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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;text-align:justify;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{sc|There are certain areas of pub&amp;amp;shy;lic and so&amp;amp;shy;cial activ&amp;amp;shy;ity}}  that every man con&amp;amp;shy;siders him&amp;amp;shy;self qual&amp;amp;shy;if&amp;amp;shy;ied not only to com&amp;amp;shy;ment, ad&amp;amp;shy;vise or ponti&amp;amp;shy;fic&amp;amp;shy;ate about, but to lay down dog&amp;amp;shy;matic&amp;amp;shy;ally im&amp;amp;shy;mut&amp;amp;shy;able laws, state plans of action and an&amp;amp;shy;nounce fu&amp;amp;shy;ture poli&amp;amp;shy;cies that if fol&amp;amp;shy;lowed would ( he will as&amp;amp;shy;sure the saloon bar reg&amp;amp;shy;u&amp;amp;shy;lars) pro&amp;amp;shy;duce profit for all and vic&amp;amp;shy;tory for some vauge and ill de&amp;amp;shy;fined tar&amp;amp;shy;get. Men who gaze into the in&amp;amp;shy;ternal work&amp;amp;shy;ings of an open {{w|pocket watch|Pocket_watch}} with the fas&amp;amp;shy;cin&amp;amp;shy;ated hor&amp;amp;shy;ror of an hyp&amp;amp;shy;not&amp;amp;shy;ized rabbit will, with the aid of a pen&amp;amp;shy;cil and a cap&amp;amp;shy;tive audi&amp;amp;shy;ence, re&amp;amp;shy;site {{w|atomic plants|Nuclear_power_plant}}, lay out huge indus&amp;amp;shy;trial {{w|town&amp;amp;shy;ships|Township_(England)}}, trans&amp;amp;shy;fer tens of thou&amp;amp;shy;sands of their un&amp;amp;shy;for&amp;amp;shy;tunate fel&amp;amp;shy;low coun&amp;amp;shy;try&amp;amp;shy;men half way around the world for the greater good of in&amp;amp;shy;dus&amp;amp;shy;trial pro&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tiv&amp;amp;shy;ity and de&amp;amp;shy;vise trans&amp;amp;shy;port hells that not only would span the world even to the ut&amp;amp;shy;most lim&amp;amp;shy;its of the bar room counter, but would &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;pup&lt;/del&gt;&amp;amp;shy;u&amp;amp;shy;late de&amp;amp;shy;serts and jun&amp;amp;shy;gles though at the same time turn&amp;amp;shy;ing the hab&amp;amp;shy;it&amp;amp;shy;able parts of this earth over to the beasts and the birds. There are such men who would hesit&amp;amp;shy;ate to switch on a tele&amp;amp;shy;vi&amp;amp;shy;sion set without the super&amp;amp;shy;vi&amp;amp;shy;sion of some qual&amp;amp;shy;if&amp;amp;shy;ied woman, yet left to them&amp;amp;shy;selves would out-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;Napo&amp;amp;shy;leon {{w|Napo&amp;amp;shy;leon|Napoleon}} by send&amp;amp;shy;ing armies flat foot&amp;amp;shy;ing across Europe, fleets of planes into other people{{s&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;|r&lt;/del&gt;}}&amp;lt;!-- without apostrophe in original --&amp;gt; broad blue yonders, and navies across oceans, up rivers and down canals to win un&amp;amp;shy;dec&amp;amp;shy;lared wars for un&amp;amp;shy;dec&amp;amp;shy;lared ob&amp;amp;shy;jects. Yet such is the fun&amp;amp;shy;da&amp;amp;shy;mental sim&amp;amp;shy;pli&amp;amp;shy;city of most of our human prob&amp;amp;shy;lems that in most part they are cor&amp;amp;shy;rect in their as&amp;amp;shy;sump&amp;amp;shy;tions. For un&amp;amp;shy;like the ex&amp;amp;shy;perts they ap&amp;amp;shy;proach these prob&amp;amp;shy;lems not from the ex&amp;amp;shy;pert{{s|r}} wet-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;eyed view-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;point but from that of the so&amp;amp;shy;cial user and suf&amp;amp;shy;ferer. Time and time again the {{w|Unit One|Unit_One}} of the human race has been sac&amp;amp;shy;ri&amp;amp;shy;ficed without apo&amp;amp;shy;logy for a draw&amp;amp;shy;ing board mis&amp;amp;shy;take; and mil&amp;amp;shy;lions of men, women and chil&amp;amp;shy;dren have lived out their short and miser&amp;amp;shy;able lives to en&amp;amp;shy;able an in&amp;amp;shy;dus&amp;amp;shy;trial&amp;amp;shy;ist or a pol&amp;amp;shy;it&amp;amp;shy;i&amp;amp;shy;cian to prove a thesis or show the share&amp;amp;shy;hold&amp;amp;shy;ers a pro&amp;amp;shy;fit and when the second gen&amp;amp;shy;er&amp;amp;shy;a&amp;amp;shy;tion ex&amp;amp;shy;perts &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;hae &lt;/del&gt;arisen to lay their dry dead hands on new {{qq|facts}}, or with the wis&amp;amp;shy;dom of hind&amp;amp;shy;sight burn&amp;amp;shy;ing bright within the rims of their rim&amp;amp;shy;less spec&amp;amp;shy;tacles, proven that all pre&amp;amp;shy;vi&amp;amp;shy;ous theor&amp;amp;shy;ies were the in&amp;amp;shy;tel&amp;amp;shy;lec&amp;amp;shy;tual dross of their dear old dad, then they in their turn will ex&amp;amp;shy;pound heresy. Un&amp;amp;shy;less they ac&amp;amp;shy;cept the sim&amp;amp;shy;ple and fun&amp;amp;shy;da&amp;amp;shy;mental truth that in&amp;amp;shy;di&amp;amp;shy;vidual man must not be sac&amp;amp;shy;ri&amp;amp;shy;ficed for a myth&amp;amp;shy;ical fu&amp;amp;shy;ture for pos&amp;amp;shy;ter&amp;amp;shy;ity and that the key and the test of all human activ&amp;amp;shy;it&amp;amp;shy;ies is the well being of each and every in&amp;amp;shy;di&amp;amp;shy;vidual. It is at this point that the saloon bar dreamer and the ex&amp;amp;shy;pert make com&amp;amp;shy;mon cause and reach a com&amp;amp;shy;mon fail&amp;amp;shy;ure. For what&amp;amp;shy;ever plans they con&amp;amp;shy;ceive, whether drawn in beer or {{p|290}}typed in tri&amp;amp;shy;pli&amp;amp;shy;cate, they are geared to their own par&amp;amp;shy;tic&amp;amp;shy;u&amp;amp;shy;lar so&amp;amp;shy;cial group&amp;amp;shy;ing and can only &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;e &lt;/del&gt;put into oper&amp;amp;shy;a&amp;amp;shy;tion at the ex&amp;amp;shy;pense of less for&amp;amp;shy;tun&amp;amp;shy;ate people. But of all fields of so&amp;amp;shy;cial activ&amp;amp;shy;ity none oc&amp;amp;shy;cupy the user more than that of mass human trans&amp;amp;shy;port. Here is the one so&amp;amp;shy;cial func&amp;amp;shy;tion to which they are forced by cir&amp;amp;shy;cum&amp;amp;shy;stance of em&amp;amp;shy;ploy&amp;amp;shy;ment or pleas&amp;amp;shy;ure to be the daily vic&amp;amp;shy;tim. Each day in every town and city they stand in their queues wait&amp;amp;shy;ing and wait&amp;amp;shy;ing for the bus that never seems to come. They will crowd, in con&amp;amp;shy;di&amp;amp;shy;tions that rightly we would not allow anim&amp;amp;shy;als to suf&amp;amp;shy;fer, into the {{w|Under&amp;amp;shy;ground|Rapid_transit}} sys&amp;amp;shy;tems of the ma&amp;amp;shy;jor cities of the world and they will vent their hate and anger on the lone and solit&amp;amp;shy;ary bus con&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tor in the prison/&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;warder re&amp;amp;shy;la&amp;amp;shy;tion&amp;amp;shy;ship that this mobile {{w|Kafka cir&amp;amp;shy;cus|Up_in_the_Gallery}} cre&amp;amp;shy;ates. For here is the one person who can be forced by eco&amp;amp;shy;nomic im&amp;amp;shy;prison&amp;amp;shy;ment to stand and ac&amp;amp;shy;cept their whines, their in&amp;amp;shy;so&amp;amp;shy;lence, their bit&amp;amp;shy;ter con&amp;amp;shy;tempt, their intel&amp;amp;shy;li&amp;amp;shy;gent ob&amp;amp;shy;ser&amp;amp;shy;va&amp;amp;shy;tions or their stark bab&amp;amp;shy;bling luna&amp;amp;shy;cies. Yet of all men the bus con&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tor is the least able to help them for like them he is the vic&amp;amp;shy;tim of a so&amp;amp;shy;ciety that holds that pro&amp;amp;shy;fit and not so&amp;amp;shy;cial ser&amp;amp;shy;vice must be the key-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;stone of every com&amp;amp;shy;munal en&amp;amp;shy;deav&amp;amp;shy;our, for it is a sys&amp;amp;shy;tem that pan&amp;amp;shy;ders to the bully among the pas&amp;amp;shy;sen&amp;amp;shy;gers and the whin&amp;amp;shy;ing gut&amp;amp;shy;less syco&amp;amp;shy;phant among the em&amp;amp;shy;ployed staff. And men will stand in rain-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;swept queues and prove to their damp and in&amp;amp;shy;dif&amp;amp;shy;fer&amp;amp;shy;ent neigh&amp;amp;shy;bours that if such and such a plan were fol&amp;amp;shy;lowed and put into im&amp;amp;shy;medi&amp;amp;shy;ate oper&amp;amp;shy;a&amp;amp;shy;tion they would have a trans&amp;amp;shy;port serv&amp;amp;shy;ice that would carry them with ease and swift&amp;amp;shy;ness to their des&amp;amp;shy;tin&amp;amp;shy;a&amp;amp;shy;tions. And they will hud&amp;amp;shy;dle in the sway&amp;amp;shy;ing bus search&amp;amp;shy;ing for the small sliver of their fare wor&amp;amp;shy;ry&amp;amp;shy;ing and won&amp;amp;shy;der&amp;amp;shy;ing if they will reach their place of em&amp;amp;shy;ploy&amp;amp;shy;ment on time and what ex&amp;amp;shy;cuse they can offer for their late&amp;amp;shy;ness.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;text-align:justify;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{sc|There are certain areas of pub&amp;amp;shy;lic and so&amp;amp;shy;cial activ&amp;amp;shy;ity}}  that every man con&amp;amp;shy;siders him&amp;amp;shy;self qual&amp;amp;shy;if&amp;amp;shy;ied not only to com&amp;amp;shy;ment, ad&amp;amp;shy;vise or ponti&amp;amp;shy;fic&amp;amp;shy;ate about, but to lay down dog&amp;amp;shy;matic&amp;amp;shy;ally im&amp;amp;shy;mut&amp;amp;shy;able laws, state plans of action and an&amp;amp;shy;nounce fu&amp;amp;shy;ture poli&amp;amp;shy;cies that if fol&amp;amp;shy;lowed would (he will as&amp;amp;shy;sure the saloon bar reg&amp;amp;shy;u&amp;amp;shy;lars) pro&amp;amp;shy;duce profit for all and vic&amp;amp;shy;tory for some vauge and ill de&amp;amp;shy;fined tar&amp;amp;shy;get. Men who gaze into the in&amp;amp;shy;ternal work&amp;amp;shy;ings of an open {{w|pocket watch|Pocket_watch}} with the fas&amp;amp;shy;cin&amp;amp;shy;ated hor&amp;amp;shy;ror of an hyp&amp;amp;shy;not&amp;amp;shy;ized rabbit will, with the aid of a pen&amp;amp;shy;cil and a cap&amp;amp;shy;tive audi&amp;amp;shy;ence, re&amp;amp;shy;site {{w|atomic plants|Nuclear_power_plant}}, lay out huge indus&amp;amp;shy;trial {{w|town&amp;amp;shy;ships|Township_(England)}}, trans&amp;amp;shy;fer tens of thou&amp;amp;shy;sands of their un&amp;amp;shy;for&amp;amp;shy;tunate fel&amp;amp;shy;low coun&amp;amp;shy;try&amp;amp;shy;men half way around the world for the greater good of in&amp;amp;shy;dus&amp;amp;shy;trial pro&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tiv&amp;amp;shy;ity and de&amp;amp;shy;vise trans&amp;amp;shy;port hells that not only would span the world even to the ut&amp;amp;shy;most lim&amp;amp;shy;its of the bar room counter, but would &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;pop&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;amp;shy;u&amp;amp;shy;late de&amp;amp;shy;serts and jun&amp;amp;shy;gles though at the same time turn&amp;amp;shy;ing the hab&amp;amp;shy;it&amp;amp;shy;able parts of this earth over to the beasts and the birds. There are such men who would hesit&amp;amp;shy;ate to switch on a tele&amp;amp;shy;vi&amp;amp;shy;sion set without the super&amp;amp;shy;vi&amp;amp;shy;sion of some qual&amp;amp;shy;if&amp;amp;shy;ied woman, yet left to them&amp;amp;shy;selves would out-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;Napo&amp;amp;shy;leon {{w|Napo&amp;amp;shy;leon|Napoleon}} by send&amp;amp;shy;ing armies flat foot&amp;amp;shy;ing across Europe, fleets of planes into other people{{s}}&amp;lt;!