It was an age of Empires. So is this one, not all that well disguised. Author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Copy Quote More from Kurt Vonnegut Jr. “Human beings are chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power. By saying that our l…” “The champagne was dead. So it goes.” “Kilgore Trout once wrote a short story which was a dialogue between two pieces …” “The prostitutes worked for a pimp now. He was splendid and cruel. He was a god …”