" The program of the ruling elite in Orwell's
1984
was: "A foot stamping on a human face forever!" This is naive and optimistic. No species could survive for even a generation under such program. This is not a program of eternal, or even long-range dominance. It is clearly an extermination program. "
― William S. Burroughs , The Western Lands
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