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October 5, 2041
“To deceive the senses is to control the mind. Even the strongest will is at the mercy of its sources of information.”
The Speeches of Damon Leiter
The Speeches of Damon Leiter Collected by V.A. Klug
Even in hindsight, it was impossible to pinpoint where the Washington protest began to go wrong.
The first dozen troops arrived before most of the demonstrators, pouring out of two giant Pave Hawk helicopters that landed in Henry Park. Many more arrived soon after, on foot. Was that because there’d been a leak? Or had they just assumed that he would pick a place in the National Mall and were ready? Certainly, the public had made that assumption. A crowd had begun to gather in front of the Capitol building early in the day; and when word spread abou
