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[conuly]

“Shoot the dictator and prevent the war? But the dictator is merely the tip of the whole festering boil of social pus from which dictators emerge; shoot one, and there’ll be another one along in a minute. Shoot him too? Why not shoot everyone and invade Poland? In fifty years’, thirty years’, ten years’ time the world will be very nearly back on its old course. History always has a great weight of inertia.”

This quote has seemed increasingly relevant every year since I first read it. I wish Pratchett was still here and some other people weren't.

Comments

[conuly]

The fascists think they're the gardeners!

[siliconshaman]

Perhaps, but their vision of what's 'right' involves them being in charge, and everyone else doing what they are told without question, because if allowed, very few would agree with them. It's the way of the bully or tyrant, who doesn't persuade but forces.

The true gardener weeds lightly, and only those that threaten to destroy or stifle the rest. Allowing all to achieve their fullest potential.