““Why are you quitting?”
“Sick of my job.”
“Because what you were doing was morally bad?” suggested the voice.
“Because it wasn’t getting anybody anywhere. Because it was getting everybody nowhere.”
“Because it was evil?” insisted the voice.
“Because it was pointless.””

—  Kurt Vonnegut , book Player Piano

Source: Player Piano (1952), Chapter 29 (p. 271)

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