The events in Colelie, and why do the Feds sometimes seem patronizing

It is maybe not self-evident that territorial sovereignty trumps claims of blood. It is evident, though: otherwise we might as well go back to clan wars, and shortly will.

Treating “tribe” in its most-traditional sense of a community on the scale of maybe a small collection of villages, it should also be pretty clear that tribal (that is, basically, blood) sentiments are uncivilized. That’s the primordial state of humanity. Civilization exists precisely to let us be … well. Larger than that, without all the time killing each other. The Republic’s managed this, by the way-- you just still call your interplanetary sub-factions “tribes.”

You violated another nation’s sovereign space explicitly to try to force the Federation to violate its own laws. Nobody, including you, thinks that was good. Why would this need to be discussed further?

Why would you want it to be?

Edit:

I mean, is it really okay if we view your culture as being basically unstable, aggressive, and driven by a sense of grievance, so long as you can resent us for it and build your grievance higher? It’s probably good for group unity, but. . . .

… in the long term it seems like a big gift to the Empire, I guess. Particularly if it gets bad enough that the Federation pulls support, and the Federation’s responsive to its people’s will, so perception is going to matter a little.

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