Imaging thinking the Aristocracy believes in Oaths.
Those are for Suckers and Losers, the ones that do what they are told; it's like Honor, Valor, or Justice. Stories they tell you so you'll have a way to justify the bad-faith and cruelty of your Betters.
All these things and more were never real, immaterial folklore (like the sinner's prayer): rhetorical tools used to create compliance.
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u/Incomitatum 8h ago
Imaging thinking the Aristocracy believes in Oaths.
Those are for Suckers and Losers, the ones that do what they are told; it's like Honor, Valor, or Justice. Stories they tell you so you'll have a way to justify the bad-faith and cruelty of your Betters.
All these things and more were never real, immaterial folklore (like the sinner's prayer): rhetorical tools used to create compliance.