G.M. Whitley > Quotes

“The fatal flaw is in thinking the problems of humanity can be solved. We cannot change human nature. At best, we can work to mitigate the damage of humanity’s innate tendency to foul things up. What we need to understand is that we as individuals are incapable of caring enough. We are too selfish, too concerned with our own needs. Without organized and institutional support of our weakest populations, we are not moving toward utopia; we are already a tyranny.”
― G.M. Whitley, The Futures

“Do you view the poor as people born into unfortunate circumstances who have been given little opportunity to overcome their background? Or do you view them as a sub-species of lazy opportunistic parasites who suck money and resources from the hardworking? While the answer for most is nuanced, our political parties have always legislated in black and white.”
― G.M. Whitley, The Futures

“The notion that human beings have inherent value through mere existence is quaint.”
― G.M. Whitley, The Futures

“She said that laws have to counteract the basest instincts of mankind because we are not even a step above animals. That civilization is merely a veneer, and the tiniest scraping reveals the cruel and selfish creatures underneath.”
― G.M. Whitley, The Futures

“People like me tirelessly work to make sure the rules come out in our favor. Why? Because we can. Because the corporations and interest groups behind us have the money and the power to make it happen. And what of the poor siblings, fighting so hard to win a game that is designed to make them lose? Well, there is this blind faith in capitalism. This blind belief in the American dream. And there are those few who actually make it happen for themselves. Those ones get a lot of publicity. There are people who know the game is rigged, but John Q. Public thinks those people are Chicken Littles, claiming the sky is falling.”
― G.M. Whitley, The Futures

“It isn’t fair. I didn’t ask to be created. I didn’t ask for this life. Yet when I die I’m supposed to face damnation for sins I was incapable of not committing”
― G.M. Whitley, The Futures