[ the thirty-fifth ] / [ voice ]

Sep 17, 2011 17:32

[Someone's outside. On the streets.]

Now, I’m not often a supporter of current societal systems. Granted, they have their functions, but all perform so imperfectly. I’m inclined to blame the inane clod of bureaucracy, in part. Take - say -- mental institutions; they’re so liable to commit individuals without appropriate evidence because of corruption or human error, and goodness, such a hypothetical mess can take weeks to clean up.

Six of them, to be precise.

But society has its archetypes, you know. The specific ones who spark change, the - [Pause.] Cogs of the ignition. The inventor, the politician. The anarchist. The martyr.

The martyr can be breathtakingly effective.

[Encrypted to Arthur.]

Two favors.

edward nygma | riddler

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