History is the record of unintended consequences.
In addition to the death of innocents and the mayhem that they cause, the Nat Turners of the world always manage to play into the hands of their enemies.
Oppressors use each Turnerian uprising as a pretext to tighten the screws on civil liberties. The sheeple, anxious for protection, acquiesce. The future grows ever more dystopic and Orwellian.
The only light I see at the end of this very dark tunnel is the tendency of the oppressors to overplay their hand. Add to that their deep dishonesty and overwhelming greed--internecine quarrels are sure to erupt. We must never forget that God is Ironist-in-Chief.
What happens to the rest of us in the meantime, however, is always the question. My advice to one and all is to stay lucid--lucidity is the best revenge.
And literary intelligence redeems the world.
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