I think a lot about how in shatter me the republic worked hard on erasing all culture and religion from the face of earth. And it most likely worked. The concept the world being void of the diversity of culture is such a weird and odd thing to think about, and i think it’s such a huge waste that was not explored more. Nazeera -for example- wears a scarf (hijab) only out of solidarity for the women that she watched suffer but she has no idea what it truly means or represents, and she never will because even after Juliette took over, the knowledge that was lost can never be regained . And how they had gotten rid of books. Because they realize how valuable books are. And to control the people they needed them to be ignorant and uneducated. I hate how the romance aspect of the series got more attention than that (by both tahereh and the fandom)