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"Thesis of the Dragons" Attracts Criticism
Bookstores were jam-packed for the last few days as crowds rushed to purchase copies of "Thesis of the Dragons," blocking entire streets and hindering the movement of motorists and pedestrians alike. The recently-released book by Librarian [REDACTED] has attracted massive attention from all of the SICR, with millions of copies being sold within the first few days of its publication. The vastly popular book covers the subjects and problems of Imperial Bureaucracy, calling the current government set up as "slow and ineffecient." Instead, it calls for a two-phase transformation of Imperial culture, citing the dangers of Mundus externally. "If Slava Lavosk has nuclear weapons, then who are we to trust that Rokkenjima, Achkaerin or East Moreland would not rearm their pre-existing stockpiles?"
It also marks Soviet Kaitaine and the Bene Gesserit (Theocracy of Kaitaine) as untrustworthy and a threat to the dragonaii people as a whole. "The soviets and their theocratic counterparts are equally brutal, yet they seek to make themselves out as righteous and the true heroes of their people. Both are wolves dressed as sheep, and both froth at the mouth. They have nothing but the lust for victory in their eyes, and they will go to great lengths to seek it, whether it be the honeyed lies that they hand out like sweets to foreigners, asking for support or direct action, such as the Bene Gesserit's child soldiers and the Soviets' usage of gas weapons."
With Rokkenjima, the Librarian had few good words for as well. "They are an octopus, reaching out in the guise of justice and supportive intervention to spread their influence and meddle in others' affairs. Unsatisfied with their own little pool, they will happily take others for their own benefit. As such we can already see that they held talks with the leaders of SANE. Poison to the mind, no doubt. Rokkenjima within SANE? Unthinkable. But possible? Very much so."
Even with many dragonaii in support of SANE, the book brings up concerns and doubts of many for the future of the alliance. "We are not ready for an alliance. We know little about our neighbors, and what we do know is mostly from their viewpoint. It was formed prematurely, in haste and worry that the Rokkenjimans would invade. It is not to say that the alliance is unnecessary, but the SICR should reserve itself to internal affairs until we have something that Mundus will bargain for, and it is at that point that we will reemerge and once again involve ourselves in external problems. We need leverage, but we have none.
The prementioned government reformation is described in the book as: "A complete transformation of government energies and powers. There will be one stage to accompany the logistical stress of the transformation, that we shall call the Transitive Administration of China, and then upon its completion, a new nation will emerge, the second stage, that we shall call the Unity of China.
The Transitive Administration will be governed by a council of specialists instead of bureaucrats, and upon the Unity's founding, will be exchanged to the High Thunder Council. Contrary to democracy, each division of work or study will be governed according to a person who is an expert in their respective field and will dictate all policies; for example, any research into biology will be first governed by a biologist, who will control the overall flow of funding, while those under him/her will be responsible for the various fields of biology."
Librarian [REDACTED] has stated that his publication is meant to push other dragonaii into awareness and then action. Other details, he has said, can be figured out if the Transitive Administration actually is founded, which he has mentioned his doubt of passing in government, not to mention resistance from other parties.
Indeed, opposition from several parties have already arisen, including Erich Huoying(LEP) stating, "This thesis is the rambling of a madman. To reform the government in such a way would cause the death of democracy in the SICR as we know it. Dragonaii should not take this book as seriously as they have. It is propaganda, an attempt to level all that we have striven for since the civil war. We cannot afford such a folly ever again."
From the DEP/MIP, Congresswoman Lu Yunshan has called the book a "symbol of democracy's end" and would like Quintelia and New Derusmia to understand that this "is only an upstart ideology that will soon waste away."
Even the SDP has voiced concerns that this sort of action may be too extreme. Helmut Eicht, leader of the SDP, has mentioned that the measures involved seem "ill-thought-out and far too hasty."
This has been DBS.