It's International Democracy Day!

“I like the idea of democracy. You have to have someone everyone distrusts," said Brutha. "That way, everyone's happy.”

Ankh-Morpork in particular has a "One Man, One Vote" policy - who does it belong to?

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Sir Terry Pratchett was one of two people who I quoted directly in my dissertation. This line from Feet of Clay was the motto for my introductory chapter:

"This is where we’ve filled ourselves up with so many questions that they’re starting to overflow and become answers."

It resonated with me, because this is what doing research often feels like for me.

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“Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.”

― Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight #discworldquote