“Well, of course they are,” I retorted. “Why do you think I bother to begin with? I make things better for everyone in the colony.” “Well, not everyone,” Nish said. “Not for the people who won’t do what you tell them. Not for the people who have a different idea of what’s good. And certainly not for the people who you decide have to work harder or go hungry or even die just to make things”—Nish waved a tentacle sarcastically—“better for everyone.
