Is this book an Anarchist critique of Authoritarian and liberal models of modernity?
Shower thought from the other day. This may be kind of a shallow analysis but I thought I'd throw it out there.
The Carryx rule more like a traditional colonial empire - subject people's are expected to conform themselves to the expectations and needs of the dominant species. Their culture is only tolerated to exist if it brings value to the colonizer.
The deathless enemy are a bit more like a neo-liberal regime where participation in the war is technically voluntary, but includes a bargain where the participants are gradually hollowed out and reshaped to serve the ends of the war effort. Like in Capitalism we are technically free to choose to opt out and be poor, but in practice most of us have to choose to conform our lives to the needs of the market and gradually give up little pieces of ourselves.
Carryx rule is obvious and brutal, but it includes an honest choice - serve us or die. The Deathless/Livesuit side implies that you will get to live and continue to be you, but gradually turns you into a mockery of that life.
What do you think?