Demosthenes & Locke

Demosthenes: Demosthenes was a great orator and statesmen. The first time he made a public speech it was a disaster. Fortunately for him, he met an actor who taught him how to talk and perform in front of crowds and  his speeches were somewhat powerful and could've even got him killed. For example, one of his speeches were on how Athens were corrupt when he himself was an Athenian. His speeches were always out there, direct and certainly caused a lot of attention. In this instance, I definitely think that Valentine's character is somewhat similar to the actual Demosthenes. Valentine's Demosthenes talks of anti-Russian campaigns to try take their power. Her scripts are also somewhat paranoid and played on xenophobic fear, worrying all the more readers and forced them against the treaty as she points out that they are vulnerable and they need to fix America's defense to help protect them against a Russian invasion.

John Locke: Locke was considered one Britain's greatest ever empiricists (Empiricism is a theory of knowledge that debates with which opposes other theories known in topics such as rationalism or historicism). Peter's character Locke took on the role of an empiricist on the nets to try to put doubt in the minds of other people by saying that the pact was good, but putting forward more ideas for it, almost pointing out fundamental problems with it, his theology on the topic making sense and giving him power. He was also given power by answering Demosthenes questions and debating with him/her.


The views that Peter and Valentine take on the nets are opposite ones so that they can debate points and instill fear and doubt in other people. Fear is the key element in trying to persuade people to see their points. It debating with each, they're indirectly agreeing to disagree in that they are always pointing problems with the   pacts, letting it be known new ones were needed to be put in place. As this allowed fear to spread through people, their voices and opinions became significantly stronger as they created more doubt in the pacts and as they were the ones to point out the fundamental problems with the pacts and gain influence in the process, they would be the ones to place new pacts and that is how Peter came to power.