-- without apostrophe in original --&amp;gt; broad blue yonders, and navies across oceans, up rivers and down canals to win un&amp;amp;shy;dec&amp;amp;shy;lared wars for un&amp;amp;shy;dec&amp;amp;shy;lared ob&amp;amp;shy;jects. Yet such is the fun&amp;amp;shy;da&amp;amp;shy;mental sim&amp;amp;shy;pli&amp;amp;shy;city of most of our human prob&amp;amp;shy;lems that in most part they are cor&amp;amp;shy;rect in their as&amp;amp;shy;sump&amp;amp;shy;tions. For un&amp;amp;shy;like the ex&amp;amp;shy;perts they ap&amp;amp;shy;proach these prob&amp;amp;shy;lems not from the ex&amp;amp;shy;pert{{s|r}} wet-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;eyed view-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;point but from that of the so&amp;amp;shy;cial user and suf&amp;amp;shy;ferer. Time and time again the {{w|Unit One|Unit_One}} of the human race has been sac&amp;amp;shy;ri&amp;amp;shy;ficed without apo&amp;amp;shy;logy for a draw&amp;amp;shy;ing board mis&amp;amp;shy;take; and mil&amp;amp;shy;lions of men, women and chil&amp;amp;shy;dren have lived out their short and miser&amp;amp;shy;able lives to en&amp;amp;shy;able an in&amp;amp;shy;dus&amp;amp;shy;trial&amp;amp;shy;ist or a pol&amp;amp;shy;it&amp;amp;shy;i&amp;amp;shy;cian to prove a thesis or show the share&amp;amp;shy;hold&amp;amp;shy;ers a pro&amp;amp;shy;fit and when the second gen&amp;amp;shy;er&amp;amp;shy;a&amp;amp;shy;tion ex&amp;amp;shy;perts &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;have &lt;/ins&gt;arisen to lay their dry dead hands on new {{qq|facts}}, or with the wis&amp;amp;shy;dom of hind&amp;amp;shy;sight burn&amp;amp;shy;ing bright within the rims of their rim&amp;amp;shy;less spec&amp;amp;shy;tacles, proven that all pre&amp;amp;shy;vi&amp;amp;shy;ous theor&amp;amp;shy;ies were the in&amp;amp;shy;tel&amp;amp;shy;lec&amp;amp;shy;tual dross of their dear old dad, then they in their turn will ex&amp;amp;shy;pound heresy. Un&amp;amp;shy;less they ac&amp;amp;shy;cept the sim&amp;amp;shy;ple and fun&amp;amp;shy;da&amp;amp;shy;mental truth that in&amp;amp;shy;di&amp;amp;shy;vidual man must not be sac&amp;amp;shy;ri&amp;amp;shy;ficed for a myth&amp;amp;shy;ical fu&amp;amp;shy;ture for pos&amp;amp;shy;ter&amp;amp;shy;ity and that the key and the test of all human activ&amp;amp;shy;it&amp;amp;shy;ies is the well being of each and every in&amp;amp;shy;di&amp;amp;shy;vidual. It is at this point that the saloon bar dreamer and the ex&amp;amp;shy;pert make com&amp;amp;shy;mon cause and reach a com&amp;amp;shy;mon fail&amp;amp;shy;ure. For what&amp;amp;shy;ever plans they con&amp;amp;shy;ceive, whether drawn in beer or {{p|290}}typed in tri&amp;amp;shy;pli&amp;amp;shy;cate, they are geared to their own par&amp;amp;shy;tic&amp;amp;shy;u&amp;amp;shy;lar so&amp;amp;shy;cial group&amp;amp;shy;ing and can only &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;be &lt;/ins&gt;put into oper&amp;amp;shy;a&amp;amp;shy;tion at the ex&amp;amp;shy;pense of less for&amp;amp;shy;tun&amp;amp;shy;ate people. But of all fields of so&amp;amp;shy;cial activ&amp;amp;shy;ity none oc&amp;amp;shy;cupy the user more than that of mass human trans&amp;amp;shy;port. Here is the one so&amp;amp;shy;cial func&amp;amp;shy;tion to which they are forced by cir&amp;amp;shy;cum&amp;amp;shy;stance of em&amp;amp;shy;ploy&amp;amp;shy;ment or pleas&amp;amp;shy;ure to be the daily vic&amp;amp;shy;tim. Each day in every town and city they stand in their queues wait&amp;amp;shy;ing and wait&amp;amp;shy;ing for the bus that never seems to come. They will crowd, in con&amp;amp;shy;di&amp;amp;shy;tions that rightly we would not allow anim&amp;amp;shy;als to suf&amp;amp;shy;fer, into the {{w|Under&amp;amp;shy;ground|Rapid_transit}} sys&amp;amp;shy;tems of the ma&amp;amp;shy;jor cities of the world and they will vent their hate and anger on the lone and solit&amp;amp;shy;ary bus con&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tor in the prison/&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;warder re&amp;amp;shy;la&amp;amp;shy;tion&amp;amp;shy;ship that this mobile {{w|Kafka cir&amp;amp;shy;cus|Up_in_the_Gallery}} cre&amp;amp;shy;ates. For here is the one person who can be forced by eco&amp;amp;shy;nomic im&amp;amp;shy;prison&amp;amp;shy;ment to stand and ac&amp;amp;shy;cept their whines, their in&amp;amp;shy;so&amp;amp;shy;lence, their bit&amp;amp;shy;ter con&amp;amp;shy;tempt, their intel&amp;amp;shy;li&amp;amp;shy;gent ob&amp;amp;shy;ser&amp;amp;shy;va&amp;amp;shy;tions or their stark bab&amp;amp;shy;bling luna&amp;amp;shy;cies. Yet of all men the bus con&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tor is the least able to help them for like them he is the vic&amp;amp;shy;tim of a so&amp;amp;shy;ciety that holds that pro&amp;amp;shy;fit and not so&amp;amp;shy;cial ser&amp;amp;shy;vice must be the key-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;stone of every com&amp;amp;shy;munal en&amp;amp;shy;deav&amp;amp;shy;our, for it is a sys&amp;amp;shy;tem that pan&amp;amp;shy;ders to the bully among the pas&amp;amp;shy;sen&amp;amp;shy;gers and the whin&amp;amp;shy;ing gut&amp;amp;shy;less syco&amp;amp;shy;phant among the em&amp;amp;shy;ployed staff. And men will stand in rain-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;swept queues and prove to their damp and in&amp;amp;shy;dif&amp;amp;shy;fer&amp;amp;shy;ent neigh&amp;amp;shy;bours that if such and such a plan were fol&amp;amp;shy;lowed and put into im&amp;amp;shy;medi&amp;amp;shy;ate oper&amp;amp;shy;a&amp;amp;shy;tion they would have a trans&amp;amp;shy;port serv&amp;amp;shy;ice that would carry them with ease and swift&amp;amp;shy;ness to their des&amp;amp;shy;tin&amp;amp;shy;a&amp;amp;shy;tions. And they will hud&amp;amp;shy;dle in the sway&amp;amp;shy;ing bus search&amp;amp;shy;ing for the small sliver of their fare wor&amp;amp;shy;ry&amp;amp;shy;ing and won&amp;amp;shy;der&amp;amp;shy;ing if they will reach their place of em&amp;amp;shy;ploy&amp;amp;shy;ment on time and what ex&amp;amp;shy;cuse they can offer for their late&amp;amp;shy;ness.