"But we must stress that real democracy is an ongoing process and not simply an outcome. It must be cultivated and preserved if it is to endure."
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You- Horseback Antenna
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Soona, the Programmer
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"The council is modelled after similar bodies developed in a number of transitional democracies. Its role is to devise and shape the future institutions of Revacholian democracy, according to local conditions..."
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"Once elected, council members will even have the opportunity to join one of several officially sanctioned political wings, depending on their ideological beliefs and policy preferences."
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"A very important question. The wings are carefully selected to represent a wide spectrum of political thought."
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"Typically, there's a liberal technocratic wing, a social democratic wing, and even a conservative populist wing. You wouldn't believe some of the ideas they express! But a vibrant and free political culture requires that all perspectives be given voice, even those many may find objectionable."
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"Real democracy doesn't just happen. It requires the support of a great number of stable, interlocking institutions. That is the only way to channel popular sentiment into a legitimate mandate to govern. Otherwise, what are we left with?"
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"Esattamente. But the Commission's hard and diligent work may soon be bearing fruit: Revachol is nearly ready to begin the first phase of democratisation."
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"Well, not yet. Right now it's more like a simple seed, buried out of sight..."
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"I met a gardener earlier, but then she turned out to be a lawyer. Is she involved somehow?"
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"Gardeners and lawyers are both essential to a beautiful and well-functioning society, but we're referring to something else..."
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"Even though we are only a second signaller, we can tell you with great certainty that there is no contingency spread for you, Firewalker."
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"Even though we are only a second signaller, we can tell you with great certainty that there is no contingency spread for you, Officer Sunset."
"Even though we are only a second signaller, we can tell you with great certainty that there is no contingency spread for you, Detective Costeau."
"Even though we are only a second signaller, we can tell you with great certainty that there is no contingency spread for you, Lieutenant Du Bois."
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S-s-s-she knows perfectly well where they are! They've got one for everybody, all coded and filed away in a vast labyrinth beneath Isherwood...
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"Of course not. The Moralintern is committed to giving every person the opportunity to flourish..."
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"Please understand, we are not some totalitarian enterprise. We are committed to and bound by the highest values of individual freedom and opportunity."
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- "Our concerns exist on the scale of decades, centuries, and millennia. Sometimes we say the Moralintern worries about the future so that normal people may worry about today."
- "Please understand, we are not some totalitarian enterprise. We are committed to and bound by the highest values of individual freedom and opportunity."
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"It is a work-in-progress, but it is also the best way that humanity has found thus far."
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- "It is a work-in-progress, but it is also the best way that humanity has found thus far."
- "What you are describing is the attitude of a child. The Moralintern is not 'humanity's stepmother', despite what some critics may allege. Responsibility and freedom are deeply entwined, and both are essential in a flourishing society."
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"What you are describing is the attitude of a child. The Moralintern is not 'humanity's stepmother', despite what some critics may allege. Responsibility and freedom are deeply entwined, and both are essential in a flourishing society."
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"We're sorry, we're not familiar with all the local offices in Martinaise..."
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"Perhaps you are confused as to the scale on which the contingency spreads function..."
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"Our concerns exist on the scale of decades, centuries, and millennia. Sometimes we say the Moralintern worries about the future so that normal people may worry about today."
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"The Moralintern is not Seol. There is no secret vault of files beneath Isherwood or La Cherte or anywhere else, because that is not the Moralintern's purpose..."
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"Impossible to say for certain. Human beings are notoriously bad at predicting all the different ways events might unravel..."
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"Revachol is the most important city in the world. This is where The Return will happen."
"Revachol was founded to resolve history. It's the most important city in the world."
"Perhaps, perhaps not. Could the Perikarnassians have foreseen the role Revachol would play in events to come? In truth, history only appears to rhyme because we cannot perceive events in their full complexity..."
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"Perhaps, perhaps not. The world is full of great cities that have resolved the questions of their time: La Cherte, Vredefort, our own home of Advesperascit..."
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"It's even possible the cities that will resolve the questions of the future have not been founded yet."
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"No -- well, not quite. The Moralintern never intends to violate another nation's sovereignty. That would be a serious violation of international law..."
"But one must consider that the world was in the midst of a global catastrophe brought on by an unstoppable pandemic. No amount of contingency planning could account for all of that."
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"We are living in the only reality we know. Our task is to make the best of it that we can..."
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"Only in the sense that the entire world has to 'wing' its way through history. The Moralintern simply aims to 'wing it' as little as possible..."
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"Almost certainly. Not many realise this, but, the Moralintern is constantly reviewing and revising its contingency spreads in order to improve our own decision-making..."
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"So you're saying the Moralintern had to make difficult decisions during an unprecedented situation."