"The personal, as everyone's so fucking
fond of saying, is political. So if some idiot politician, some power
player, tries to execute policies that harm you or those you care
about, take it personally. Get angry. The Machinery of Justice will
not serve you here - it is slow and cold, ad it is theirs, hardware
and software. Only the little people suffer at the hands of Justice;
the creatures of power slide out from under with a wink and a grin.
If you want justice, you will have to claw it from them. Make it
personal. So as much damage as you can. Get your message across. That
way you stand a far better chance of being taken seriously next time.
Of being considered dangerous. And make no mistake about this: being
taken seriously, being considered dangerous, marks the difference -
the only difference in their eyes - between players and little
people. Players they will make deals with. Little people they
liquidate. And time and again they cream your liquidation, your
displacement, your torture and brutal execution with the ultimate
insult that it's just business, it's politics, it's the way of the
world, it's a tough life, and that it's nothing personal. Well, fuck
them. Make it personal."
Richard K Dick, Altered Carbon