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{tab}}And the ob&amp;amp;shy;ject of their con&amp;amp;shy;tained hat&amp;amp;shy;red for&amp;amp;shy;ces his way through the bus as ir&amp;amp;shy;ri&amp;amp;shy;ta&amp;amp;shy;ted as the tra&amp;amp;shy;vel&amp;amp;shy;ler and hat&amp;amp;shy;ing the col&amp;amp;shy;lec&amp;amp;shy;tive for its slow&amp;amp;shy;ness and its in&amp;amp;shy;so&amp;amp;shy;lence and the stu&amp;amp;shy;pid&amp;amp;shy;ity and the ar&amp;amp;shy;ro&amp;amp;shy;gance of the small but vo&amp;amp;shy;cal min&amp;amp;shy;or&amp;amp;shy;ity. As the pas&amp;amp;shy;sen&amp;amp;shy;ger is the pri&amp;amp;shy;soner of those who plan our so&amp;amp;shy;ci&amp;amp;shy;ety for their own min&amp;amp;shy;or&amp;amp;shy;ity well-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;being, so the con&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tor in his turn is the vic&amp;amp;shy;tim of this same ab&amp;amp;shy;stract au&amp;amp;shy;thor&amp;amp;shy;ity. Be&amp;amp;shy;hind him stand an array of uni&amp;amp;shy;formed and plain-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;clothed of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cials that de&amp;amp;shy;mand that he shall be held re&amp;amp;shy;spon&amp;amp;shy;sible for every single un&amp;amp;shy;col&amp;amp;shy;lec&amp;amp;shy;ted fare and even for the tra&amp;amp;shy;vel&amp;amp;shy;ler who would, by ac&amp;amp;shy;ci&amp;amp;shy;dent or de&amp;amp;shy;sign, ride a hun&amp;amp;shy;dred yards passed his paid jour&amp;amp;shy;ney. For {{w|London Trans&amp;amp;shy;port|London_Transport_Board}} obey the oldest of bad em&amp;amp;shy;ploy&amp;amp;shy;er{{s|r}} weap&amp;amp;shy;ons: to gov&amp;amp;shy;ern by fear and threats. Let a child of three be found on a crowded bus with&amp;amp;shy;out a ticket and the bus con&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tor will be re&amp;amp;shy;ported for an of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cial inter&amp;amp;shy;view with the Chief Depot In&amp;amp;shy;spec&amp;amp;shy;tor. Let any person, by ac&amp;amp;shy;ci&amp;amp;shy;dent or de&amp;amp;shy;sign, travel beyond his paid jour&amp;amp;shy;ney and the con&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tor will be held re&amp;amp;shy;spon&amp;amp;shy;sible and asked to ex&amp;amp;shy;plain why he al&amp;amp;shy;lowed such an in&amp;amp;shy;ci&amp;amp;shy;dent to hap&amp;amp;shy;pen on {{qq|his bus}}. That it is liter&amp;amp;shy;ally im&amp;amp;shy;pos&amp;amp;shy;sible for any man to know what ticket each per&amp;amp;shy;son on a crowded bus is hold&amp;amp;shy;ing or where each per&amp;amp;shy;son has booked to should be self-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;evi&amp;amp;shy;dent and a simple test could prove it. A crowded bus holds sixty-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- no hyphen in original --&amp;gt;one people, ignor&amp;amp;shy;ing the fact that people are con&amp;amp;shy;tinu&amp;amp;shy;ally board&amp;amp;shy;ing and alight&amp;amp;shy;ing, and the cold and clin&amp;amp;shy;ical test is to have sixty-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;one people stand&amp;amp;shy;ing in a line. Let an of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cial walk along that line and then let each in&amp;amp;shy;di&amp;amp;shy;vidual name a fare of his own choos&amp;amp;shy;ing. Then let that same of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cial again walk {{p|291}}along that line and cor&amp;amp;shy;rectly re&amp;amp;shy;name each and every one of the sixty-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;one named fares. It is, of course, a men&amp;amp;shy;tally im&amp;amp;shy;pos&amp;amp;shy;sible feat and London Trans&amp;amp;shy;port, as every&amp;lt;!-- 'ever' in original --&amp;gt; other em&amp;amp;shy;ployer knows, is aware that this fact is self-&amp;lt;!-- no hyphen in original --&amp;gt;evi&amp;amp;shy;dent, but they work on the an&amp;amp;shy;cient and his&amp;amp;shy;tor&amp;amp;shy;ic&amp;amp;shy;ally tested thesis that fear is the eas&amp;amp;shy;i&amp;amp;shy;est weap&amp;amp;shy;on to con&amp;amp;shy;trol those you hire and that tar&amp;amp;shy;gets of work should always be pitched beyond the work&amp;amp;shy;man{{s}} cap&amp;amp;shy;abi&amp;amp;shy;lit&amp;amp;shy;ies. Its out&amp;amp;shy;come is that a man works like a rat in a {{w|Pavlov|Ivan_Pavlov}} trap with&amp;amp;shy;out any ap&amp;amp;shy;par&amp;amp;shy;ent super&amp;amp;shy;vi&amp;amp;shy;sion yet always with the know&amp;amp;shy;ledge that at any mo&amp;amp;shy;ment a uni&amp;amp;shy;formed of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cial will check the bus or that at any time of the day and night he is under the