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Maybe I've just got the wrong history book (lemmy.world)
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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Isaac Asimov, Foundation

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Did he propose a workable alternative (actually asking)? Not that it invalidates the point one way or the other, just wonder if he had some "system" he preferred.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

It's been a long time since I read Foundation, so I'm not sure if there's specific context provided right around the provided quote. The entire series is about an organization trying to mitigate the collapse of a galactic empire, and how its goals are primarily achieved through guile and subtlety, rather than trying to win wars.

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