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“Betapa aneh kalau setiap kemuliaan dilahirkan di atas kesengsaraan yang lain. Dan betapa kacau diri di tengah kenyataan dunia, dalam tingkahan pendapat dan perasaan tak terumuskan.”
― Child of All Nations
― Child of All Nations
“Tahu tuan, mereka, entah berbangsa apa, yang tidak menulis dalam bahasanya sendiri kebanyakan orang yang mencari pemuasan kebutuhan dirinya sendiri, tidak mau mengenal kebutuhan bangsa yang menghidupinya, karena kebanyakan memang tidak mengenal bangsanya sendiri?”
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“These trade networks were carved in stone. Nothing was pushing this arrangement off its course; there were too many private interests, too much money at stake. They could see where it was going, but the people who had the power to do anything about it had been placed in positions where they would profit, and the people who suffered most had no power at all.”
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“Free trade. This was always the British line of argument – free trade, free competition, an equal playing field for all. Only it never ended up that way, did it? What ‘free trade’ really meant was British imperial dominance, for what was free about a trade that relied on a massive build-up of naval power to secure maritime access? When mere trading companies could wage war, assess taxes, and administer civil and criminal justice?”
― Babel
― Babel
“Berapa kati kiranya yang dipikul lelaki bercelana tanggung hitam di depan sana itu? Aku tak tahu. Ia memikul keranjang tinggi kacangtanah. Akan dijual pada siapa? Di mana? Kacang cuma sepikul itu? Aku tak tahu. Berapa harganya? Aku tak tahu. Apa cukup untuk makan barang seminggu? Aku tak tahu. Tak tahu! Tak tahu! Apa badannya cukup sehat untuk memikul? Juga tidak tahu. Apa ia terpaksa memikulnya? Makin tidak tahu. Berapa panennya dalam setiap seratus meter persegi? Gila! Pertanyaan ini mulai menganiaya pikiran. Ya, itu baru tentang seorang pemikul kacang, kau, goblok yang tinggi hati! Kalau kau tidak tahu tentang pokok sekecil itu, kau hanya melihat tubuhnya dan geraknya. Sungguh memalukan kalau kau menulis tentangnya, hei, kau pengarang kepala besar!”
― Child of All Nations
― Child of All Nations
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