Don't worry, later Emperors ended up embracing Confuscian thought, which surely made them all super virtuous and never use brutality and fear to enforce their rule...surely...

It is actually funny sometimes how much property relations determine people's ideas. Like billionaires can read all the philosophy they want, they will always find a way to side with the police, for "reasons". Or how landlords will always manage to convince themselves that it is actually bad for society in general if rent goes down. Humans are amazing animals.

Imagine thinking you've reached the End of History when you didn't even have PlayStation 3 yet.

And the case of wine? Oh hell yeah, it's natural to drink wine. As long as I don't have to pay. It's natural to mooch on wine, I guess is my philosophy.