Morality in Bog Standard Isekai (Book 5)
So, I've been reading Bog Standard and liking it a lot. One of the things I love about it is the depiction of Witches. The author does a great job of keeping to the main "mythos" and aesthetics of Witches as adversaries, while still exploring the idea of a good witch. But more than just showing us good and evil witches, we get a deep, slowly built understanding of what being a witch even means, the fair but dangerous feeling that originates their power, and the tragedy of their existence.
But all of that complexity seemly comes to a halt when it comes to Arcaena as a country. Besides showing us that Arcaena is nearly a paradise for it's common citizens, the author always seem to use Brin to "inform" us that actually none of that is good because #freedom and levels are both better than, you know, actually having your needs met, an hilarious point of view for a character who's been rich and literally says he's never seem a beggar. We also never meet anyone from Arcaena who is neither a victim or a villain, so we never get a taste of that slowly built complexity the prior books gave us in regards to witches. Am I missing something? What are your thoughts in regards to Arcaena?