group the first three levels together and contrast them with the fourth. This thinking is that there is ordinary decent interaction, humans being human, as represented by the first three levels. Then there are the schemers who prey upon us, twist everything in their sick games and play us against each other. We vote for the lizards, as Douglas Adams reminds us, because if we don’t, the wrong lizard might win.
Certainly this could be turned around with a different set of aesthetics.
There are the true humans who use their free-will free from arbitrary restrictions, have true freedom and choice to take any action they deem best, vs. the “sheep” who let themselves be hampered by arbitrary restrictions.
It might be a fun/useful exercise to do an aesthetic reversal for each of the groups you list here, seeing how “bad guy” in the dichotomy is actually beautiful, and in what ways the “good guy” is ugly.
Certainly this could be turned around with a different set of aesthetics.
There are the true humans who use their free-will free from arbitrary restrictions, have true freedom and choice to take any action they deem best, vs. the “sheep” who let themselves be hampered by arbitrary restrictions.
It might be a fun/useful exercise to do an aesthetic reversal for each of the groups you list here, seeing how “bad guy” in the dichotomy is actually beautiful, and in what ways the “good guy” is ugly.