“If what you’re trying to say,” said Andre, “is that the poor people here are being forced to pick their poison, either live terrified of a creep crawling through their window or be terrified of a jackboot knocking their teeth out for no reason, well, that’s the same choice the people at the bottom have been stuck with for several thousand years.” “I feel like every discussion I have about this just goes in circles.” “And now you know why the very first human cities all had a common ingredient that made them work. We wouldn’t have a civilization without it.” “The law?” “Alcohol.”
