Comments on: High Kings and Galactic Emperors https://www.isegoria.net/2013/03/high-kings-and-galactic-emperors/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 01 May 2026 21:33:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Scipio Americanus https://www.isegoria.net/2013/03/high-kings-and-galactic-emperors/comment-page-1/#comment-802484 Scipio Americanus Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:29:14 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=31261#comment-802484 I’ve always loved that aspect of the Dune Encyclopedia.

I find it tremendously fun to consider modern politics and international affairs through the Dune lens :D

]]> By: Buckethead https://www.isegoria.net/2013/03/high-kings-and-galactic-emperors/comment-page-1/#comment-802350 Buckethead Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:06:35 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=31261#comment-802350 The one political-philosophy consideration that is often mentioned is that in an interstellar world where travel times between systems is FTL but still slow, feudalism is a possible outcome. When it takes months to travel between the periphery and the core, delegation of authority via viceroys and the like is a better solution than outright independence — at least from the perspective of the core worlds.

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