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"A truly successful leader of a reluctant leader. Not one whose every word is greeted with frenzied cheering either- after all, what happens to the mind of such a leader, after such scenes are repeated again and again? A growing certainty, a belief in one's own infallibility, and onward goes the march into disaster. "
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"Destiny is a lie. Destiny is justification for atrocity. It is the means by which murderers armour themselves against reprimand. It is a word intended to stand in place of ethics, denying all moral context."
— Sep 26, 2026 05:42PM
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"At what point in the history of Letheras, he wondered, did rampant greed become a virtue? The level of self-justification required was staggering in its tautological complexity, and it seemed language itself was its greatest armour against common sense."
— Sep 15, 2026 03:48AM
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Most among them see no error or moral flaw in their past deeds. Those who do are unable or unwilling to question the methods, only the execution, and so they are doomed to repeat the horrors, and see the result - no matter its nature - as yet one more test of firmly held principles.
— Sep 07, 2026 08:48AM