Exactly. We are not people. We are not citizens. We are weapons, we are an Other in their eyes. They fear us and they want us to fear them. They want to control us--maybe not as blatantly as the Russians, but they do want to have power over us.
I'm saying that if I were here, alone, I would not have registered.
But even with Hermann sharing my brain, I cannot tell you accurately what he would have chosen if not for our particular set of limitations. And, though I feel like this contradicts every sense of rebellious individualism I have, I cannot actually predict what I would have chosen then, either. August was a different time--a very different mental state compared to now.
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I'm saying that if I were here, alone, I would not have registered.
But even with Hermann sharing my brain, I cannot tell you accurately what he would have chosen if not for our particular set of limitations. And, though I feel like this contradicts every sense of rebellious individualism I have, I cannot actually predict what I would have chosen then, either. August was a different time--a very different mental state compared to now.