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Originally Posted by darthfanta
Besides that, replacing those 250 brains with normal government employees is even crazier.
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...Why? What makes you think that 250 "normal government employees" couldn't do as good a job of running Japan as these 250 brains are?
You don't have to be a genius, or some "1 in a million" person, in order to be a competent bureaucrat.
As for Psycho-Pass' Japan vs. Stalin's USSR, it's an interesting comparison.
Stalin's USSR was clearly much harsher on political dissidents. Having controversial political views won't, in and of itself, get you into trouble in Psyco-Pass' Japan. There doesn't appear to be anything quite like the KGB here.
OTOH, if you towed the party line in Stalin's USSR and just went about your business, you weren't likely to get into trouble. In Psycho-Pass' Japan, all it takes is one bad reading, and you're liable to get killed or incarcerated for life. The arbitrariness of it all is what's so alarming.
If forced to choose between living in Stalin's USSR or living in Psycho-Pass' Japan, I'd probably choose the latter. But that's at least partly because Psycho-Pass' Japan is much more high-tech than Stalin's USSR. Might be neat to take advantage of some of that futuristic technology.
