“Well,” he said cautiously, “I think someone is… trying to take the city away from the takouma. By, you know, whipping up a crisis over the Land Trust murder.” “Well, thank heavens for that,” said the Man. “If you hadn’t got that far, this would be a very difficult conversation.—Yes, detective. Yes, absolutely. What is being attempted here is a repetition of the strategy that worked in Texas and in California, last century, and in Hawaii only twenty or so years ago. Make trouble; demand outside intervention to restore order; when you get it, make sure that the order that is restored
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