...Uh-huh. Jack brushes the back of Ianto's hand with vague affection for his meanderings, and continues.

"You might be right. But most of the individual leaders of the planet didn't think so. Unlike her, they had real power, if over smaller areas, and they thought her solution was oversimplistic and idealistic."

Beat.

"Also, many of them were involved in expensive wars at the time. Funny how that worked out."