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"How did the Declaration of Independence begin? She had memorized it only that winter, not because she was required to at school, but simply because she liked it.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident!” she shouted, “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
As she cried out the words she felt a mind moving in on her own, felt IT seizing, squeezing her brain. Then she realized that Charles Wallace was speaking, or being spoken through by IT.
“But that’s exactly what we have on Camazotz. Complete equality. Everybody exactly alike.”
“But that’s exactly what we have on Camazotz. Complete equality. Everybody exactly alike.”
Thread on totalitarianism, Adapted from an unpublished manuscript excerpt of #awrinkleintime:
Afraid to ask the question that was really on her mind, Meg said, “But Father, how it capture Camazotz?”
Afraid to ask the question that was really on her mind, Meg said, “But Father, how it capture Camazotz?”
He said, “Well, Megatron, if you’re thinking that perhaps the brain simply marched in and took over all the minds on Camazotz, it isn’t nearly as simple as that.
“It was the logical outcome of two things, Of complete totalitarianism in certain countries —“
“What’s totalitarianism?”
“It’s like Russia under Kruschev. Or Germany and Hitler. Countries under dictatorships. Franco. Mussolini. Castro. Mao.”
“What’s totalitarianism?”
“It’s like Russia under Kruschev. Or Germany and Hitler. Countries under dictatorships. Franco. Mussolini. Castro. Mao.”
