Only a free society... Can produce the technology that makes tyranny possible.

John Keith Laumer

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Technological progress

Author

John Keith Laumer

Genre

Science fiction

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

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Writer

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United States

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Citation

Laumer, John Keith. "Test to Destruction." Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison. Doubleday, 1967.

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