“There were doubtlessly people who said, “Well, it’s useless to think about building something to…”
“”There were doubtlessly people who said, “Well, it’s useless to think about building something to ward off the barbarians! There’s no guaranteed solution!” And what they never considered was that the shrug advice was pretty shitty […] the problem with that “shrug” advice to deal with the current situation is that, like the peasants trying to deal with barbarians, the advice to get by for today condemns women everywhere to a horrible future forevermore. “”