Comments on: Abixia is a paracosm https://www.isegoria.net/2018/09/abixia-is-a-paracosm/ 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: David Foster https://www.isegoria.net/2018/09/abixia-is-a-paracosm/comment-page-1/#comment-2673530 David Foster Wed, 03 Oct 2018 19:06:57 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=43943#comment-2673530 Graham…not only girls, though. Kaiser Wilhelm II evidently called for some sort of European-wide semi-Socialism, in which wage differences would be compressed in the name of helping out those at the bottom. Of course, he did not intend this Equality to apply to himself and other aristocrats.

Kipling wrote a poem about the Kaiser’s proposal:

https://www.bartleby.com/364/146.html

It’s an interesting poem. The lines

“They passed one resolution:—“Your sub-committee believe
“You can lighten the curse of Adam when you’ve lifted the curse of Eve.”"

…suggest that female hypergamy drives male competitiveness, and you can’t level out the second unless you eliminate the first.

]]> By: Graham https://www.isegoria.net/2018/09/abixia-is-a-paracosm/comment-page-1/#comment-2672674 Graham Wed, 03 Oct 2018 01:44:25 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=43943#comment-2672674 The Simpsons ripped off this notion some years ago when Lisa met an even more intellectual and neurotic girl and they reenacted the story of Anne Perry and Juliet Hulme, without the killing bit. They created a Narnia-like paradise of sentient fairy creatures called Equalia, which was an egalitarian paradise except, inevitably, for the benevolent rule of its two Queens. ‘Twas ever thus. Boys create fantasies in which they are conquerors or adventurers, sure, but they expect to have to work for their imaginary payoff. Girls create magic paradises in which their aspiration to monarchy is not considered incompatible with equality.

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