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On Sat, 5/21/16, Bruce Johnson <xxxxxx@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU> wrote:

 Subject: Re: Incredibly efficient! was Re: [TML] L-Hyd not necessary for jumping & misc....
 To: "xxxxxx@simplelists.com" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>
 Date: Saturday, May 21, 2016, 3:44 PM

 > On
 May 21, 2016, at 1:15 PM, tmr0195@comcast.net
 wrote:
 >
 > Hello
 Bruce,
 >
 >
 Wouldn't Cleon I also of had information on the First
 Imperium too?

 He would
 have, after all, Sylea is vastly closer to Vland than it is
 to Terra, and Cleon was unusual for having  Terran
 ancestry. But the First Imperium model clearly did not suit
 his aims. I think his goal was to combine the decentralized
 control of the 2nd Imperium and the centralized hierarchy of
 the 1st. Then again, the 1st Imperium seems to be an empire
 in name only; it was actually more of a corporate oligarchy.

 The Shadow Emperor was
 conveniently kept in the background as a god-like figure,
 akin to the Japanese Emperor during the Meiji restoration,
 or the Chinese emperor in the last days of the Ming dynasty,
 and the Empire is run by the big corporations divvying up
 the sectors.

 The 1st
 Imperium seems particularly modeled on the early 20th
 century Japan with the rise of the Daibatsu as the main
 economic powers, before the military takeover of fascist
 Japan era.

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Terran ancestry plus a vilani surname.
Now that *was* lucky, no?

A PBS special I viewed over 10 years ago disclosed that Hirohito was hardly 'kept in the background'.
(That was more appropo to the pre-restoration era, where, while there was an emperor, the Shogun had the real power)
The point of the special was to demonstrate that was no significant 'peace movement' w/i Japan's gov before the 'bombs' were dropped.
(before the special was aired the local paper would be hit w/ a flurry of 'letters to the editor' stating that Japan was ready to surrender & so the 'A-bombs' weren't necessary.  Since the airing, those ltrs no longer appear) While the special amply demonstrated the Japanese govs willingness to fight to the last person ("Everyone fights. Everyone dies") it also showed that the emperor was personally, directly, & deeply involved in the decision process & had been all along. It wasn't stated in the special but I believe that that it can be shown that Japan's shift to militarism can be directly attributed to the accession of Hirohito in the mid-20's.

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