Justin's review
Empire by Orson Scott Card
Liberal, intellectual elites plot to overthrow the American government using an army of mechanized super warriors. No seriously. Here is a quote from chapter two where Card sets the stage with a painfully ham-fisted "example" of American academia.
"Oh, Soldier Boy, you poor lad," said Torrent. "The American idea was thrown out with Social Security. We nailed the coffin shut with group rights. We don't want individual liberty because we don't want individual responsibility. We want somebody else to take care of us. If we had a dictator who did a better job of it than our present system, then as long as he pretended to respect Congress, we'd lick his hands like dogs."
... I would like to know when Orson Scott Card was last in a graduate class. He has some graduate level education, at least according to Wikipedia, so where does he get this idea that American schools are like this? Professors don't give long rambling lectures about political policy, esp...more
"Oh, Soldier Boy, you poor lad," said Torrent. "The American idea was thrown out with Social Security. We nailed the coffin shut with group rights. We don't want individual liberty because we don't want individual responsibility. We want somebody else to take care of us. If we had a dictator who did a better job of it than our present system, then as long as he pretended to respect Congress, we'd lick his hands like dogs."
... I would like to know when Orson Scott Card was last in a graduate class. He has some graduate level education, at least according to Wikipedia, so where does he get this idea that American schools are like this? Professors don't give long rambling lectures about political policy, esp...more
Justin-
I LOVE to read your reviews; they crack me up! Thanks for your well-written, devastatingly honest opinions. -LC
