– “Guy Fawkes Night”
People love to say, “if you don’t vote, you have no right to complain,” but this is completely backwards: it is the voters who have no right to complain, because by signing on to this devil’s bargain they agree to be bound by it.
“Honored in the Breach”
The rulers [of modern republics]…treat government as a colossal game of hot potato, eternally passing the ball forward in the hopes that it will be in someone else’s hands when the music at last stops as it inevitably must. – “Cleansing Fire”
The continuance of life for any given creature requires the regular deaths of countless others. – “The Mysteries“