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42 - 1776

The Worst of All Possible Worlds

CHAPTER

Conservatism Is About Power Be Seized and Protected

Most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor, Dickinson says. It sounds very close to John Steinbeck's quote, right? About why it was hard to to bring socialism to the American masses because most Americans see themselves as temporary embarrassment. So now the continental Congress goes into recess once more. Everyone leaves town or at the very least leaves the chamber. And we get to spend our time with sort of the the working class mooks at the core of keeping this thing running. McInair is a Johnny from police squad. He puts the pens in the ink wells. He rings the bell. Oh, wow. Right.

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