"Even when it's mostly one person, like Hitler in World War Two, or Weil for World War Four... they don't get the power they have without the right situation. Sometimes, when you read history, it can look like a whole pile of circumstance and luck. But peel it away, and you have manipulative jerks... and people ignorant or desperate enough... or trapped enough... to let themselves be manipulated."

Another smile. "Well, it's digital, with a backup system, so technically there are as many copies as anyone needs there to be."