Your statement boils down to, [X] is wrong for all these reasons but also very useful, where we substitute X for things like:
Beating your children
Theft
Lying
Cheating
Basically, an argument for results over ethics, your success over consequences to others. Is that the world you want to live in

Yeah. Compared to what I vaguely remember from Siuan's arc in the books after, though tragic, I actually prefer what we got on screen! (Compared to my two friends who I got to watch with zero book knowledge who are ready to drop the show now 😭 It's sad it hits differently, but makes sense)

As a functionally-show only person, thanks for sharing this! It's helpful context that shows the showrunners trying to stay faithful to the lore

(And choosing not to change this in show seems like a choice to book readers over show-only folks, explaining some of the upset)

it made me notice that the American left is so accustomed to police violence that it has given up on *succeeding to be safe* and has capitulated to violent/peaceful dichotomy in its own way --- if there is no violence, it's useless lib shit

tbh if this administration can't break or at least significantly weaken partisan polarization idk if anything can, guess we're gonna see if there was actually a reason why every other administration in American history has really avoided trying to do what they're doing now

5/ Trump knows that he can weaken (and maybe destroy) democracy by using spending and taxation in the same way.

He is using access to government funds to bully universities, law firms and state and local governments into loyalty pledges.