“The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own for the children, and the children yet unborn.”
In the quote above I believe that Sterling is saying or rather explaining the behavior of mankind. He is saying that mankind has a tendency to be paranoid and blame other people for someone that cannot be explained, blame other people and claim that some supernatural force is helping them do the unexplainable even when the explainable is right in front of their own eyes. He's saying that the most powerful weapon, the most horrific way to destroy the human race is just by letting them be themselves. I believe that this quote sums up the tendency to blame, that mankind has a tendency to blame it's self and for that the consequences are harsh.
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