How else could it be done?his work didnt belong to him, it belonged to the family, and they owed him nothing in return, and the only claim he had on them was his needso he had to beg in public for relief from his needs, like any lousy moocher, listing all his troubles and miseries, down to his patched drawers and his wifes head colds, hoping that the family would throw him the alms He had to claim miseries, because its miseries, not work, that had become the coin of the realmso it turned into a contest among six thousand panhandlers, each claiming that his need was worse than his brothers Do you care to guess what happened, what sort of men kept quiet, feeling shame, and what sort got away with the jackpot When all the decent pleasures are forbidden, theres always ways to get the rotten ones [alcohol] Babies was the only item of production that didnt fall, but rose and kept on risingbecause people had nothing else to do, I guess, and because they didnt have to care, the baby wasnt their burden, it was the familys. In fact, the best chance you had of getting a raise and breathing easier for a while was a baby allowance. Either that, or a major disease Nobody can divide a factorys income among thousands of people, without some sort of a gauge to measure peoples value
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