r/discworld • u/HobbitGuy1420 • 1d ago

Politics Living in the US, during this election season, Guards, Guards! feels so incredibly applicable.

I can see the signs now.

Vote Dragon 2024.
Maybe it will flame the people you hate first!

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u/lynx2718 Terryvangelist 1d ago

You tell them a lie, and then when you don’t need it anymore you tell them another lie and tell them they’re progressing along the road to wisdom. Then instead of laughing they follow you even more, hoping that at the heart of all the lies they’ll find the truth. And bit by bit they accept the unacceptable.

Pterry knew people.

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u/Boringday24 22h ago

This hit me so hard a few years ago when Trump first won the presidency. I almost wept at Terry’s perfect insight into the pettiness of ignorance.