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A comment on Bound to Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Liberal International Order (2019). Parent comment

Re:Bound to Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Liberal Internati... by ycombinete on Friday January 07, 2022 @08:29AM (#29838835)
I think it was Lord Vetinari who said, “pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny; free men pull in all kinds of directions”
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Re:Bound to Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Liberal Internati... by ChrisMarshallNY on Friday January 07, 2022 @09:05AM (#29839208)
One up for the Sir Terry reference.

I think The Patrician is probably the wisest ruler the world has never known.

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Re:Bound to Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Liberal Internati... by AniseAbyss on Friday January 07, 2022 @09:21AM (#29839379)
I disagree, man is a social animal that has survived throughout the eons by living in packs. Sociology is clear on this: leaders arise, villages are built, work is distributed.
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