"Tomas take on the issue"

"When Tomas heard the Communists shouting in defense of their inner purity, he said to himself, As a result of your “not knowing,” this country has lost its freedom, lost it for centuries, perhaps, and you shout that you feel no guilt? How can you stand the sight of what you’ve done? How is it that you aren’t horrified? Have you no eyes to see? If you had eyes, you would have to put them out and wander away from Thebes!"

Kundera, M. (1984). The Unbearable Lightness of Being. New York,
NY.