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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy þarf varla að kynna fyrir fólki. Ein af uppáhaldsbókunum mínum (Linda gaf mér viðhafnarútgáfuna í jólagjöf um árið, svo ég gaf gömlu bækurnar áfram). Í bókinni er fjöldi góðra tilvitnana, en ein þeirra á sérstaklega vel við þessa dagana:

“The major problem- one of the major problems, for there are several- one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of whom manages to get people to let them do it to them.

To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem. ”

— Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)