Re: Filtered
The Powers That Be and the Senior Partners control certain aspects of reality. But do they actually rule over the people as a regular government would? They don't appear to, from what I've seen. They are more like ancient gods to be appeased, who spend their time waging petty skirmishes against each other, than actual rulers.
But the fact that something like what I mentioned can happen on the world where I am employed, where vampires and the supernatural are also prevalent, shows that it can happen here as well. That's why I said the organization at the heart of the country. Because democracy as the people perceive it doesn't exist here either, in all likelihood. The idea is naive, as you said.
It's a matter of science. People believe that love is some intangible emotion that is beyond description. In truth, it is simply a matter of chemical reactions in the body designed to attract two individuals together, in order to pass down their genes. Love is nothing but a biological process, and one we can evolve beyond.