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> '''Creating Problems'''
> So what's the next way to create togetherness? Having a common enemy. Commonality is a form of togetherness so it's instant. And then you get to team up to gang up on him together. So, find an enemy everyone hates and have a war. And if that fails then create the enemy (like Saddam Hussein) and THEN fight him.
> Most people don't see the problem with that because it seems like there are so many enemies around. And why is that in the first place? Well, there are 2 archetypes in Xeelee that are fighters, 2 in Angel, 1 in Time Lord. And then there's 4 in Tauri (100, 101, 001, 111). Then there's Evil and there the type that seems to most thirsts for blood is Narcissists. Only it turns out they're not any more bloodthirsty than Good.
> But it hardly matters why Tauri are waging all these wars or creating them out of nothing. Because there's the flip side, what happens when wars end? It turns out to be very clear in their stories, the Tauri swear their murderous hatred upon everyone who ends wars. Why? Because they were never interested in either victory OR peace. They were interested in having an enemy.
> Destroying the enemy is taking away the Tauri's favorite doll. The one that made all the kids play TOGETHER. And while the destruction of the doll could have been tolerated if the destruction happened ... together. If it happens individually then this is anathema and forbidden. A gross violation of the order of the universe which generates extreme and uncontrolled rage. "Fuck that bitch that solved all of our problems without our say so!!"
> Victory or defeat, life or death, these things mean nothing to Tauri. All they care about is that everyone do the same thing 'together'.
Only Togetherness
Tauri care about togetherness and ONLY togetherness. What does this look like on large scales? Well for one thing, they don't care about anything others care about, except that others resist and successfully beat them so they're forced to care. Tauri invented lobotomy and thought it was a great idea. The problem is so very many people resisted this marvelous invention of theirs.
So onto the next way of creating togetherness, all they care about. If effective mind control were possible, you can bet your ass they would use it. In fact, in their science fiction novels, it's only 000 (baseline) and 100 (super-happy) that use brainwashing. The 000 uses pinpoint brainwashing to destroy personalities, anyone who looks like they might be hierarchizing society instead of leveling it flat. And the 100 simply uses mass mind control to bring everyone TOGETHER.
Note that when I say they USE mind control, I mean they use it on other types. Not that they write themselves as victims of it as tends to happen in other types' science fiction novels. Mind control is not that common in high level science fiction and so it's entirely possible that Tauri are the worst.
Creating Problems
So what's the next way to create togetherness? Having a common enemy. Commonality is a form of togetherness so it's instant. And then you get to team up to gang up on him together. So, find an enemy everyone hates and have a war. And if that fails then create the enemy (like Saddam Hussein) and THEN fight him.
Most people don't see the problem with that because it seems like there are so many enemies around. And why is that in the first place? Well, there are 2 archetypes in Xeelee that are fighters, 2 in Angel, 1 in Time Lord. And then there's 4 in Tauri (100, 101, 001, 111). Then there's Evil and there the type that seems to most thirsts for blood is Narcissists. Only it turns out they're not any more bloodthirsty than Good.
But it hardly matters why Tauri are waging all these wars or creating them out of nothing. Because there's the flip side, what happens when wars end? It turns out to be very clear in their stories, the Tauri swear their murderous hatred upon everyone who ends wars. Why? Because they were never interested in either victory OR peace. They were interested in having an enemy.
Destroying the enemy is taking away the Tauri's favorite doll. The one that made all the kids play TOGETHER. And while the destruction of the doll could have been tolerated if the destruction happened ... together. If it happens individually then this is anathema and forbidden. A gross violation of the order of the universe which generates extreme and uncontrolled rage. "Fuck that bitch that solved all of our problems without our say so!!"
Victory or defeat, life or death, these things mean nothing to Tauri. All they care about is that everyone do the same thing 'together'.
puritanism slamming society from one end to another randomly and arbitrarily