video, un: revolution

[idealisme]

What would you die for?


[There's no preamble. Enjolras is not in the mood to set the scene. He's been thinking and gotten nowhere so he wants the input of others. Over his shoulder it's apparent his room a shambles, a young man living alone with his mind on things other than housekeeping.]

For myself there's a cause that I've given all my life to. It's the highest ideal I can imagine. I know that is not a usual thing. Life is precious; until I woke up here I'd have said that death precluded any second chances at it. But that's beside the point.

I ask because I thought I others shared my opinions. It is rational to give your life only for the most important ideal. Sacrificing yourself for just anything- to get any item or even for another person... [His lips pinch together in thought, his eyes look distant for a moment.] I have not been able to reconcile it.

[A quick sigh escapes him, frustrated.]

I would appreciate your sincere answers and insights. Thank you.

Comments

[hedonistic]

[It's the second time he's heard this idea of people being born free. Kagari wonders what it might have been like, living in that kind of world. Would he still have been dangerous, like Sybil had said? Would he have turned out the way he is now? It's too frightening a thought to dwell on, the idea that he might have suffered for nothing.]

Sounds like a nice fantasy, dude.

[And yet there's a bitter taste in his mouth about it. Not so much about freedom, or even equality (pipe dream as that sounds to him), but the idea that this guy believed it, and then he died. The world chews up and spits out people like him, ultimately. Akane joined the MWPSB in order to learn the "purpose of her existence" because she'd been marked as uniquely qualified to offer her services there, and ended up watching her friend get murdered.]

But most people are gonna be selfish, ultimately. They'll wanna keep themselves safe rather than take care of everyone. Sooner or later, someone'll come up with a reason for some people not to really count as people, and then those "rights" will be out the window.

[idealisme]

Not necessarily. A man has woken here recently from some time in the future of my country. [Can you see Enjolras' eyes brighten he gets to talk about France]

Perhaps forty or fifty years after my death the monarchy I fought against has come to an end. The nation has a constitution now, codified law regarding the rights of all men and the necessity that they be respected.

[IT'S jUST VERY EXCITING OKAY]

[hedonistic]

[Poor Enjolras getting his French freedom party rained on .....]

Heh, Japan has one of those too. It's a nice thought, and all, but the whole thing's a sham since Sybil picks the politicians anyway.

[He s h r u g s.]

The law's only as good as the people enforcing it, right?