一早暗示咗會搞投票,不過一般人唔識睇啫
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What will it take to “break the wheel” of Westeros? How “Game of Thrones” highlights the importance of institutions
Analysis by Ilya Somin
Guest
August 25, 2017 at 3:09 p.m. EDT
In a famous scene in Season 5 of Game of Thrones, Daenerys Targaryen compares the struggle for power in Westeros to a spinning wheel that elevates one great noble house and then another. She vows that she does not merely intend to turn the wheel in her own favor: “
I’m not going to stop the wheel. I’m going to break the wheel.”
Unlike most of the other rulers we see in the series, Daenerys has at least some genuine interest in improving the lot of ordinary people…
Nonetheless, it is not clear whether Daenerys has any plan to
prevent future oppression and injustice other than to replace the current set of evil rulers with a better one: herself. The idea of “breaking the wheel” implies systemic institutional reform, not just replacing the person who has the dubious honor of planting his or her rear end on the Iron Throne in King’s Landing. If Daenerys has any such reforms in mind, it is hard to say what they are….
The characters in the books and the TV show are not the only ones who largely ignore the need for institutional change. We the fans are often guilty of the same sin. Few fans watch the show with an eye to institutional questions…
Most of us read fantasy literature and watch TV shows to be entertained, not to get a lesson in political theory….