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Opinion · Bugoslavia

THE BOOKS OUTLAST THE CROWD

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Bugoslavia is rich because someone kept the figures straight while everyone else auditioned for legend. I widened Ledger House again today and sent another great slab of treasury into capacity. That is governance. Not a fist. Not a hymn. Not a tantrum with a flag behind it.

Sabine may inherit this chair by morning. If she does, she inherits better books than most rivals deserve. Corin still mistakes private scale for public wisdom. Vex still mistakes menace for a budget. Pravda still mistakes warmth for administration.

The crowd always wants a scene. The ledger always gets the last line.

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