Active Users:2499 Time:19/01/2025 07:44:54 AM
So fragmentation is the reply? fionwe1987 Send a noteboard - 06/11/2010 09:59:47 PM
The problem with the Aiel wasn't too much power. It was absence of a structure to that power. They got united for the first time under Rand, and found that they were this incredibly powerful nation, militarily, and ended up misusing that power.

If, instead, they had fragmented into two, or even more factions after Rand was gone, do you really think the situation would have gotten better? %0 roving bands of Aiel, many of which decide to attack the Seanchan and other nations for want of anything else to do... would that really have been better?

Let us stipulate that Egwene and Elayne will both be succeeded by power hungry tyrants. If these two start fighting each other for influence, would the situation be any better than if they were tied together by the actions of their predecessors?

What if one is a tyrant and the other is a sensible and wise leader? They may check each other before too much damage is done as allies.

In the end, none of these scenarios matter since no one has any way of knowing. And since no one can know, asking people to wilfully dilute power to prevent the possibility that they may be succeeded by tyrants is ridiculous. Far better to introduce checks and balances in the system to make the tyrant's job harder.
Reply to message
"She knew Egwene wanted Cairhien..." - 05/11/2010 03:22:29 AM 2424 Views
Do you have a reference that we can look at? - 05/11/2010 03:24:39 AM 940 Views
Chapter 45 - A Reunion, Page 669 - 05/11/2010 03:59:25 AM 1122 Views
Ok, now I've checked it. - 05/11/2010 04:07:20 AM 992 Views
Re: "She knew Egwene wanted Cairhien..." - 05/11/2010 03:49:16 AM 1138 Views
except... - 05/11/2010 03:49:45 AM 1002 Views
Re: except... - 05/11/2010 04:05:00 AM 999 Views
Re: except... - 05/11/2010 05:35:05 AM 919 Views
Re: except... - 05/11/2010 04:06:01 AM 972 Views
We all know Egwene is going to save the day while getting everything she wants and more - 05/11/2010 04:14:55 AM 1077 Views
Egwene also needs to talk to her mother and father - 05/11/2010 04:25:43 AM 894 Views
Re: Egwene also needs to talk to her mother and father - 05/11/2010 01:53:17 PM 898 Views
Re: Egwene also needs to talk to her mother and father - 05/11/2010 02:00:37 PM 972 Views
Re: Egwene also needs to talk to her mother and father - 05/11/2010 02:04:47 PM 893 Views
she's the youngest child - 07/11/2010 07:51:20 PM 801 Views
why? - 05/11/2010 03:10:39 PM 1002 Views
Re: why? - 05/11/2010 04:23:16 PM 961 Views
That didn't sound like madman's ramblings at all.... - 05/11/2010 05:00:59 PM 1029 Views
Re: That didn't sound like madman's ramblings at all.... - 05/11/2010 11:10:46 PM 900 Views
Hail Amrlyin Palpategwene - 06/11/2010 02:05:09 AM 969 Views
They're the ones who raised her this way! That's the last thing she needs. - 06/11/2010 03:38:17 PM 972 Views
Um, can we assume her parents raised her that way? - 08/11/2010 04:57:05 AM 822 Views
She's a short, female, youngest child of influential parents. Arrogance would come naturally to her. - 09/11/2010 02:08:29 AM 925 Views
Huh - 09/11/2010 07:56:15 AM 937 Views
Wow. What the fuck did your parents do to you? *NM* - 09/11/2010 03:35:07 PM 459 Views
- 09/11/2010 06:14:30 PM 680 Views
I try to avoid projecting myself onto fictional characters. Or real people. - 09/11/2010 06:45:14 PM 831 Views
too bad - 09/11/2010 08:20:04 PM 813 Views
Why don't you compare her to a summer's day while you're at it? *NM* - 09/11/2010 07:45:20 PM 389 Views
well... - 09/11/2010 08:18:08 PM 747 Views
I'm teasing you because you lay it on a little thick sometimes *NM* - 10/11/2010 01:10:39 AM 521 Views
You are seriously mis-perceiving a number of things. - 10/11/2010 01:30:47 AM 997 Views
So? - 05/11/2010 09:53:22 AM 867 Views
Re: So? - 05/11/2010 07:59:12 PM 901 Views
Re: So? - 06/11/2010 09:06:49 AM 790 Views
She didn't say that. You changed the wording and read it without context. - 05/11/2010 03:29:27 PM 1007 Views
So? - 05/11/2010 04:04:54 PM 848 Views
The engima that is Egwene - 06/11/2010 01:41:43 AM 866 Views
I wonder if... - 06/11/2010 05:17:45 AM 850 Views
You might have paid more attention than me when reading - 06/11/2010 06:50:46 AM 845 Views
The reason rand didn't tell Egwene about why he needs to break the seals is simple - 22/06/2011 10:49:25 PM 903 Views
That's the problem with Elayne that has emerged. - 06/11/2010 03:31:41 PM 1035 Views
Or, you know, she's being cleverer than you give her credit for... - 06/11/2010 04:45:10 PM 902 Views
This is the problem with rulers - what is smart for them equals increasing their power. Which is bad - 06/11/2010 08:40:19 PM 850 Views
So fragmentation is the reply? - 06/11/2010 09:59:47 PM 841 Views
Checks and balances IS diluting power. - 09/11/2010 02:16:18 AM 865 Views
The Andoran houses should ask one question of Elayne - and remove her if she answers wrongly - 08/11/2010 02:03:08 AM 915 Views
Hear, hear. - 09/11/2010 02:18:49 AM 895 Views
Maybe it's typo - 08/11/2010 06:38:26 PM 1077 Views
Yes, I'm pretty certain it is. - 09/11/2010 09:00:32 AM 805 Views
Agreed - 09/11/2010 07:05:09 PM 757 Views
i thought it was a typo too *NM* - 10/11/2010 09:11:10 AM 492 Views

Reply to Message