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[tyrantball]

The feed snaps on to reveal a little girl with horns and three eyes staring into the camera, her face twisted up into an angry sort of scowl. Without any preamble, she launches into an angry tirade.

"What is the corrupternment here doing?! Desco is getting fed up with how badly the political process is being mangled in this town! It offends her pride as a former senator!"

She crosses her arms over her chest and harrumphs angrily.

"Desco made a standard speech and used all the normal political boilerplate, and the humans she was talking to became a mob! And not even the useful kind - it was a panicked mob! Mr. Green Hair said that it was because Desco scared them!"

She starts gnawing distractedly on the tip one claw, still scowling.

"What is going on that the humans here are afraid of the political process? It's stupid! Next you will be telling Desco that the officials are elected or something, instead of just overthrowing the previous regime!"

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[voice]

[andcarryabigknife]

"I do have a name."

[voice]

[tyrantball]

"Well, it's not like you ever told Desco what it was, you know!"

[voice]

[andcarryabigknife]

Gale sighs. Audibly.

"My name is Gale."

[voice]

[tyrantball]

"Oh, okay!"

A slight pause before she continues.

"Thank you for letting Desco have that snack! It was tasty!"

[voice]

[andcarryabigknife]

"You are welcome."

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[imthegoodguy]

I think that's exactly the political process here, given that we're in Japan.

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[tyrantball]

Desco is just making the most incredulous face at the camera.

"But...but that's dumb! Do humans really turn selecting their leaders into some kind of-of popularity contest?! How do you even know they're competent if they don't take their positions by force?!"

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[imthegoodguy]

People generally enjoy choosing who has control over their day to day lives. Dictators tend not to go over well.

[ EXPERIENCE ??? ]

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[tyrantball]

She's obviously struggling with this concept.

"...but...if you don't like the current regime, all you have to do is overthrow it. Armed revolt is the most basic right of all demons!"

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[imthegoodguy]

Yes, well, some people get tired of the never-ending turmoil that comes with constant revolts. Some people like having security.

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[tyrantball]

WELP

THAT'S IT

DESCO IS DONE TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT

DONE

"...humans are weird."

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[imthegoodguy]

You're telling me.

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[primordial]

[WHOAH THERE DESCO CALM DOWN]

Um...Desco, people usually don't like it when, erm, you go and lecture them. Like you are.

And yes, they elect them. Sorry to say.

[MONSTERS DON'T MAKE GOOD SENATORS HERE, DESCO]

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[tyrantball]

"But Desco wants to understand! How does a system like that even work?!"

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[primordial]

It just does. People are candidates to become elected, and people vote for which one they want the most. That's the basis of it.

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[tyrantball]

This confuses Desco.

"The where do the bribes come in?"

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[primordial]

[A shrug.]

You bribe people either to give a specific candidate more money or to do stuff to make the other candidate look bad. That, or getting people to vote for a specific person.

[video]

[tyrantball]

Woah woah woah. Wait.

Back the truck up.

"You mean humans use bribes for things other than getting their bills passed?!"

[video]

[primordial]

Of course they do. There are more things people want than just bills, you know.

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[feminine_carnivore]

...You were a senator? [ Chie's not usually the one to pick on young girls, but she definitely looks way too young to be a part of any government. ]

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[tyrantball]

She draws herself up proudly.

"Foreign Minister Desco! It was Desco's job to go to other Netherworlds and participate in the Dark Senate meetings!"

And now she's nodding to herself.

"If the petitioners didn't give Desco her bribes, she would fuse with another Senator to become Mega Desco and vote them down! Ah, those were the days..."

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[feminine_carnivore]

That doesn't sound like reality at all. [ In fact it sounds like some sort of VIDEO GAME or ANIME. ]

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[tyrantball]

ssshhh we don't talk about the anime

shhh

"Do human politicians not take bribes?"

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[feminine_carnivore]

Of course not! [ Well, that's not true exactly. ]

At Least they don't tell people about it.

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[tyrantball]

Desco is now pouting at you.

"But that just covers the political process in a layer of pointless secrecy! What's the point of giving bribes if nobody knows you've bought a senator's affection?"

She is really trying to figure this out, here.