Centralization is Good Because Zeus is a Rapist: An Essay

If Zeus knows you have a pretty daughter, he will cheat on his wife with your daughter, whether your daughter wants him to or not. Hence it's best to have as few Zeuses as possible, which means centralization. 

Bonus round: Hera will blame your daughter for Zeus' infidelity. Double bonus round: if you complain to Zeus about any of this, you will die. The moral of the story is you don't want to marry the local bigman no matter how hot he seems, and in fact you want to get as far away from him as possible, ideally so he doesn't even know you might exist. 

Personnel is policy and in theory it's possible to promote someone who isn't a shithead. In practice it's clear there's two kinds: those who are in the black government and those who haven't worked out how to scam themselves into the black government. If you (Zeus) don't rape their daughter, they're all like, "What, isn't she hot enough for you? Huh!?!" Like, okay then, happy now? "No! Tyranny is oppressive! I'm going to whine about it!" No wonder Zeus offs this chud. 

If the tyrant isn't tyrannous it smashes all their hopes and dreams, which are invariably to be at tyrant. He's not mad you raped his daughter, he's mad he's not the one doing the raping. Obviously he can't actually say so, and thus he finds one excuse or another to complain, ideally one that tricks you (Zeus) into giving up your throne.

Whether the pyramid is tall and skinny or short and fat, it doesn't much matter as long as the point is very pointy. If you have five villages each with their own big man, that's five Zeuses. If one of the big men offs all the other big men and centralizes the villages, you can hide in one of the outlying four villages and maybe Zeus doesn't rape your daughter. 

Of course the chud wants Zeus to rape his daughter. The game is about pretending not to consent - it's not rape/tyranny if you say yes out loud - but if there's four subordinate villages the pretend game can be enough to constitute actual security. "Oops I played too hard." He has more grandchildren if he doesn't get what he wants. The polity thrives, at least compared to all the other insane cripple-midget polities. 

Nevertheless, lies make you weak. These chuds and their stupid games are exploitable. If you are one of the folk who could be promoted in a white government, you can and should exploit their blind spots to genuinely avoid getting your daughter raped. 

They're just lying to you. The rule is: defect on defectors. Just lie to them. They won't be able to see through it. Even if you get so lazy they start to suspect something, they're so practised at getting scammed you can recover almost trivially. 

Remember not to try to be Zeus yourself. Yes, you are more qualified than he is, which is exactly why it won't work out.