"Ignorance is the queen. Many would not derive more profit from his abdication. Many are enriched thanks to his dark monarchy. They are her Court, and in his name and defraud the Government, enrich and perpetuate their power. They fear even the defeat of illiteracy, because the written word is another channel of communication that could lead to the unification of their enemies. Their weapons are sharp, and use them skillfully. They will carry the battle on the world when their interests are threatened, and violence that will follow will last until the structure of society as it exists today will be reduced to a pile of rubble, and until a new society will emerge. I'm sorry. But that's how I see it. "
Walter M. Miller Jr. A Canticle for Leibowitz
(A Canticle for Leibowitz, 1960)
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