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Unlike past generations, modern powers are not constrained by fidelity to the Tao. By stepping outside the Tao, these rulers become no longer recognizably human in any traditional sense.

Their victory over humanity itself leads to "the abolition of man." Lewis warns that modern humanity cannot have it both ways: either we are rational beings subject to the Tao, or we are raw material to be manipulated by select masters driven by their impulses.

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