I will take short term damage over long term tyranny
Long term damage is the inevitable consequence of too many bad short term decisions.
Poor short term leadership damages societies just as a poorly maintained codebase rots from accumulated technical debt.
> If you love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom — go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!
Feeling hungry for change, what will our generation trade in exchange for our inheritance?