“We find that at present the
human race is divided into one wise man, nine knaves, and ninety fools out of
every hundred. That is, by an optimistic observer. The nine knaves assemble
themselves under the banner of the most knavish among them, and become 'politicians';
the wise man stands out, because he knows himself to be hopelessly outnumbered,
and devotes himself to poetry, mathematics, or philosophy; while the ninety
fools plod off under the banners of the nine villains, according to fancy, into
the labyrinths of chicanery, malice and warfare. It is pleasant to have
command, observes Sancho Panza, even over a flock of sheep, and that is why the
politicians raise their banners. It is, moreover, the same thing for the sheep
whatever the banner. If it is democracy, then the nine knaves will become
members of parliament; if fascism, they will become party leaders; if
communism, commissars. Nothing will be different, except the name. The fools
will be still fools, the knaves still leaders, the results still exploitation.
As for the wise man, his lot will be much the same under any ideology. Under
democracy he will be encouraged to starve to death in a garret, under fascism
he will be put in a concentration camp, under communism he will be liquidated.”
T.H. White
The Union Moujik
by Janvier Chando,
The Girl on the Trail
by Janvier Chouteu-Chando
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