Since the remainder of the thread has been infested by "noonday demons", there's a nice line by a singer-songwriter about a SF novel in the Noon Universe[0]: "o

Since the remainder of the thread has been infested by "noonday demons", there's a nice line by a singer-songwriter about a SF novel in the Noon Universe[0]: "of course, freedom and brotherhood[1] will come / But it will happen without us."[2] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noon_Universe#Description https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noon_Universe#Description [1] aka « liberté et fraternité ». A cynic would say the Arkanarians already have « égalité », in that they're all stuck on a planet cycling endlessly between mere anti-intellectualism and outright theocracy. [2] Конечно, свобода и братство наступят / Но это случится без нас (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufbCnjBYDbI&t=5134s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufbCnjBYDbI&t=5134s)