On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 7:22 PM, Craig Berry <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:Well, in canon we have one example of a species (well, a mutant individual of that species and his clones) that wasn't technologically conservative. They achieved wonders, then annihilated themselves spectacularly. Maybe the non-conservative species tend to self-destruct at an early stage? Perhaps that's really why the Second Imperium fell apart -- too much Solomani impulsiveness, not enough Vilani caution.What happened IMTU is that the Solomani tore down Vilani institutions but had no idea how to erect replacements which were durable on an interstellar scale. Their mistake was attempting to spread democracy through military conquest (e.g. the American reshaping of post-war Japan) to cultures which had either no tradition of democracy at all or else where such traditions had been crushed millenia ago by the imposition of Vilani culture. The backlash from this massive miscalculation is what created the current wave of *Solomani* conservatism, manifesting as the fascist Solomani Movement.--Richard Aiken
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