| Babylon |
2009-06-23 01:58 PM |
...When faced with the subversion of an organized ruling body, external action -
- even when executed in concert, as a group -- is often ineffectual. True
revolution can only come from working within, and in this the ultimate change
that can be brought about by an individual is magnified by the very machinery
that such organizations utilize to maintain their own authority. Historically,
ruling bodies are always outnumbered by those they rule -- but still they manage
to maintain a disproportionate amount of power through a combination of
tradition, confusion, and punishment. An operative who learns to simulate the
veneer of a loyalist and guard their own secret heart can utilize those very
same tools to overthrow such organizations, or shift them to a more
ideologically pleasing axis...
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