"Mr. Higinio Schtrompf is trying to change the law to remain in power forever! This runs against all the principles of democracy, and the ranks of the Vittorianist Party will resist it to the end!"
Some time later...
"So our natural leader, doctor Alonso Vittoriani, needs our help to remove the institutional hindrances that arbitrarily stop him from consecrating his life to the service of the country in the position the people's sovereign will has elected him to..."
"Do you see what I mean? Because of modern medicine, more and more sickly individuals get to survive and contribute to the gene pool of the species. If we keep on meddling with natural selection, we'll be left unprotected against any epidemic that comes our way."
Millions of years earlier...
"With all this taking care of the young business, they are born less and less capable of fending for themselves. If we keep on getting weaker, beasts will eventually get the better of us for good."
"Atlantis will start rising again off the West coast of North America in 1968 or 1969. China will be converted to Christianity by 1968. Jesus will return to Earth in 1998.
"People in the 21st century will take photographs with telephones they'll carry in their pockets."
"... so, by increasing working hours from eight to sixteen a day, our employee's time off will be twice as long in terms of rest! No, you don't need to thank us. We are always thinking of you."
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