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What it sounds to me like ZUN is saying is that authoritarianism is inherently absurd. The laws and edicts imposed, and not only them but the seat of authority itself, is treated as being divine and above the realm of the common man, yet it's all based on arbitrary decisions that are often made for very banal, petty, or flawed reasons. The emperor can title himself the lord of heaven and earth if he wants, yet he still shits in a chamber pot just like a peasant,a nd he's ultimately not one iota any better than the peasant.