On 3/30/2016 1:24 PM, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) wrote:

> I've always been highly skeptical of "inevitable" evolutions of anything.
> My experience is that such a thing is usually highly subjective.
> In this case, one could easily posit that the supposedly "inevitable" result did not occur in the TU 'cuz the post-containerization 20th century is not a perfect (or perfect enough) analogy to the TU. Or that the 17/18th centuries are better analogies. Or any number of other speculative onclusions.
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> Once again it really just comes down to a personal preference. It's really all about exactly what sort of TU is desired. In other words there is a desired outcome & the process is required to support that.
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> After all, isn't that what the original conception of the TU was all about?

The original conception of the TU was by fiat, and/or based on 20th
century space opera, attempting to recreate the society, customs and
dynamics of a particular historical era on a single planet in a future
setting with thousands.  The problem is that the assumptions and source
material supporting that conception do not hold up to any sort of
sustained examination.

If you're okay with that - if you're okay with running a campaign whose
setting is entirely based on "because I/Marc Miller/Book X say(s) so" -
go for it.  Any and all counterarguments can be dismissed on that basis.

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