The Simulacra

by Philip K. Dick

“But,” McRae said, “that would not have helped. True as it may be. You’re not authentically a political person, Karp; what gives you the idea that ‘the truth’ is the best story to stick to? If we want to stop Bertold Goltz we don’t want to identify him as another Hitler simply because in their secret hearts fifty-one percent of the local population would like to see another Hitler.”

“I think,” he said, “that there’s room in the world for life of every kind.”

“That Bethesda—it must be quite a place.”