I meant specifically the short-sightedness, considering the fact that they refuse to address or acknowledge the fact that the people of what is now Idris, and the royal family in particular, encouraged and practiced awakening less than 500 years ago, and the ignorant hatred they regard awakening with, the way they speak of 'stealing souls', refusing to even understand or realise that it's impossible to 'take' a Breath, as it has to be given freely.