Politics is good; when it works properly, disagreements get solved wit…

Vernor Vinge
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Politics is good; when it works properly, disagreements get solved without people beating each other up. But when a regime knows its days are numbered, there's always the chance it may use its position to change the rules and make the debate it is losing irrelevant. ✨ The Children of the Sky. Book by Vernor Vinge, 2011.
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