Goreans weren’t allowed to advance their weaponry beyond what it is, which even in Priest Kings of Gor we can see the blue flame death of a man who creates a very rudimentary gun. Since their technology was limited as such they were forced to progress in other areas, such as my favorite, medicine. When I was in the military I worked in the medical profession so things of this nature alway caught my eye, for example the stablization serum which was created by the Physicians Caste to combat aging which they view as another type of disease.
The argument against living in Gorean society, “You could die anytime! You could be enslaved!” is often made to people who state such wishes, but the key factor that is often forgotten is that those opinons are being gleaned from the context of stories which are filled with twisting plots and extraordinary circumstances to further the story and give the readers something to be hooked upon. It’s highly unlikely that the average Gorean saw the sort of adventure depicted for the main chracters of the books.
On the subject of slavery in Gorean society, it is said often throughout the books that only a small percent of the population were slaves and an even smaller percent of the population owned them, so the likelyhood of being enslaved, enslaving someone or knowing someone who finds their way into slavery is actually slim.
While another argument is often used about the caste system, in acutality it’s not as horrible a system as it is made out to be. From the time you are a child, you are trained to become expertly skilled in a single profession, be it, building, woodworking, blacksmithing, saving lives or taking them, by the time you reach adulthood your an expert in the field and ready to perform your job. Caste systems are rigid yes, but it is not impossible or unheard of for individuals to ascend them, though admittedly it takes drive, determination and guts to do it. Although, if you were living in Gorean society, you’d already posses these traits in the first place.
