Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 28, 2017
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Transcript:
Woman: How does your girl do so well, Rosenthal? It's not like she grew up in an Asian family. Mr. Rosenthal: No, but we've been raising her like an Asian child. Woman: Aha! Like how? Mr. Rosenthal: By teaching her the value of discipline, hard work, and respect for elders. Man: Oh. Woman: But doesn't that give her an unfair advantage? Man: Yeah, this is America, Rosenthal!
“You remember how one of the Greek Dictators…sent an envoy to another Dictator to ask his advice about the principles of government. The second Dictator led the envoy into a field of grain, and there he snicked off with his cane the top of every stalk that rose an inch or so above the general level. The moral was plain. Allow no preeminence among your subjects. Let no man live who is wiser or better or more famous or even handsomer than the mass. Cut them all down to a level: all slaves, all ciphers, all nobodies. All equals.” – C. S. Lewis, “Screwtape Proposes a Toast”