When Atsushi makes it back to the Amber apartment, the first thing he's doing is going to the bathroom and scrubbing down in the shower. He's not actually waxlike anymore, but that sensation just won't go away and it's driving him crazy. He might also be stinky from a couple days spent in the medbay and the boy wants to be clean.
But like an hour later, he'll emerge in clean clothes and towel-drying his hair.]
...That is strange to me. Their crimes are considered by your leader serious enough to warrant death, but they are not used as a deterrent by letting others see the consequences?
Their deaths are announced already, why do they need to be shown? Plus if a local official is shown to be bloodthirsty they might not win their next election.
Besides that, I don't think it even happens that often anymore. Usually people go to prison for their crimes.
...where everyone votes on who they think would be the best leader? And then the person with the most votes becomes the leader for a few years, until the next election happens?
Yeah. Pretty much every kind of leadership position from the top-down does it. Local leaders, country leaders, you name it. The only exception is the Emperor and that's a ceremonial title only, he doesn't hold any actual power to lead the country.
It's not perfect, but it helps us keep from getting stuck with one corrupt leader.
Even if someone corrupt is voted in, he or she won't last long. Elections happen every few years for that exact reason.
The trade off is that there's no super-long stretches of stability. Every few years there's transfers of leadership and the first few months after can be a little rocky.
Yeah. Even a person with the best of intentions can become corrupted by power if they are given plenty of it without accountability to keep them in check.
That's exactly the kind of thing that elections are supposed to prevent! An unaging leader who leads for thousands of years will stagnate at best, or fall into corruption at worst!
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Date: 2022-02-27 10:52 pm (UTC)When Atsushi makes it back to the Amber apartment, the first thing he's doing is going to the bathroom and scrubbing down in the shower. He's not actually waxlike anymore, but that sensation just won't go away and it's driving him crazy. He might also be stinky from a couple days spent in the medbay and the boy wants to be clean.
But like an hour later, he'll emerge in clean clothes and towel-drying his hair.]
Ah? You made it back?
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Date: 2022-02-27 10:57 pm (UTC)I did. [...] How are you feeling, after that?
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Date: 2022-02-27 11:31 pm (UTC)[He did not enjoy that waxy feeling, thanks.]
What about you?
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Date: 2022-02-27 11:32 pm (UTC)[with a little frown:]
I have to wonder what would make this place create something like that.
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Date: 2022-02-27 11:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-02-27 11:48 pm (UTC)I have seen executions, but... They were not at all like that.
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Date: 2022-02-27 11:52 pm (UTC)...yeah, executions are normally pretty quick. That felt more like a...a show, or something.
[A horrible show.]
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Date: 2022-02-28 12:06 am (UTC)[she pauses, though.]
...I fear that I'm being morbid. You must not have seen something that gruesome before.
[he seems very pure to her.]
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Date: 2022-02-28 12:12 am (UTC)[He shakes his head.]
I'm a detective. I've seen and experienced a lot. Don't feel like you have to censor your words around me, alright?
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Date: 2022-02-28 12:14 am (UTC)[she nods, then.]
But - when such things happen, they aren't meant to be some kind of spectacle or to set a public example, where you're from?
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Date: 2022-02-28 01:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-02-28 01:46 am (UTC)...That is strange to me. Their crimes are considered by your leader serious enough to warrant death, but they are not used as a deterrent by letting others see the consequences?
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Date: 2022-02-28 03:27 am (UTC)Besides that, I don't think it even happens that often anymore. Usually people go to prison for their crimes.
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Date: 2022-02-28 03:29 am (UTC)[after a second, though:]
What is... an election?
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Date: 2022-02-28 04:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-02-28 04:38 am (UTC)And this kind of thing is common...?
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Date: 2022-02-28 04:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-02-28 04:45 am (UTC)[a beat.]
I suppose I'm just curious. It works differently where I am from.
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Date: 2022-02-28 04:47 am (UTC)Even if someone corrupt is voted in, he or she won't last long. Elections happen every few years for that exact reason.
The trade off is that there's no super-long stretches of stability. Every few years there's transfers of leadership and the first few months after can be a little rocky.
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Date: 2022-02-28 04:52 am (UTC)[wild (at least to her). after a moment:]
It seems useful.
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Date: 2022-02-28 01:35 pm (UTC)Is that not the case where you're from?
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Date: 2022-02-28 01:41 pm (UTC)No. The same person has been in power for thousands of years.
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Date: 2022-02-28 01:54 pm (UTC)The same person???
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