Wealth aggregates and becomes political power. Simple as that. โCorporationโ is just the most recent name for it.
Daniel SuarezFor average working folks, America was becoming a puzzle. Who was buying all these two-hundred-dollar copper saucepans, anyway? And how was everyone paying for these BMWs? Were people shrewd or just stupefyingly irresponsible?
Daniel SuarezWhen the survival strategy of a civilization is invalidated, in all of human history none have ever turned back from the brink.
Daniel SuarezI think if I were to express my wish, it would be that we are more regionally self-reliant. And I dont mean people being survivalists, I mean regionally self-reliant. So that you have these individual cells. The idea of having different solutions in different areas, so that we have a very robust, durable civilization.
Daniel Suarez