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.
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.
"She knew Egwene wanted Cairhien..."
05/11/2010 03:22:29 AM
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Do you have a reference that we can look at?
05/11/2010 03:24:39 AM
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Re: "She knew Egwene wanted Cairhien..."
05/11/2010 03:49:16 AM
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Re: "She knew Egwene wanted Cairhien..."
05/11/2010 01:42:54 PM
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Not if it allows the Seanchan freedom to conquer Randland. I'd rather have Egwene over the slavers.
07/11/2010 07:32:20 PM
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We all know Egwene is going to save the day while getting everything she wants and more
05/11/2010 04:14:55 AM
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Egwene also needs to talk to her mother and father
05/11/2010 04:25:43 AM
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Re: Egwene also needs to talk to her mother and father
05/11/2010 01:53:17 PM
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Re: Egwene also needs to talk to her mother and father
05/11/2010 02:00:37 PM
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why?
05/11/2010 03:10:39 PM
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Re: why?
05/11/2010 04:23:16 PM
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They're the ones who raised her this way! That's the last thing she needs.
06/11/2010 03:38:17 PM
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Um, can we assume her parents raised her that way?
08/11/2010 04:57:05 AM
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She's a short, female, youngest child of influential parents. Arrogance would come naturally to her.
09/11/2010 02:08:29 AM
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Huh
09/11/2010 07:56:15 AM
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Wow. What the fuck did your parents do to you? *NM*
09/11/2010 03:35:07 PM
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09/11/2010 06:14:30 PM
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I try to avoid projecting myself onto fictional characters. Or real people.
09/11/2010 06:45:14 PM
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Why don't you compare her to a summer's day while you're at it? *NM*
09/11/2010 07:45:20 PM
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well...
09/11/2010 08:18:08 PM
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I'm teasing you because you lay it on a little thick sometimes *NM*
10/11/2010 01:10:39 AM
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So?
05/11/2010 09:53:22 AM
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i agree. and this is part of the reason why i don't understand why people have a hard time w/ egwene
05/11/2010 03:56:48 PM
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Because many of us don't see trying to achieve power for its own sake to be a good thing
05/11/2010 06:53:27 PM
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She didn't say that. You changed the wording and read it without context.
05/11/2010 03:29:27 PM
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So?
05/11/2010 04:04:54 PM
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The engima that is Egwene
06/11/2010 01:41:43 AM
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I wonder if...
06/11/2010 05:17:45 AM
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You might have paid more attention than me when reading
06/11/2010 06:50:46 AM
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The reason rand didn't tell Egwene about why he needs to break the seals is simple
22/06/2011 10:49:25 PM
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That's the problem with Elayne that has emerged.
06/11/2010 03:31:41 PM
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Or, you know, she's being cleverer than you give her credit for...
06/11/2010 04:45:10 PM
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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
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So fragmentation is the reply?
06/11/2010 09:59:47 PM
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The Andoran houses should ask one question of Elayne - and remove her if she answers wrongly
08/11/2010 02:03:08 AM
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Maybe it's typo
08/11/2010 06:38:26 PM
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I was proven to be right - it's typo since it was corrected in the Ebook version
02/06/2011 11:59:02 PM
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