstance; and would have morally and scientifically outonde the Jaxtians one hundred times over if they had the same resources and advantage of head start that the Jaxtians did.
Your entire life you have lived in their shadow, under their rules and their laws, and you have found more and more that they are truly their own worst problem.
But you don't let these thoughts and ideas swirl around inside you, waiting to release through some poor choice of words or inflection of tone through your nostrils- which must bend and ache so unnaturally to copy the tongue flapping vocal chords of a primate. You almost slipped up yesterday, at the party, but Sunshine was a confidant. That was a stupid mistake- you must be more careful to not speak your mind next time. You are of the fortunate few with the ability and foresight to write your thoughts down... and one day, others will read them and know what you know.
That will be quite the day indeed.
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Hey everyone, thanks for playing this episode of Space Monke Quest! I'm going to be taking a short break here not as long as the last one to prepare for the next arc, and of course, to give this very bloated threat a bit of a break.
While I have your attention- let's get the obligatory QM questions out of the way. Feel free to answer these if you're interested.
>How did you feel about the big change-of-succession-method vote in this quest? Did you think the change was forced?
I felt a little bad about ignoring the voting result for this- but it seemed almost nobody wanted it as it was written and the write ins wanting something closer to a more meritocratic method.
>Is there anything about the art or art style you'd want to see changed?
>Bonus: What's your favorite Sci-Fi Aesthetic?
