Having one’s eyes opened doesn’t make one grateful. - Greg Bear

Why does our sense of individuality prevent us from correcting our weaknesses?

Around her gulps of water, she repeated her prayer, until the monotony and futility silenced her.

Populists believed the people should dictate their needs to any individual who rose above the herd, and bring them low again—except of course for the leaders of whatever populist government took power, who, as political messiahs, would earn specific privileges themselves.