un&amp;amp;shy;known super&amp;amp;shy;vi&amp;amp;shy;sion of plain clothed of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cials tra&amp;amp;shy;vel&amp;amp;shy;ling on these self same buses as fare pay&amp;amp;shy;ing pas&amp;amp;shy;sen&amp;amp;shy;gers. It could be held that tis is but the trivia of any dis&amp;amp;shy;con&amp;amp;shy;ten&amp;amp;shy;ted staff, were it not that within our present so&amp;amp;shy;ci&amp;amp;shy;ety a whole organ&amp;amp;shy;iza&amp;amp;shy;tion is built upon men and women doing what is a com&amp;amp;shy;pletely time-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;wast&amp;amp;shy;ing func&amp;amp;shy;tion. For it is on the basis of what the con&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tor col&amp;amp;shy;lects in fares that our trans&amp;amp;shy;port ser&amp;amp;shy;vice is planned or cut.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{tab}}And the ob&amp;amp;shy;ject of their con&amp;amp;shy;tained hat&amp;amp;shy;red for&amp;amp;shy;ces his way through the bus as ir&amp;amp;shy;ri&amp;amp;shy;ta&amp;amp;shy;ted as the tra&amp;amp;shy;vel&amp;amp;shy;ler and hat&amp;amp;shy;ing the col&amp;amp;shy;lec&amp;amp;shy;tive for its slow&amp;amp;shy;ness and its in&amp;amp;shy;so&amp;amp;shy;lence and the stu&amp;amp;shy;pid&amp;amp;shy;ity and the ar&amp;amp;shy;ro&amp;amp;shy;gance of the small but vo&amp;amp;shy;cal min&amp;amp;shy;or&amp;amp;shy;ity. As the pas&amp;amp;shy;sen&amp;amp;shy;ger is the pri&amp;amp;shy;soner of those who plan our so&amp;amp;shy;ci&amp;amp;shy;ety for their own min&amp;amp;shy;or&amp;amp;shy;ity well-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;being, so the con&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tor in his turn is the vic&amp;amp;shy;tim of this same ab&amp;amp;shy;stract au&amp;amp;shy;thor&amp;amp;shy;ity. Be&amp;amp;shy;hind him stand an array of uni&amp;amp;shy;formed and plain-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;clothed of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cials that de&amp;amp;shy;mand that he shall be held re&amp;amp;shy;spon&amp;amp;shy;sible for every single un&amp;amp;shy;col&amp;amp;shy;lec&amp;amp;shy;ted fare and even for the tra&amp;amp;shy;vel&amp;amp;shy;ler who would, by ac&amp;amp;shy;ci&amp;amp;shy;dent or de&amp;amp;shy;sign, ride a hun&amp;amp;shy;dred yards passed his paid jour&amp;amp;shy;ney. For {{w|London Trans&amp;amp;shy;port|London_Transport_Board}} obey the oldest of bad em&amp;amp;shy;ploy&amp;amp;shy;er{{s|r}} weap&amp;amp;shy;ons: to gov&amp;amp;shy;ern by fear and threats. Let a child of three be found on a crowded bus with&amp;amp;shy;out a ticket and the bus con&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tor will be re&amp;amp;shy;ported for an of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cial inter&amp;amp;shy;view with the Chief Depot In&amp;amp;shy;spec&amp;amp;shy;tor. Let any person, by ac&amp;amp;shy;ci&amp;amp;shy;dent or de&amp;amp;shy;sign, travel beyond his paid jour&amp;amp;shy;ney and the con&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tor will be held re&amp;amp;shy;spon&amp;amp;shy;sible and asked to ex&amp;amp;shy;plain why he al&amp;amp;shy;lowed such an in&amp;amp;shy;ci&amp;amp;shy;dent to hap&amp;amp;shy;pen on {{qq|his bus}}. That it is liter&amp;amp;shy;ally im&amp;amp;shy;pos&amp;amp;shy;sible for any man to know what ticket each per&amp;amp;shy;son on a crowded bus is hold&amp;amp;shy;ing or where each per&amp;amp;shy;son has booked to should be self-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;evi&amp;amp;shy;dent and a simple test could prove it. A crowded bus holds sixty-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- no hyphen in original --&amp;gt;one people, ignor&amp;amp;shy;ing the fact that people are con&amp;amp;shy;tinu&amp;amp;shy;ally board&amp;amp;shy;ing and alight&amp;amp;shy;ing, and the cold and clin&amp;amp;shy;ical test is to have sixty-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;one people stand&amp;amp;shy;ing in a line. Let an of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cial walk along that line and then let each in&amp;amp;shy;di&amp;amp;shy;vidual name a fare of his own choos&amp;amp;shy;ing. Then let that same of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cial again walk {{p|291}}along that line and cor&amp;amp;shy;rectly re&amp;amp;shy;name each and every one of the sixty-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;one named fares. It is, of course, a men&amp;amp;shy;tally im&amp;amp;shy;pos&amp;amp;shy;sible feat and London Trans&amp;amp;shy;port, as every&amp;lt;!-- 'ever' in original --&amp;gt; other em&amp;amp;shy;ployer knows, is aware that this fact is self-&amp;lt;!