Grrl Power #1024 – A squeaky clean leader
To quote Agent K, “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it.” I assume that line is paraphrased from some ancient philosopher or sociologist, because I think it may be the single smartest sentence ever committed to film.
Deus believes there are good persons, smart, selfless, and/or wise, but realistically, the selfish, hateful, short-sighted persons outnumber them when counted as individuals, and when counted as people, well, people are easy to manipulate with fear, hate, greed, self-interest, propaganda, and tribalism. The larger the group, the more inertia it has, and the more likely it is to subsume the good ones and fall to humanity’s baser instincts.
And that’s why he firmly believes that Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others, but mostly except for a benevolent dictatorship headed exclusively by him.
The Benevolent Dictatorship sounds like straight up science fiction, but they have (arguably) existed. Wikipedia only lists three, which is a little depressing, and most have some contention and none of them lasted more than a few decades. That’s really the biggest problem with any sort of dictatorship, benevolent or otherwise; legacy. Maybe it’s possible to really have a truly benevolent ruler. But what about the next guy? In a world with magic, maybe you could concoct some sort of test that ensures a positive destiny, (but be very careful how you define “positive”) but without magic, probably the best you could hope for is a generation or two of benign results before selfish and ambitious parties begin manipulating things to a degree that the primary thing being served is greed and ego.
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Timing, its all about timing.
*grinning*
*hoping that does not scare too many people*
*gives yorp a treat*
*gives Yorpie Snax as well*
The worst aphorism about power (because it gets us looking in the wrong direction) is “Power corrupts”
While that can sometimes be true, the more important thing is that Power ATTRACTS the corruptible. Anyone who wants to take over the world, whether they claim to be benevolent or not, should be viewed with suspicion.
So is that X shaped scar the entry point of an alien symbiot or what?
Wow, Deus is living my quasi-libertarian power-fantasies from when I was 19 quite respectably. Wonder how well things will go once things get too big for him to be able to keep it running under just himself and a realistic number of rigorously screened lieutenants?
He’ll be OK as long as he stays away from PowerPoint :D
the demon army has power point. there is no escape. Microsoft rules hell itself.
resistance is futile. see slide 208.
ROFLMAO!
Oh! Additional plus side Tom’s assistant will probably be able to help Deus with his powerpoint presentation problems!
“Never mind that, Deus. Let’s just say we both have assistants with an unhealthy interest in promoting our… ‘conquests’.”
Just read a bunch of pages after a break, and wondering if Deus’ Art style has been deliberately changed? Ignoring the hair (wet + potential haircut) To me, Deus seems to look slightly more realistic but also have an appearance that is less charismatic than his earlier appearances. Without the accompanying text and the facial scar, I’d have assumed he was a different character.
Yeah, honestly thought it was Hiro at first
That second paragraph in DaveB’s comments?
Yeah – nailed it.
Very well done, DaveB
The “mass panic” trope is such BS! It’s a lie that the rich and powerful tell to justify their power, and if you examine literally any real life incident, it’s clearly the opposite of the truth. The masses tend to handle things quite well, generally just immediately falling into disaster relief, mutual aid, etc on their own. It’s the “elites” who panic and screw everything up, usually because they value property and profit more than human life.
Literally guffawed at the last panel. Bravo DaveB!!!!
“In reality, it is dictatorship rather than democracy that drastically advances government reforms. But I think humanity ought to avoid being united by a dictatorship. For example, while it is true that Duke Lohengramm might have that talent, what about his descendants? His successor? Rulers are not necessarily wise through generations… I do not think that the entire human race should be ruled by a system where everything depends on one person’s character.”
-Yang Wen-Li, Legend of Galactic Heroes #33, “Fortress vs Fortress”
Thank you for that link to agent K’s quote. Been trying to find that in the small form like that. Probably the best quiet scene in the entire movie franchise. That must be how all the nice alien races think about humanity. Individual humans are smart, if the race doesn’t exterminate itself in the next thousand years, we might formally say “hello”.
“you anthropomorphized hookup app”
I REALLY love these bottom panel texts xD