the Daily Whale - 7 December 1992

Remember 1849? Ancient tyrannies were collapsing all over, and it looked like freedom was here to stay. But before anybody could quite get a grasp on the new world order, tyranny re-asserted itself.

Yeah, and there was a gold rush, too. Remember how people made fortunes and then spent ‘em, poof? And the world got richer anyhow.