35/48 "The interests prevail!" "Looks like it," said Sharon, and he, too, laughed dryly. The dollar trembled on its throne, the fat bourgeoisie--he spared a withering glance for Sharon, who was the only fat Whipple in the world--would resort to brutal force to silence those who saw the truth and were brave enough to speak it out. "Privilege throttles truth where it can. I should have expected nothing else; I have long known there was no soil here that would nourish our ideals. I couldn't long hope for sympathy from mere exploiters of labour. |