……问题在于，建立一整套可世袭的“次等公民”身份本身就是邪恶的，不论这些次等公民受到的待遇是好是坏。奥森·斯科特·卡德（Orson Scott Card）的《阿尔文·梅克传奇》（Tales of Alvin Maker）里对此也有很有趣的描写（虽然这套书算不上神作，但确实能让你一窥卡德的摩门教思想），在书里美国独立战争期间南方依然效忠王室。如果乔治三世当时能更好地部署……
…was that the creation of an entire inheritable status of sub-citizens was evil in itself, regardless of how well or poorly the sub-citizens were treated. Also treated interestingly in Orson Scott Card's Tales of Alvin Maker (which are not great books, but sure do give you some insight into Card's Mormonism), where the South remained royalist in the American Revolution. It certainly could have, if George III had better positioned…
……现在我一看到就会立马出戏，因为没有任何一个社会能在几千年里保持一成不变去持续做 Y，除非书里设定了某种前提阻止任何人发明任何新东西。《阿尔文·梅克传奇》（Tales of Alvin Maker）有这种设定。《沙丘》（Dune）也有，但我不买《沙丘》那套说辞的账，因为军方永远都会渴求新技术。这也是我不再相信《星球大战》（Star Wars）世界观的众多原因之一，因为一个能够……
…now I immediately tune out because no society is going to remain static enough to do Y for thousands of years unless there is some premise in the book preventing anyone from inventing anything new. "Tales of Alvin Maker" had that. "Dune" did too but I didn't buy Dune's excuse because militaries always want new tech. This is also one of the many reasons why I can't buy into Star Wars anymore because a society that can…
……问题在于，建立一整套可世袭的“次等公民”身份本身就是邪恶的，不论这些次等公民受到的待遇是好是坏。奥森·斯科特·卡德（Orson Scott Card）的《阿尔文·梅克传奇》（Tales of Alvin Maker）里对此也有很有趣的描写（虽然这套书算不上神作，但确实能让你一窥卡德的摩门教思想），在书里美国独立战争期间南方依然效忠王室。如果乔治三世当时能更好地部署……
…was that the creation of an entire inheritable status of sub-citizens was evil in itself, regardless of how well or poorly the sub-citizens were treated. Also treated interestingly in Orson Scott Card's Tales of Alvin Maker (which are not great books, but sure do give you some insight into Card's Mormonism), where the South remained royalist in the American Revolution. It certainly could have, if George III had better positioned…
……现在我一看到就会立马出戏，因为没有任何一个社会能在几千年里保持一成不变去持续做 Y，除非书里设定了某种前提阻止任何人发明任何新东西。《阿尔文·梅克传奇》（Tales of Alvin Maker）有这种设定。《沙丘》（Dune）也有，但我不买《沙丘》那套说辞的账，因为军方永远都会渴求新技术。这也是我不再相信《星球大战》（Star Wars）世界观的众多原因之一，因为一个能够……
…now I immediately tune out because no society is going to remain static enough to do Y for thousands of years unless there is some premise in the book preventing anyone from inventing anything new. "Tales of Alvin Maker" had that. "Dune" did too but I didn't buy Dune's excuse because militaries always want new tech. This is also one of the many reasons why I can't buy into Star Wars anymore because a society that can…