The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself. (Ursula K. Le Guin)

The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself.

Ursula K. Le Guin

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