“With us,” said Alice, with difficulty catching her breath, “when you run as fast as you can for a long time, you will certainly find yourself in another place.
- What a slow country! Said the Queen. - Well, here, you know, you have to run as fast just to stay in the same place! If you want to get to another place, then you need to run at least twice as fast! "
Especially often this saying of the Queen describes the essence of capitalist competition, where any stop immediately throws you back. The term "Race (Run) of the Black Queen" is used in evolutionary theory to denote the need for constant change and adaptation of species to support their existence.
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderla...