Disembodied Voice · 2mo
🌕 again, thanks for answering my prev question! Ratio joining THE capitalist society when the fulcrum of his personality is generally to provide help, even if ppl don't realise it is rather strange. Makes you wonder if he doesn't have some other reason (maybe grant funding and the lesser of some other evil?).
On a separate point, do you think that Dr. Ratio has some position in government in his home galaxy? Going by the Laurel Wreath theory the Union was run through an (academic) meritocracy and Ratio would definitely qualify based on his achievements.
I think it's implied, somewhat, in his CS that he was offered something that made it impossible for him to refuse the offer, given there was a "grim sigh" that followed after he opened the letter, and again, his entire philosophy seems very antithetical to the IPC — who started out as devout followers of the Preservation, people who traded simple materials and offered them to the Amber Lord, before Qixing came along.
To your other point: imagine... a doctor, an educator, an IPC delegate, and a politician all at once. Where does he find the time? Saying that, maybe, or maybe he refused it because it would make it hard for him to achieve his goal of spreading knowledge and bringing education throughout the galaxy. Plus, I think he's too private for that. He doesn't really like being in the light; he's comfortable in the shadows. (Truly an owl, that man...)