-- no hyphen in original --&amp;gt;evi&amp;amp;shy;dent, but they work on the an&amp;amp;shy;cient and his&amp;amp;shy;tor&amp;amp;shy;ic&amp;amp;shy;ally tested thesis that fear is the eas&amp;amp;shy;i&amp;amp;shy;est weap&amp;amp;shy;on to con&amp;amp;shy;trol those you hire and that tar&amp;amp;shy;gets of work should always be pitched beyond the work&amp;amp;shy;man{{s}} cap&amp;amp;shy;abi&amp;amp;shy;lit&amp;amp;shy;ies. Its out&amp;amp;shy;come is that a man works like a rat in a {{w|Pavlov|Ivan_Pavlov}} trap with&amp;amp;shy;out any ap&amp;amp;shy;par&amp;amp;shy;ent super&amp;amp;shy;vi&amp;amp;shy;sion yet always with the know&amp;amp;shy;ledge that at any mo&amp;amp;shy;ment a uni&amp;amp;shy;formed of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cial will check the bus or that at any time of the day and night he is under the un&amp;amp;shy;known super&amp;amp;shy;vi&amp;amp;shy;sion of plain clothed of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cials tra&amp;amp;shy;vel&amp;amp;shy;ling on these self same buses as fare pay&amp;amp;shy;ing pas&amp;amp;shy;sen&amp;amp;shy;gers. It could be held that tis is but the trivia of any dis&amp;amp;shy;con&amp;amp;shy;ten&amp;amp;shy;ted staff, were it not that within our present so&amp;amp;shy;ci&amp;amp;shy;ety a whole organ&amp;amp;shy;iza&amp;amp;shy;tion is built upon men and women doing what is a com&amp;amp;shy;pletely time-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;wast&amp;amp;shy;ing func&amp;amp;shy;tion. For it is on the basis of what the con&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tor col&amp;amp;shy;lects in fares that our trans&amp;amp;shy;port ser&amp;amp;shy;vice is planned or cut.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l36&quot; &gt;Line 36:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{tab}}Without its hoards of para&amp;amp;shy;sitic of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cials, as free to use or re&amp;amp;shy;ject as the water in a pub&amp;amp;shy;lic foun&amp;amp;shy;tain. Oper&amp;amp;shy;ated by the men them&amp;amp;shy;selves and an&amp;amp;shy;swer&amp;amp;shy;able to each local coun&amp;amp;shy;cil. Owned and con&amp;amp;shy;trolled by the com&amp;amp;shy;mun&amp;amp;shy;ity it would be re&amp;amp;shy;garded not as the harlot among our pseudo so&amp;amp;shy;cial ser&amp;amp;shy;vices but an ac&amp;amp;shy;cepted and in&amp;amp;shy;dis&amp;amp;shy;pen&amp;amp;shy;sible part of our so&amp;amp;shy;cial fabric.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{tab}}Without its hoards of para&amp;amp;shy;sitic of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cials, as free to use or re&amp;amp;shy;ject as the water in a pub&amp;amp;shy;lic foun&amp;amp;shy;tain. Oper&amp;amp;shy;ated by the men them&amp;amp;shy;selves and an&amp;amp;shy;swer&amp;amp;shy;able to each local coun&amp;amp;shy;cil. Owned and con&amp;amp;shy;trolled by the com&amp;amp;shy;mun&amp;amp;shy;ity it would be re&amp;amp;shy;garded not as the harlot among our pseudo so&amp;amp;shy;cial ser&amp;amp;shy;vices but an ac&amp;amp;shy;cepted and in&amp;amp;shy;dis&amp;amp;shy;pen&amp;amp;shy;sible part of our so&amp;amp;shy;cial fabric.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Labour and industry]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Labour and industry]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;text-align:justify;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{sc|There are certain areas of pub&amp;amp;shy;lic and so&amp;amp;shy;cial activ&amp;amp;shy;ity}}  that every man con&amp;amp;shy;siders him&amp;amp;shy;self qual&amp;amp;shy;if&amp;amp;shy;ied not only to com&amp;amp;shy;ment, ad&amp;amp;shy;vise or ponti&amp;amp;shy;fic&amp;amp;shy;ate about, but to lay down dog&amp;amp;shy;matic&amp;amp;shy;ally im&amp;amp;shy;mut&amp;amp;shy;able laws, state plans of action and an&amp;amp;shy;nounce fu&amp;amp;shy;ture poli&amp;amp;shy;cies that if fol&amp;amp;shy;lowed would ( he will as&amp;amp;shy;sure the saloon bar reg&amp;amp;shy;u&amp;amp;shy;lars) pro&amp;amp;shy;duce profit for all and vic&amp;amp;shy;tory for some vauge and ill de&amp;amp;shy;fined tar&amp;amp;shy;get. Men who gaze into the in&amp;amp;shy;ternal work&amp;amp;shy;ings of an open {{w|pocket watch|Pocket_watch}} with the fas&amp;amp;shy;cin&amp;amp;shy;ated hor&amp;amp;shy;ror of an hyp&amp;amp;shy;not&amp;amp;shy;ized rabbit will, with the aid of a pen&amp;amp;shy;cil and a cap&amp;amp;shy;tive audi&amp;amp;shy;ence, re&amp;amp;shy;site {{w|atomic plants|Nuclear_power_plant}}, lay out huge indus&amp;amp;shy;trial {{w|town&amp;amp;shy;ships|Township_(England)}}, trans&amp;amp;shy;fer tens of thou&amp;amp;shy;sands of their un&amp;amp;shy;for&amp;amp;shy;tunate fel&amp;amp;shy;low coun&amp;amp;shy;try&amp;amp;shy;men half way around the world for the greater good of in&amp;amp;shy;dus&amp;amp;shy;trial pro&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tiv&amp;amp;shy;ity and de&amp;amp;shy;vise trans&amp;amp;shy;port hells that not only would span the world even to the ut&amp;amp;shy;most lim&amp;amp;shy;its of the bar room counter, but would pup&amp;amp;shy;u&amp;amp;shy;late de&amp;amp;shy;serts and jun&amp;amp;shy;gles though at the same time turn&amp;amp;shy;ing the hab&amp;amp;shy;it&amp;amp;shy;able parts of this earth over to the beasts and the birds. There are such men who would hesit&amp;amp;shy;ate to switch on a tele&amp;amp;shy;vi&amp;amp;shy;sion set without the super&amp;amp;shy;vi&amp;amp;shy;sion of some qual&amp;amp;shy;if&amp;amp;shy;ied woman, yet left to them&amp;amp;shy;selves would out-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;Napo&amp;amp;shy;leon {{w|Napo&amp;amp;shy;leon|Napoleon}} by send&amp;amp;shy;ing armies flat foot&amp;amp;shy;ing across Europe, fleets of planes into other people{{s|r}}&amp;lt;!