So long as we fight for a chance at that, we will always have a hope for better times. It vaporizes everything in its path. The world fades to white. The horrifying practice begins. The suicide law is ordered.
Free speech is muzzled.
Ideas cannot be stopped, but they can be silenced. The cyanide is administered, silence is the assisted death of the mind. There are joys in living a quiet life. Don't speak up, don't act, and you'll be left alone. Silent lungs can still breathe, a still mouth still has a tongue.