it’s a fact that the South is economically deprived compared to the North, and that deprivation is felt most acutely in the Bottom Hundred. It’s also a fact that Llyrian political and cultural institutions are dominated by Northerners, and have been throughout history. That’s the legacy of imperialism—the North reaps while the South sows.” “I didn’t ask you to educate me about my own country,” Effy snapped. “Statistics don’t tell the whole story. Besides, Argantians did the same thing. Cut up your northern mountain villages into mining towns and coal tunnels, only you let your myths and magic
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How is what she’s saying a response to him? It's "whataboutism" that ignores the point he's trying to make — which is honestly a very good one when combined with the evidence they have of Myrddin's documents.
Effy is insufferable. 🙈
