“We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality.

And while you’re studying that reality — judiciously, as you will —

[scratch that-replace]

And while you’re distracted by social media — frivolously, as you do —

[resume]

we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.”

Karl Rove