Fallout: New Vegas, Caesar's explanation of Hegelian dialectics:
Courier: "So you'll destroy the NCR because you hate its inefficiencies?"
Caesar: "No, I'll destroy it because it's inevitable that it be destroyed. It's Hegelian Dialectics, not personal animosity. ... It's a philosophical theory, the kind you might encounter if you took time to read some books. The fundamental premise is to envision history as a sequence of 'dialectical' conflicts. Each dialectic begins with a proposition, a thesis which inherently contains, or creates, its opposite - an antithesis. Thesis and antithesis. The conflict is inevitable.But the resolution of the conflict yields something new - a synthesis - eliminating the flaws in each, leaving behind common elements and ideas."
That conversation with Caesar is so good. He's set up to be the big bad, which so often a position held by a brute. Instead, he learns your ass and sends you on your way.
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All generalizations are false, including this one.