Tales of the Flying Mountains
“says Lindgren. “I always suspected collusion between our government and the top Odysseans, but this is the first I’ve heard that anybody ever admitted it.”
“Why shouldn’t they have?” I wonder. “At least, after they were safely citizens of the Republic.”
“Might make it a touch difficult for them to visit North American territories, or even do business at long range,” McVeagh points out.
“Besides,” Dworczyk adds, “regimes never admit to rascality. A revolutionary government might, perhaps, accuse... the one it overthrew of terrible things. But one which has legitimately succeeded, as by election, can’t do the same. If it did, it’d either have to confess it was enjoying the fruits of misconduct, or else give up those fruits.”
“Not that I know of any revolutionaries who voluntarily disgorged anything,” McVeagh responds. “In fact, they’re apt to grab fresh chunks of other people’s property.”
“Would you say that of the Asteroid Republic?” Conchita disputes.MoreLess
“Why shouldn’t they have?” I wonder. “At least, after they were safely citizens of the Republic.”
“Might make it a touch difficult for them to visit North American territories, or even do business at long range,” McVeagh points out.
“Besides,” Dworczyk adds, “regimes never admit to rascality. A revolutionary government might, perhaps, accuse... the one it overthrew of terrible things. But one which has legitimately succeeded, as by election, can’t do the same. If it did, it’d either have to confess it was enjoying the fruits of misconduct, or else give up those fruits.”
“Not that I know of any revolutionaries who voluntarily disgorged anything,” McVeagh responds. “In fact, they’re apt to grab fresh chunks of other people’s property.”
“Would you say that of the Asteroid Republic?” Conchita disputes.MoreLess
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