"It all sounds so... practical." I'm still frowning as I digest all the information that Molly is giving me. I mean, I started on this big existential crisis when I got here. I couldn't begin to imagine why so many people seemed so calm about the way this city works. Maybe panic isn't the right answer, but at least do something concrete, at least have a plan, I think. But if there is anything that being the head of my household has taught me, it is that not every person is prepared to be the one who's always planning ahead for every possibility.
I mean, that's why the government exists, right? And why many people wouldn't touch it with a thousand yard pole. Because they don't want that kind of responsibility. Because they're afraid they would make the wrong choices. Because it is easier sometimes to hand a choice to someone else and have the right to blame them if things go wrong. I close my eyes to think about it more. I feel very lucky that I ran into Molly; maybe I was too hasty before. It's nice to have another voice, another perspective, to help me figure out my own.
"How does it work, how did he get his position? Was he democratically elected?" I ask Molly. "Because you would think if someone who is kind to us outsiders got elected, at least that means most people in Darrow are fine with us. Most people I've met aren't very rude to me. Only if I start talking too much about Orlando, then they get... they get scared. I see it in their eyes."
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Date: 2016-09-23 08:25 pm (UTC)I mean, that's why the government exists, right? And why many people wouldn't touch it with a thousand yard pole. Because they don't want that kind of responsibility. Because they're afraid they would make the wrong choices. Because it is easier sometimes to hand a choice to someone else and have the right to blame them if things go wrong. I close my eyes to think about it more. I feel very lucky that I ran into Molly; maybe I was too hasty before. It's nice to have another voice, another perspective, to help me figure out my own.
"How does it work, how did he get his position? Was he democratically elected?" I ask Molly. "Because you would think if someone who is kind to us outsiders got elected, at least that means most people in Darrow are fine with us. Most people I've met aren't very rude to me. Only if I start talking too much about Orlando, then they get... they get scared. I see it in their eyes."