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Sally stumbled through the first part. However, nobody can describe accurately how the Federation
came about; it just grew. With national governments in collapse at the end of the XXth century,
something had to fill the vacuum, and in many cases it was returned veterans. They had lost a war, most
of them had no jobs, many were sore as could be over the terms of the Treaty of New Delhi, especially
the P. O. W. foul-up — and they knew how to fight. But it wasn’t revolution; it was more like what
happened in Russia in 1917 — the system collapsed; somebody else moved in.
The first known case, in Aberdeen, Scotland, was typical. Some veterans got together as vigilantes to
stop rioting and looting, hanged a few people (including two veterans) and decided not to let anyone but
veterans on their committee. Just arbitrary at first — they trusted each other a bit, they didn’t trust
anyone else. What started as an emergency measure became constitutional practice... in a generation or
two.
这是原文，并没有提到世界大战，只是跟各个政府自行垮台。只说了新德里条约前有一个政变，知识精英想要掌管政府，应该是针对这个政变的战争。然后最早是苏格兰实行军事统治，再后来推广到了全球，形成了地球联邦。
"Is the word too long for you? I said it was a silly notion. Service men are not brighter than civilians. In
many cases civilians are much more intelligent. That was the sliver of justification underlying the attempted
coup d’etat just before the Treaty of New Delhi, the so-called ‘Revolt of the Scientists’: let the intelligent
elite run things and you’ll have utopia. It fell flat on its foolish face of course. Because the pursuit of
science, despite its social benefits, is itself not a social virtue; its practitioners can be men so self-centered
as to be lacking in social responsibility. I’ve given you a hint, Mister; can you pick it up?"
came about; it just grew. With national governments in collapse at the end of the XXth century,
something had to fill the vacuum, and in many cases it was returned veterans. They had lost a war, most
of them had no jobs, many were sore as could be over the terms of the Treaty of New Delhi, especially
the P. O. W. foul-up — and they knew how to fight. But it wasn’t revolution; it was more like what
happened in Russia in 1917 — the system collapsed; somebody else moved in.
The first known case, in Aberdeen, Scotland, was typical. Some veterans got together as vigilantes to
stop rioting and looting, hanged a few people (including two veterans) and decided not to let anyone but
veterans on their committee. Just arbitrary at first — they trusted each other a bit, they didn’t trust
anyone else. What started as an emergency measure became constitutional practice... in a generation or
two.
这是原文，并没有提到世界大战，只是跟各个政府自行垮台。只说了新德里条约前有一个政变，知识精英想要掌管政府，应该是针对这个政变的战争。然后最早是苏格兰实行军事统治，再后来推广到了全球，形成了地球联邦。
"Is the word too long for you? I said it was a silly notion. Service men are not brighter than civilians. In
many cases civilians are much more intelligent. That was the sliver of justification underlying the attempted
coup d’etat just before the Treaty of New Delhi, the so-called ‘Revolt of the Scientists’: let the intelligent
elite run things and you’ll have utopia. It fell flat on its foolish face of course. Because the pursuit of
science, despite its social benefits, is itself not a social virtue; its practitioners can be men so self-centered
as to be lacking in social responsibility. I’ve given you a hint, Mister; can you pick it up?"
