Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-92.251.228.132-20141108020915/@comment-26987392-20151112215937

^ Let's go deeper into this. This has been a topic of great dicussion between philosophers over the history . Platinum's view on this was first theorized by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Others, like T.Hobbes, thought exactly the opposite.

Depending on how you look at it you may get different conclusions. Applying those to the DB lead us to different results for the OP's question.

Also:

Platinum Luffy wrote:                                                                                                                                                 No it isn't. I think what Azura said made sense, and that's exactly why i hate Astrid and enjoyed watching the bitch burn. The cult part is way more interesting. That's where we diverge. I was really upset when Astrid died. As said in her wiki page, " She tires of the laws and restrictions that limit the Brotherhood, deciding that a sort of family-like unity benefits the members of the Brotherhood better than structure". I'm with her on this. I'll explain:

In my main character, I took all the decisions in-game based on my morals and what would I do if I were there. And, I sided with the DB. You may think that this fact says a lot about me, but I'm not currently an assassin and I don't plan on becoming one anywhen soon. But, I consider myself a son of Sithis. And my ultimate goal is to protect and care my Dark Brothers and Dark Sisters. That's why I also think that this "family-like" Dark Brotherhood is better than a rigid structure. So me and my brotherhood do our business for the common better of us, in the name of Sithis. Of course, a lot of us enjoy the work, heh.