@Assaultsquirt
The most prominent Sage of their time, the one in the Hero's party, is a pretty good view of how Sages
should likely be, IMO.
Being
forced into a life
is shit. I
know people want structure,
I'm fucking one of them. The reason I want structure is
because I have free will. The 'protection' is pretty much forced slavery,
not structure. Quoting
one individual, an outlier even, working with a bad 'protection' does
not counter my point:
Logic dictates roughly half of the population is unhappy with their 'protection'.
Ademi had to resort to fucking drugs because he hated his 'protection', and look what that resulted in. All is
not fine when
logically half of
everyone is suffering under compulsion running directly
counter to their free will.
You are misunderstanding my usage of 'job'. A job is
not just the task one performs, but also the recompense earned. You are talking about
tasks; no shit nobody wants to suffer sewage for shit pay unless absolutely necessary or voluntary. No shit almost anybody
would for tons of cash. Society is what it is, and changes slowly. There
are jobs enough for everyone, but like you said nobody wants the task for the pay offered. You just confirmed my fucking point.
Edit: for clarity
@Kiyan19
There are issues with
our free will as well. It can be affected by various conditions or chemicals. But generally, I think most would say they act of their own free will. In this fictional world,
everyone is
constantly having their free will impacted by their 'protection'. It's like if
everyone in
our world had Dissociative Identity Disorder, with some lucky people just by chance having everything align with their will regardless.
Edit: shit, tagged the wrong person. Sorry flannan.