After every revolution there is an interregnum, in which communities run themselves and all is well, and then the new regime comes in and screws things up. (Kim Stanley Robinson)

After every revolution there is an interregnum, in which communities run themselves and all is well, and then the new regime comes in and screws things up.

Kim Stanley Robinson

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