-- without apostrophe in original --&amp;gt; broad blue yonders, and navies across oceans, up rivers and down canals to win un&amp;amp;shy;dec&amp;amp;shy;lared wars for un&amp;amp;shy;dec&amp;amp;shy;lared ob&amp;amp;shy;jects. Yet such is the fun&amp;amp;shy;da&amp;amp;shy;mental sim&amp;amp;shy;pli&amp;amp;shy;city of most of our human prob&amp;amp;shy;lems that in most part they are cor&amp;amp;shy;rect in their as&amp;amp;shy;sump&amp;amp;shy;tions. For un&amp;amp;shy;like the ex&amp;amp;shy;perts they ap&amp;amp;shy;proach these prob&amp;amp;shy;lems not from the ex&amp;amp;shy;pert{{s|r}} wet-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;eyed view-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;point but from that of the so&amp;amp;shy;cial user and suf&amp;amp;shy;ferer. Time and time again the {{w|Unit One|Unit_One}} of the human race has been sac&amp;amp;shy;ri&amp;amp;shy;ficed without apo&amp;amp;shy;logy for a draw&amp;amp;shy;ing board mis&amp;amp;shy;take; and mil&amp;amp;shy;lions of men, women and chil&amp;amp;shy;dren have lived out their short and miser&amp;amp;shy;able lives to en&amp;amp;shy;able an in&amp;amp;shy;dus&amp;amp;shy;trial&amp;amp;shy;ist or a pol&amp;amp;shy;it&amp;amp;shy;i&amp;amp;shy;cian to prove a thesis or show the share&amp;amp;shy;hold&amp;amp;shy;ers a pro&amp;amp;shy;fit and when the second gen&amp;amp;shy;er&amp;amp;shy;a&amp;amp;shy;tion ex&amp;amp;shy;perts hae arisen to lay their dry dead hands on new {{qq|facts}}, or with the wis&amp;amp;shy;dom of hind&amp;amp;shy;sight burn&amp;amp;shy;ing bright within the rims of their rim&amp;amp;shy;less spec&amp;amp;shy;tacles, proven that all pre&amp;amp;shy;vi&amp;amp;shy;ous theor&amp;amp;shy;ies were the in&amp;amp;shy;tel&amp;amp;shy;lec&amp;amp;shy;tual dross of their dear old dad, then they in their turn will ex&amp;amp;shy;pound heresy. Un&amp;amp;shy;less they ac&amp;amp;shy;cept the sim&amp;amp;shy;ple and fun&amp;amp;shy;da&amp;amp;shy;mental truth that in&amp;amp;shy;di&amp;amp;shy;vidual man must not be sac&amp;amp;shy;ri&amp;amp;shy;ficed for a myth&amp;amp;shy;ical fu&amp;amp;shy;ture for pos&amp;amp;shy;ter&amp;amp;shy;ity and that the key and the test of all human activ&amp;amp;shy;it&amp;amp;shy;ies is the well being of each and every in&amp;amp;shy;di&amp;amp;shy;vidual. It is at this point that the saloon bar dreamer and the ex&amp;amp;shy;pert make com&amp;amp;shy;mon cause and reach a com&amp;amp;shy;mon fail&amp;amp;shy;ure. For what&amp;amp;shy;ever plans they con&amp;amp;shy;ceive, whether drawn in beer or {{p|290}}typed in tri&amp;amp;shy;pli&amp;amp;shy;cate, they are geared to their own par&amp;amp;shy;tic&amp;amp;shy;u&amp;amp;shy;lar so&amp;amp;shy;cial group&amp;amp;shy;ing and can only e put into oper&amp;amp;shy;a&amp;amp;shy;tion at the ex&amp;amp;shy;pense of less for&amp;amp;shy;tun&amp;amp;shy;ate people. But of all fields of so&amp;amp;shy;cial activ&amp;amp;shy;ity none oc&amp;amp;shy;cupy the user more than that of mass human trans&amp;amp;shy;port. Here is the one so&amp;amp;shy;cial func&amp;amp;shy;tion to which they are forced by cir&amp;amp;shy;cum&amp;amp;shy;stance of em&amp;amp;shy;ploy&amp;amp;shy;ment or pleas&amp;amp;shy;ure to be the daily vic&amp;amp;shy;tim. Each day in every town and city they stand in their queues wait&amp;amp;shy;ing and wait&amp;amp;shy;ing for the bus that never seems to come. They will crowd, in con&amp;amp;shy;di&amp;amp;shy;tions that rightly we would not allow anim&amp;amp;shy;als to suf&amp;amp;shy;fer, into the {{w|Under&amp;amp;shy;ground|Rapid_transit}} sys&amp;amp;shy;tems of the ma&amp;amp;shy;jor cities of the world and they will vent their hate and anger on the lone and solit&amp;amp;shy;ary bus con&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tor in the prison/&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;warder re&amp;amp;shy;la&amp;amp;shy;tion&amp;amp;shy;ship that this mobile {{w|Kafka cir&amp;amp;shy;cus|Up_in_the_Gallery}} cre&amp;amp;shy;ates. For here is the one person who can be forced by eco&amp;amp;shy;nomic im&amp;amp;shy;prison&amp;amp;shy;ment to stand and ac&amp;amp;shy;cept their whines, their in&amp;amp;shy;so&amp;amp;shy;lence, their bit&amp;amp;shy;ter con&amp;amp;shy;tempt, their intel&amp;amp;shy;li&amp;amp;shy;gent ob&amp;amp;shy;ser&amp;amp;shy;va&amp;amp;shy;tions or their stark bab&amp;amp;shy;bling luna&amp;amp;shy;cies. Yet of all men the bus con&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tor is the least able to help them for like them he is the vic&amp;amp;shy;tim of a so&amp;amp;shy;ciety that holds that pro&amp;amp;shy;fit and not so&amp;amp;shy;cial ser&amp;amp;shy;vice must be the key-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;stone of every com&amp;amp;shy;munal en&amp;amp;shy;deav&amp;amp;shy;our, for it is a sys&amp;amp;shy;tem that pan&amp;amp;shy;ders to the bully among the pas&amp;amp;shy;sen&amp;amp;shy;gers and the whin&amp;amp;shy;ing gut&amp;amp;shy;less syco&amp;amp;shy;phant among the em&amp;amp;shy;ployed staff. And men will stand in rain-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;swept queues and prove to their damp and in&amp;amp;shy;dif&amp;amp;shy;fer&amp;amp;shy;ent neigh&amp;amp;shy;bours that if such and such a plan were fol&amp;amp;shy;lowed and put into im&amp;amp;shy;medi&amp;amp;shy;ate oper&amp;amp;shy;a&amp;amp;shy;tion they would have a trans&amp;amp;shy;port serv&amp;amp;shy;ice that would carry them with ease and swift&amp;amp;shy;ness to their des&amp;amp;shy;tin&amp;amp;shy;a&amp;amp;shy;tions. And they will hud&amp;amp;shy;dle in the sway&amp;amp;shy;ing bus search&amp;amp;shy;ing for the small sliver of their fare wor&amp;amp;shy;ry&amp;amp;shy;ing and won&amp;amp;shy;der&amp;amp;shy;ing if they will reach their place of em&amp;amp;shy;ploy&amp;amp;shy;ment on time and what ex&amp;amp;shy;cuse they can offer for their late&amp;amp;shy;ness.