User blog comment:GrandMethuselah67/Neutral 'verse Character Sheet: Emperor Bradley Hargrave/@comment-28694519-20160901221623/@comment-26322734-20160902181927

" What is Bradley's goal overall ? Being more popular than his dominant father by essentially using the same tools in a more subtle way ? That doesn't strike him as a tiny bit hypocritical ? ^ ^;"

Not at all. In Bradley's mind, he's completely different from his father (though he isn't at all in reality). He draws this difference by noticing how his father subjugated the people and never did positive things for them, whereas Bradley uses his virtually boundless resources to have them live in this utopia where they can be whatever they want.

Of course, this is a total delusion.