ANA
Someday, the people will be not wicked, but virtuous. We will no longer need rulers, and all will be well. *Sigh*
REGGIE
Pshaw, such Utopian dreams! The people will always be wicked and will always need rulers.
ANA
These rulers now are not doing so well, eh?
REGGIE
True. Someday, we will find rulers who are not wicked, but virtuous, and all will be well. *Sigh*
POPS
Pshaw, such Utopian dreams! We can only hope to find rulers who serve the people.
ANA
Would those be virtuous rulers serving the wicked people—
REGGIE
—or wicked rulers serving the wicked people?
POPS
*Sigh* If only the people’s desires were worthy of such service…
REGGIE
You mean, if they were not wicked, but virtuous?
ANA
Then we would no longer need rulers, and all would be well. *Sigh*
Play this Shepard Tone, and meditate on human governance. If only these fish were turtles.
