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A quote from a book by Terry Pratchett that springs to mind... "They think they want good government and justice for all, Vimes, yet what is it they really cra

A quote from a book by Terry Pratchett that springs to mind... "They think they want good government and justice for all, Vimes, yet what is it they really crave, deep in their hearts? Only that things go on as normal and tomorrow is pretty much like today." I've often wondered if for the majority in a lot of societies, that isn't essentially true.

jrochkind1 5y ago
Well, there are some in such misery that things going on tomorrow pretty much like today is intolerable. Which is to some extent both objective and subjective. I guess how stable a social order is depends in part on for how many. (Of course there are also societies in which an extreme minority who wants tomorrow to be much like today can keep it so by raw force; I guess that can be a kind of stability too, with enough force, maybe)