Can any human domestication guide fans confirm whether this is accurate?
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I'm not talking about florets, I'm talking about everyone who isn't Affini. No civilization is permitted to self-govern without Affini interference.
Basically, you're free to self-govern as a vassal of the compact as long as you do what you're told and don't want independence. That's not freedom. That's not political rights. That's abuse. Guess what, black slaves who did what their masters told them were treated better too, but that doesn't mean they had freedom.
I have little experience with HDG, but I'm afraid you have little understanding of what communism and freedom mean, and that's far more important. So far we have not disagreed on the facts of the fiction. We've only disagreed on the facts of political systems and ethics.
I do in fact believe the Affini are entirely benevolent. They are also wrong. They are monsters who mean well.
Yes they are an imperialist empire. I never said otherwise. What I was saying is they are not fascist nor are they capitalist. They aren't necessarily feudalist either.
As for political rights: you have as much political freedom as you do in current "democracies". Which is to say as an individual you can't change much at all. Take the USA for example, individuals don't choose the laws they live under, states can make some laws but are limited in their power and self-governence. If a state tried to leave they probably wouldn't be allowed to and it would probably lead to civil war and them being recaptured. That's basically what the Terran Protectorate is in the Affini compact. It's a state in the larger compact with limited self-governance. Terrans can vote in larger elections in the larger Affini compact much like they can vote for things in the Terran protectorate. Arguably they are more free under the compact than they were in the Terran accord or current day society as the Affini compact does not have rich oligarchs who control everything. Means of production are owned by both Affini and independents.
Forcing other states to become their vassels is definitely an imperialist thing to do, but in this case it doesn't really remove the rights of the individuals only the rights of governments. I think that's an important thing to understand.
I would argue that the possibility of forced Domestication as well as all the psychic manipulation is the real serious issue with the compact in terms of freedom. The privileges afforded to only Affini such as the ability to take florets are another serious issue. You could very well call those things abuse. In terms of government and economics they are pretty free by comparison.