Kill Decision Quotes

“They’re called sock puppets. We create armies of artificial online personas – user accounts that espouse views certain interested parties want espoused. We flood forums, online comment sections, social media. ... It’s amazing what a few people and a little money can accomplish online. Our puppets have turned whole elections. … Everything the public sees is managed. If there’s a valuable brand to protect – whether it’s a person or a dish soap – these fuckers are out there protecting it, shaping the narrative. I mean… who the hell follows dish soap on Twitter? How does anyone believe that shit’s real? (p. 292-294)”
― Daniel Suarez, Kill Decision

“Everyone on the Internet is talking about television and everyone on television is talking about the Internet. The whole damn thing is a self-licking ice cream cone and you're blaming me?”
― Daniel Suarez, Kill Decision

“In the vast game of Darwinian musical chairs, whenever the music stopped there were large numbers of people without a seat—and some smartass had sold them guns.”
― Daniel Suarez, Kill Decision

“As it stands, our patrols and bases are just targets, and the more firepower we use, the more enemies we make.”
― Daniel Suarez, Kill Decision

“to understand a people, you need to wade into their culture. It’s culture that tells their tale. And music is culture.”
― Daniel Suarez, Kill Decision

“There’s no better time to celebrate friendship than when things are at their worst.”
― Daniel Suarez, Kill Decision

“Which is why human society mostly works; people avoid trouble. But behind every law is the implicit threat of force, and behind every vote is the implicit threat of rebellion. That's the bargain that holds a free society together. And no society with a wide power imbalance remains free for very long.”
― Daniel Suarez, Kill Decision

“How do you like your drones now, asshole?” Nearby,”
― Daniel Suarez, Kill Decision

“There is a great deal more to evolutionary biology than survival of the fittest—although that’s all anyone seems to remember. One of Darwin’s contemporaries was Alfred Russel Wallace, who had even more profound lessons about evolution—that humans are social creatures. That we coevolve with other species as part of a fabric of interwoven and interdependent life-forms. The world isn’t entirely about competition and dominance. And species that cooperate with others succeed better than those who do not. That’s what civilization is, cooperation.” “And”
― Daniel Suarez, Kill Decision

“With music you can speak to anyone.”
― Daniel Suarez, Kill Decision

“I don't know where you found this thing, but whoever designed it should seriously consider anger management counseling.”
― Daniel Suarez, Kill Decision

“It was a window of normalcy viewed from inside a loony bin.”
― Daniel Suarez, Kill Decision

“no society with a wide power imbalance remains free for very long.”
― Daniel Suarez, Kill Decision