Conversation 149: THOUGHT / KINGDOM OF CONSCIENCE

Empathy informs you that you are a Moralist. Kingdom of Conscience awaits.

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
0 None
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1 None
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2 Empathy What's this? We're getting reports of *normal*, *reasonable*, *temperate* political opinions somewhere in Martinaise...
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3 You You must be mistaken: I'm a real radical.
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4 You That's me, Mr. Reasonable. Someone's got to keep it sane around here.
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5 You [Discard thought.]
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6 Empathy Of course, a *radical centrist*. In these bright and loud times where a thousand frequencies drown one another out, sober thinking is a radical act...
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7 Empathy The air suddenly feels calmer. More transparent in a strangely tender way. Perhaps it's the hangover, perhaps it's a temporary surge of serotonin, but something tells you...
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8 Empathy It's time... to become a citizen of the *Kingdom of Conscience*.
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9 You First, where is this Kingdom of Conscience?
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10 You No more talk -- Sign me up for a passport! (Opt in.)
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11 You No, I'm too fiery for this watercolour ideology. I'm trying to develop more *extreme* and *interesting* opinions... (Opt out.)
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12 Empathy It is not a place, it is a *moment* in time that can only arise in the right circumstances. In all of human history, it's only been achieved a handful of times...
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13 Empathy I knew we could trust you. Remember -- *real democracy* is just around the corner for Revachol. When that real democracy kicks in we are all going to be so much happier.
14 Empathy That's a pity. *Real democracy* was just around the corner for Revachol. All the leading citizens are waiting there -- without you.
15 Empathy Must have been a false alarm, then.
16 None
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17 Empathy There you have it. Sometimes holding the line *is* progress.
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18 Electrochemistry Speaking of, when are you going to get on that, bub?
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19 You Oh, right. Then let's get there... eventually?
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20 You How do you bring about those *circumstances*?
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21 Empathy Sometimes, in the face of great disaster, defending the status quo *is* progress.
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22 You That's a stupid goal. (Shake your head dismissively.)
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23 Empathy Then you've never lived through *real* chaos...
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24 You That's an honourable goal. (Nod your head approvingly.)
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25 Empathy *Incrementally*.
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26 You Yes.
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27 Empathy Is it?
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28 Empathy History's greatest catastrophes have been brought about by people trying to make the world a better place *too quickly*...
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29 Empathy It is, isn't it?
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30 You No.
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31 Electrochemistry What a fucking joke!
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32 Electrochemistry YAWN. You'd get there faster with a little *speed*.
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33 None
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34 None Variable["apt.sunday_electrochem_kingdom_speed"] and Variable["TASK.get_speed"] == true and Variable["TASK.get_speed_done"] == false and Variable["TASK.get_speed_cancelled"] == false
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35 None (Variable["apt.sunday_electrochem_kingdom_speed"] and Variable["TASK.get_speed"] == true and Variable["TASK.get_speed_done"] == false and Variable["TASK.get_speed_cancelled"] == false) == false
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36 Empathy Do you believe the status quo is preferable to chaos and bloodshed?
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37 Empathy *Tsk, tsk*. Just because you live in the *present* doesn't mean you have the right to place your needs above the needs of the *future*...
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38 Empathy It's also post-industrial, post-ideological, and even *post-sexual*.
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39 Composure What sangfroid...
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40 You But what about all the things that are wrong *now*?
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41 Volition What benevolence...
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42 Empathy You may never live to see the Kingdom of Conscience. Your children may not. Even your *grandchildren* might not. But that's no excuse not to keep working...
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43 Empathy Partly because humanity will need to discard many of the categories that define and limit it today. The Kingdom of Conscience is post-capitalist, post-national...
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44 Empathy That's the genius of *Dolores Dei*. She recognized that progress is meaningless if its gains are lost because of instability. *Real*, lasting change can only come about gradually. Increment by increment.
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45 You Sounds incredible. Allons-y! Let's go there right now. (Opt in.)
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46 You Okay, but what's the Kingdom of Conscience actually *like*?
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47 Empathy What you *want* is immaterial. The Kingdom of Conscience is coming... WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. (Only very slowly.)
48 You Man, that sounds kind of terrible. I don't think I want to be a moralist anymore. (Opt out.)
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49 Empathy The Kingdom is difficult to comprehend and even more difficult to describe...
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50 Empathy Slow down, Mr. Reasonable! Did you miss the part about compromising and taking things slow?
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51 You This sounds mega boring. Count me out. (Opt out.)
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52 You Wait, is the Kingdom of Conscience really about doing things, or just preserving the status quo?
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53 You That seems fine. I still want to live for the present, though. (Opt out.)
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54 Logic What rationality...
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55 Empathy That's right. Remember -- *real democracy* is just around the corner for Revachol. When that real democracy kicks in -- a long time from now -- we are all going to be so much happier.
56 You This is because I keep saying *none of the above* to political stuff, isn't it?"
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57 Empathy It's *also* about that. But it's *also* more! Perhaps it's the hangover, perhaps it's a temporary surge of serotonin, but something tells you...
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