@SOBL1 I don’t recall many specifics anymore (read it 3 yrs ago), but it’s so obvious. His protagonist (and he) are hardcore WASPS...
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@SOBL1 …their view is one of whiggish progress from Scientific Rev onwards, shepherded by enlightened monks ... -
@SOBL1 …who help defeat wayward, abberative regimes like those of Tojo and Hitler. -
@SOBL1 The key figure to understand this viewpoint in the book is Enoch Root. -
@i_contemplate_@SOBL1 there's a lecture about Athene/Mars that's explicitly doing that, but I don't think that's the whole thing. - 3 more replies
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@i_contemplate_@asilentsky The Baroque Cycle is literally pro-Whig.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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