Who was Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás?

After the last statue comes down, after the last book is burned, after the last voice of opposition no longer speaks, what then?

Do the new revolutionaries begin building something better?

Will freedom ring for all as you were told?

Will no more lies be told as you were promised?

Will everyone get what they were promised as you expected?

If history is the example, how many such utopias made it past their second day?

Ever wonder why?

What if we change the promise to a "worker's paradise"?

Do you feel better?

Will Boxer and Benjamin work even harder than before?

Does history look favorably upon this vision?

Will your children?

Did you fall for the assurance that everything will be free?

How do force a doctor to work forever in your best interest for free?

Why should a farmer rise before dawn to give away the fruits of his labor (and his labor)?

Does anyone remember the Soviet Union?

Is it better to be a Karen or a Kulak?

Does it matter after you you are collectivized?

Can you petition the old government for a redress of grievances when the new government you wanted is the source of your grievances?

Will the new oppressors support your freedom to inquiry?

Or complain?

Or seek justice?

Or will you enjoy the uniform distribution of misery slaves call equality?

No tyrant educates a population to overthrow them, only to use them.

The Bolsheviks needed the Mensheviks only until the death of the Tsar. Then only one version of the truth, one vision of the future, one story teller was required.

Hitler purged the membership of his own party (Night of the Long Knives) thus eliminating competition to his war plans.

Fidel didn't lose any sleep upon the death of Che.

The new government always kills the enemies of the revolution and then the enemies of the state and then the enemies within the state.

Search the "Reign of Terror" if you still can.

Or, simply move cautiously within the bubble of ignorance that shields you from reality.

You will make an amusing target in the new world order.

You just won't know it.