Why Doesn't Entering A Supposed-to-Be-Dead Body Worry Them?

Of course in this show we do now have The Faction, who appear to be countering the Director's efforts. So a lot of the tendency of their good intentions to backfire may be due to other people performing manipulations of their own to ensure they do. It's a lot harder to get events off a particular course if a third party is sabotaging your efforts and trying to put things back on that course again. You're not just intervening in the past. You're fighting a temporal war.

I was joking with Grimm.

Speaking of intentions, it was fancy "meeting" you over at The Good Place, as both shows are a lot about philosophy.

Well, to be frank, just look at the posters the War Ministry put out back in the day, they likened the Japanese to monkeys and rats. It is sad to admit, but sheer racism was a huge factor in underestimating the IJN, who practiced the attack from 1935. When they did report back on the replica, the ministry thought the plan to be unfeasible as they thought the Japanese don't have the capacity and range to attack. However the clock needed to be turned back to 1868, the start of the Meiji Restoration. It's a perfect example of ripping a feudalistic society right into modern times. They were the fastest to adapt to new technology, but emotionally they weren't ready. Occupying parts of China and Korea was in their plans in the way back in the 16th century. In hindsight, we can clearly state, that a Japanese plan to overrun Asia thereby establishing their own colonial empire was evident, when they've won the war against the Russians in 1905. Manchuria and Korea were the springboards to the oil and caoutchouc readily available in British and Dutch colonies, but securing path to them was only possible through the Philippines, so a war with America was always in the cards.

Some ethical choices are indeed hard, regardless where one lives. For example, there's the question of chemotherapy, radiation therapy and experimental treatments, that might, can, and at times do lower quality of life versus quantity of life, but not trying them factually does lead to a painful death. I feel myself fortunate living in a place, where the right to a comfortable death is granted, since scientifically speaking there's no reason not to allow it under supervision. That doesn't exonerate doctors who make bad choices, but it's a start. The major difference is though, that it was after a long national discussion on the subject. In a huge country, like Australia, Russia, China, India, Brazil or America, most people are affected by the thinkers of their own culture, not being influenced by exterior factors, which is both beneficial and detrimental. Not being subjected to the physical consequences of one's policies, they can go as far into the fringe end as much as they like, and that slows down progress. By the time America ended its isolation, they had clear ideas about what certain ideals can be by its worst representatives.

This is also the reason why quick fixes don't exist. Russia had virtually no middle class, so ripping the country out feudalism, catapulting it into the modern age was a *beep* even today whatever they have as middle class is actually a loyal servant tier in obligation to the state power. Populism can be both left and right wing, the methods are the same, and they rarely end in positive results, as that weakens the position of populists. I agree with what you'd like to see, just not with the execution on how they do it. It's mostly an attempt to reverse time, and give people menial jobs, that either violate health/environmental code or they are jobs done by robots. Sure, nominally tens of thousands will have employment, but the goal should be sustainable quality jobs, not how much they can create. The cold hard truth is, that most of it is smoke and mirrors, Carrier did keep a thousand jobs, but it still will ship 1400 to Mexico this year, as planned. Being the first in economy is only possible with total output, not where it originates from. Giving up on geographic diversification only favors the Chinese, who won't stop doing it, and unlike 20 years ago, they actually do churn out quality products. It's a fact, that today's "Faction" is the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa alliance, and they're a spanner in the works for at least 15 years. A situation that could get worse if the 7th Fleet will be recalled from its current position, though it already has been made worse by becoming cozy with the Russians. Syria is but a temporary alignment of mutual interests, in everything else, they're hostile.

I think that's where utilitarianism versus consequentialism comes in. Being a fish out of water, the choice is between an intelligence which can't comprehend human bond and its strategic importance in human relations versus a group of rogue humans who promise freedom of choice but use tyrannical methods to achieve it, it's like a facsimile between choosing the Czar and the Bolsheviks.

I live in the Gordius Apartment Complex, my interior designer was M.C. Escher.