I said I didn't think it would be a collectivist state so much as a wilderness in which most people lived hand to mouth, and the rich would live like princes - better than the rich had ever lived, except that their lives would constantly be in danger from the hungry predatory poor. All the technology would serve the rich, but they would need it for their own protection and to assure their continued prosperity.
Paul TherouxThe people of Hong Kong are criticized for only being interested in business, but it's the only thing they've been allowed to do.
Paul TherouxSightseeing was ... based on imaginative invention, like rehearsing your own play in stage sets from which all the actors had fled.
Paul TherouxA gun show is about like-minded people who feel as if everything has been taken away from them - jobs, money, pride.
Paul Theroux