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> Or perhaps the Lhankor Mhy still have their monopoly and are thus
> necessary for the functioning of the army.
how about...
The War of the Word, featuring fears from LM around involuntary
induction in the Lunar Way through reading. Not only is introducing
fairly widespread literacy against tradition, it actively subborns
the very forces it is being implement to command. Thus, even should
the newly literate orlanthi succeed in destroying the empire, the
result would merely be the acceleration of penetration of Lunar ideas
in orlanthi society. LM turns militant as it seeks to suppress the
heretic and his minions...
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