So do I. [ hope that the leaders of the time didn't make the choice easily, and she's right, they don't know. the enemy were AI, not tied to physical bodies, perhaps there wasn't a choice to eliminate some and not all. ] Do you believe the surviving peoples' comfort should take precedence over the recognition of an ugly truth?
[ like her questions before, it's one without judgment, asked mildly with curiosity. there is merit to the concept 'ignorance is bliss' and there's a good reason hunters like sam and dean hide the supernatural world and its dangers from the general human populace. but, there's two sides to every choice, and even if it gives them peace, it also leaves them blinded and vulnerable to what they don't know or understand.
cas knows every choice a leader makes for their people is a gamble, a risk, and sometimes that pays off, and sometimes, that leader is left to carry the destruction wrought from their choices, and the burden of mourning all those that had to pay for their failure in foresight. it isn't an easy or simple ask for anyone.]
It would be, and humans throughout history have used propaganda to demonize an enemy to their populace for that reason exactly. To ease the acceptance of a war, of violent force. [ not always to a virtuous end, but every war that needs majority support from society will have some form of propaganda around it, not even Heaven is free from that. it isn't a new concept, but is it a right concept? ] If a leader is wrong in turning their people against another, how is that reconciled? Do we bury it, do we attempt to fix it? And if we do bury it, is the blame partly ours if history repeats?
[ it's a genuine ask he'd like to hear her thoughts on, because despite her youth, she clearly has some level of experience with war and leadership. lexa's given him some very good points to think on so far, and human insight on the more delicate topics, like this, are hard for him to come by. it's not like he and dean just sit around the breakfast table chatting about propaganda and warped history. it's not really dean's thing.
it's true, she misses very little, and a small but warm smile pulls across castiel's lips. ]
I did. [ just that, confirming, yes, he did say millions of years, as if he has lived that long, but he's not diving right into explaining that just yet. first - ] My name is Castiel.
no subject
[ like her questions before, it's one without judgment, asked mildly with curiosity. there is merit to the concept 'ignorance is bliss' and there's a good reason hunters like sam and dean hide the supernatural world and its dangers from the general human populace. but, there's two sides to every choice, and even if it gives them peace, it also leaves them blinded and vulnerable to what they don't know or understand.
cas knows every choice a leader makes for their people is a gamble, a risk, and sometimes that pays off, and sometimes, that leader is left to carry the destruction wrought from their choices, and the burden of mourning all those that had to pay for their failure in foresight. it isn't an easy or simple ask for anyone.]
It would be, and humans throughout history have used propaganda to demonize an enemy to their populace for that reason exactly. To ease the acceptance of a war, of violent force. [ not always to a virtuous end, but every war that needs majority support from society will have some form of propaganda around it, not even Heaven is free from that. it isn't a new concept, but is it a right concept? ] If a leader is wrong in turning their people against another, how is that reconciled? Do we bury it, do we attempt to fix it? And if we do bury it, is the blame partly ours if history repeats?
[ it's a genuine ask he'd like to hear her thoughts on, because despite her youth, she clearly has some level of experience with war and leadership. lexa's given him some very good points to think on so far, and human insight on the more delicate topics, like this, are hard for him to come by. it's not like he and dean just sit around the breakfast table chatting about propaganda and warped history. it's not really dean's thing.
it's true, she misses very little, and a small but warm smile pulls across castiel's lips. ]
I did. [ just that, confirming, yes, he did say millions of years, as if he has lived that long, but he's not diving right into explaining that just yet. first - ] My name is Castiel.