Reactionary Grey

I really never thought I’d live to see this.

OOC. This makes me want to rewrite every anime and fantasy novel I know with amentan Castes included. Really quite cool.

okay it’s sort of amazing that six different calador blues managed to agree on anything at all but who do they think they’re kidding, the rainforest isn’t worth that even if you cede sovereignty too

Why are they trying to sell it? It seems odd for a country to sell territory even worthless territory. After all no one can live there now but that might change in the future. Maybe someone more forward thinking will buy it.

The entire point of the caste system is to raise kids in a culture, and pick kids with genetics, that are predisposed for certain clusters of jobs. “Cleaning” reds doesn’t do any of that, even if the procedure works as advertised (I’ll wait on the data to come back.)

 You know I would usually agree with this. Abolishing the red caste is a massive fundamental change in our society which we cannot predict the results of and should not be done. However, insane factions seem to have seized control that desire the abolition of the red caste regardless so it is probably better that it is done like this than as a masssacre if it prevents future wars and unrest. I just hope more sensible people will be in charge of the integration process.

Not my usual sort of post but these portraits look kind of regal so I thought I might reblog them. Hopefully something to cheer everyone up. But what is it with the collar. Is that some sort of symbol with blues in some country? Any interesting history behind it?

stop fucking calling them “red-purples”. purples are a clean caste

Purples are a clean caste!

r e d - p u r p l e s Fuck Orvara.

does anyone have any ideas for things to call purples doing red work idk what to call them that isn’t stupid long

you could just call them purples! they’re still purple!

People won’t think of them like that. They can’t. This madness will accomplish nothing more than killing off our old unclean caste and replacing it with a new one while causing massive social destruction an permanently angering the purples.   

Well, I’m back at home now. Turns out that my country loses land and I never even fire a shot. Somewhat depressing. But at least we got something. The fact that over countries without farmland to take are allowed to completely upend the social order without objection doesn’t exactly improve things. I’ll have more to say later but for now just like to tell anyone that I’m OK. My partner was injured but should be better soon. It is so good to see our daughter again after all this time when we saw her rather seldom so that is a comfort. I hope that everyone is OK that I used to talk to before the war. The best thing is that everyone seems very calm and no one seems to be doing anything stupid in Voa at least.

It’s definitely better here than it was. Thanks for serving. I’m glad you made it back home safely. 

Well I didn’t do much. Anything really. Thanks though. My partner was quite a hero but I spent the whole war guarding a part of the border that never moved an inch and never even heard enemy gunfire.

Partner?

Yeah, she got hurt on the front. Fairly mild she should be back up soon. A lot suffered far worse. She at least got to serve properly in this war. A better example to out daughter than me. Part of me is glad that my daughter saw this. A grey should understand their role and duty and I feel she does far more deeply than she did now. I'm very glad we are still both here for her though.

Well, I’m back at home now. Turns out that my country loses land and I never even fire a shot. Somewhat depressing. But at least we got something. The fact that over countries without farmland to take are allowed to completely upend the social order without objection doesn’t exactly improve things. I’ll have more to say later but for now just like to tell anyone that I’m OK. My partner was injured but should be better soon. It is so good to see our daughter again after all this time when we saw her rather seldom so that is a comfort. I hope that everyone is OK that I used to talk to before the war. The best thing is that everyone seems very calm and no one seems to be doing anything stupid in Voa at least.

It’s definitely better here than it was. Thanks for serving. I’m glad you made it back home safely. 

Well I didn’t do much. Anything really. Thanks though. My partner was quite a hero but I spent the whole war guarding a part of the border that never moved an inch and never even heard enemy gunfire.

I’m a little busy IRL (I got into my brother’s account!) but a quick thought on Orvara. This is what happens when caste abolitionists and the hard anti-red movement collide. “Red rights” and being anti-red aren’t full opposites; they both weaken the social institutions that keep atrocities like this from happening. Now hundreds of purples will be polluted and degraded while thousands of reds will die.  We can’t call for genocide like it will solve our problems. We can’t explain away fundamental human differences as superstition. Genocide and abolition both seek to destroy the red caste, and when you destroy a pillar, no matter your intentions, the whole building will crash down around you. We don’t need caste war. We don’t need caste destruction. We need caste solidarity. That’s the choice we face.

This. This is what I keep trying to explain. Hundreds of years of tradition can't be overthrown in the middle of a crisis like this without appalling consequences.

Lathande, Orvara - Today the city of Lathande announced that in cooperation with local theologians they have arranged for purple Orvarans to learn red occupations, which given modern technology and safety standards can be performed without substantial risk of pollution.  Click here for a complete standards and practices writeup.  Although there is an initial cost outlay associated with the training and equipment, and purple workers are more expensive than reds, the city is ameliorating these costs via the sale of the now unoccupied red district of Lathande, soon to be demolished and cleaned.  Lathande was declared red-free this morning.

What the fuck? Purples are not replacement reds you abject idiots! What the fuck is wrong with Orvara?

I assume that, given consistency, Orvara will now have war declared on it. I mean this is the worst violation of tradition and the rules that I have seen or imagined in my lifetime.