" A not-too-distant explosion shakes the house, the windows rattle in their sockets, and in the next room the class of 1964 wakes up and lets out a yell or two. Each time this happens I find myself thinking, "Is it possible that human beings can continue with this lunacy very much longer?" You know the answer, of course. "

― George Orwell , As I Please: 1943-1945 (The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, Vol. 3)