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‘You have such a great fear of freedom, brother. It’s shackling you. You’ve identified so hard with the colonizer, you think any threat to them is a threat to you. When are you going to realize you can’t be one of them?’

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution (R. F. Kuang)

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‘No one knows precisely what the future looks like. Whether the levers of power move to China, or to the Americas, or whether Britain’s going to fight tooth and nail to hold on to its place – that’s impossible to foretell.’ ‘Then how do you know that what you’re doing has any effect?’ ‘I can’t predict how every encounter will shake out,’ Griffin clarified. ‘But I do know this. The wealth of Britain depends on coercive extraction. And as Britain grows, only two options remain: either her mechanisms of coercion become vastly more brutal, or she collapses. The former’s more likely. But it might bring about the latter.’ ‘It’s such an uneven fight, though,’ Robin said helplessly. ‘You on one side, the whole of the Empire on the other.’ ‘Only if you think the Empire is inevitable,’ said Griffin.

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution (R. F. Kuang)

#Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution #Babel Or the Necessity of Violence #R. F. Kuang #Babel: Chapter 10 #Griffin Lovell #Robin Swift #revolution #opression #books #quotes #V #Griffin often sounds very #The Darkling #were he to converse with equally inteligent opponent.#I can see these conversations happening between him and some less experienced subordinate he's initiating into his cause.#Seeing Grishaverse in other works

‘... nothing’s written in stone – or even silver, as it were. So much rests on these contingencies, and it’s at these tipping points where we can push and pull. Where individual choices, where even the smallest of resistance armies make a difference. Take Barbados, for example. Take Jamaica. We sent bars there to the revolts—’ ‘Those slave revolts were crushed,’ said Robin. ‘But slavery’s been abolished, hasn’t it?’ said Griffin. ‘At least in British territories. No – I’m not saying everything’s good and fixed, and I’m not saying we can fully take the credit for British legislation; I’m sure the abolitionists would take umbrage at that. But I am saying that if you think the 1833 Act passed because of the moral sensibilities of the British, you’re wrong. They passed that bill because they couldn’t keep absorbing the losses.’

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution (R. F. Kuang)

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