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Quote from Daniel Quinn from the book Ishmael, reference: Page 84/268.
There's nothing fundamentally wrong with people. Given a story to enact that puts them in accord woth the world, they will live in accord with the world.
Given a story to enact in which they are the lords of the world, they will act like the lords of the world.
And, given a story to enact in which the world is a foe to be conquered, they will conquer it like a foe, and one day, inevitably, their foe will lie bleeding to death at their feet, as the world is now.
There's nothing fundamentally wrong with people. Given a story to enact that puts them in accord woth the world, they will live in accord with the world.
Given a story to enact in which they are the lords of the world, they will act like the lords of the world.
And, given a story to enact in which the world is a foe to be conquered, they will conquer it like a foe, and one day, inevitably, their foe will lie bleeding to death at their feet, as the world is now.