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Otto Chreik: I thought he was just a photographer extraordinaire and vegetarian vampire before it was cool. Turns out, he is also a terror to racist capitalists.

Well, the last dozen pages have had multiple quotes that could have been taken directly out of a politicians mouth today short of swapping out city names. Is it shocking? Yes. Is Terry Pratchett psychic? That would be comforting; what seems more likely is that rhetoric hasn’t changed in 25 years. Sigh.

I once read a post from someone saying they strived to be like Vimes. Though he is my favorite Discworld character, I disagree. What Pratchett wants to do with Vimes becomes clear when we see him from other perspectives like here. De Worde likes Vimes but is also critical and cautious. Blindly praising the police head because he is sometimes the mc is not great, but also misses some nuance in Pratchett’s work.