Iain Banks Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: February 16, 1954 - June 9, 2013
Birthday: February 16
Death: June 9
It looks perverted and wasteful to us, but then one thing that empires are not about is the efficient use of resources and the spread of happiness; both are typically accomplished despite the economic short-circuiting—corruption and favoritism, mostly—endemic to the system.
topic: Looks, Use, Empires, Favoritism