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{tab}}And the ob&amp;amp;shy;ject of their con&amp;amp;shy;tained hat&amp;amp;shy;red for&amp;amp;shy;ces his way through the bus as ir&amp;amp;shy;ri&amp;amp;shy;ta&amp;amp;shy;ted as the tra&amp;amp;shy;vel&amp;amp;shy;ler and hat&amp;amp;shy;ing the col&amp;amp;shy;lec&amp;amp;shy;tive for its slow&amp;amp;shy;ness and its in&amp;amp;shy;so&amp;amp;shy;lence and the stu&amp;amp;shy;pid&amp;amp;shy;ity and the ar&amp;amp;shy;ro&amp;amp;shy;gance of the small but vo&amp;amp;shy;cal min&amp;amp;shy;or&amp;amp;shy;ity. As the pas&amp;amp;shy;sen&amp;amp;shy;ger is the pri&amp;amp;shy;soner of those who plan our so&amp;amp;shy;ci&amp;amp;shy;ety for their own min&amp;amp;shy;or&amp;amp;shy;ity well-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;being, so the con&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tor in his turn is the vic&amp;amp;shy;tim of this same ab&amp;amp;shy;stract au&amp;amp;shy;thor&amp;amp;shy;ity. Be&amp;amp;shy;hind him stand an array of uni&amp;amp;shy;formed and plain-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;clothed of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cials that de&amp;amp;shy;mand that he shall be held re&amp;amp;shy;spon&amp;amp;shy;sible for every single un&amp;amp;shy;col&amp;amp;shy;lec&amp;amp;shy;ted fare and even for the tra&amp;amp;shy;vel&amp;amp;shy;ler who would, by ac&amp;amp;shy;ci&amp;amp;shy;dent or de&amp;amp;shy;sign, ride a hun&amp;amp;shy;dred yards passed his paid jour&amp;amp;shy;ney. For {{w|London Trans&amp;amp;shy;port|London_Transport_Board}} obey the oldest of bad em&amp;amp;shy;ploy&amp;amp;shy;er{{s|r}} weap&amp;amp;shy;ons: to gov&amp;amp;shy;ern by fear and threats. Let a child of three be found on a crowded bus with&amp;amp;shy;out a ticket and the bus con&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tor will be re&amp;amp;shy;ported for an of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cial inter&amp;amp;shy;view with the Chief Depot In&amp;amp;shy;spec&amp;amp;shy;tor. Let any person, by ac&amp;amp;shy;ci&amp;amp;shy;dent or de&amp;amp;shy;sign, travel beyond his paid jour&amp;amp;shy;ney and the con&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tor will be held re&amp;amp;shy;spon&amp;amp;shy;sible and asked to ex&amp;amp;shy;plain why he al&amp;amp;shy;lowed such an in&amp;amp;shy;ci&amp;amp;shy;dent to hap&amp;amp;shy;pen on {{qq|his bus}}. That it is liter&amp;amp;shy;ally im&amp;amp;shy;pos&amp;amp;shy;sible for any man to know what ticket each per&amp;amp;shy;son on a crowded bus is hold&amp;amp;shy;ing or where each per&amp;amp;shy;son has booked to should be self-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;evi&amp;amp;shy;dent and a simple test could prove it. A crowded bus holds sixty-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- no hyphen in original --&amp;gt;one people, ignor&amp;amp;shy;ing the fact that people are con&amp;amp;shy;tinu&amp;amp;shy;ally board&amp;amp;shy;ing and alight&amp;amp;shy;ing, and the cold and clin&amp;amp;shy;ical test is to have sixty-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;one people stand&amp;amp;shy;ing in a line. Let an of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cial walk along that line and then let each in&amp;amp;shy;di&amp;amp;shy;vidual name a fare of his own choos&amp;amp;shy;ing. Then let that same of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cial again walk {{p|291}}along that line and cor&amp;amp;shy;rectly re&amp;amp;shy;name each and every one of the sixty-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;one named fares. It is, of course, a men&amp;amp;shy;tally im&amp;amp;shy;pos&amp;amp;shy;sible feat and London Trans&amp;amp;shy;port, as every&amp;lt;!-- 'ever' in original --&amp;gt; other em&amp;amp;shy;ployer knows, is aware that this fact is self-&amp;lt;!-- no hyphen in original --&amp;gt;evi&amp;amp;shy;dent, but they work on the an&amp;amp;shy;cient and his&amp;amp;shy;tor&amp;amp;shy;ic&amp;amp;shy;ally tested thesis that fear is the eas&amp;amp;shy;i&amp;amp;shy;est weap&amp;amp;shy;on to con&amp;amp;shy;trol those you hire and that tar&amp;amp;shy;gets of work should always be pitched beyond the work&amp;amp;shy;man{{s}} cap&amp;amp;shy;abi&amp;amp;shy;lit&amp;amp;shy;ies. Its out&amp;amp;shy;come is that a man works like a rat in a {{w|Pavlov|Ivan_Pavlov}} trap with&amp;amp;shy;out any ap&amp;amp;shy;par&amp;amp;shy;ent super&amp;amp;shy;vi&amp;amp;shy;sion yet always with the know&amp;amp;shy;ledge that at any mo&amp;amp;shy;ment a uni&amp;amp;shy;formed of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cial will check the bus or that at any time of the day and night he is under the un&amp;amp;shy;known super&amp;amp;shy;vi&amp;amp;shy;sion of plain clothed of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cials tra&amp;amp;shy;vel&amp;amp;shy;ling on these self same buses as fare pay&amp;amp;shy;ing pas&amp;amp;shy;sen&amp;amp;shy;gers. It could be held that tis is but the trivia of any dis&amp;amp;shy;con&amp;amp;shy;ten&amp;amp;shy;ted staff, were it not that within our present so&amp;amp;shy;ci&amp;amp;shy;ety a whole organ&amp;amp;shy;iza&amp;amp;shy;tion is built upon men and women doing what is a com&amp;amp;shy;pletely time-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;wast&amp;amp;shy;ing func&amp;amp;shy;tion. For it is on the basis of what the con&amp;amp;shy;duc&amp;amp;shy;tor col&amp;amp;shy;lects in fares that our trans&amp;amp;shy;port ser&amp;amp;shy;vice is planned or cut.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{tab}}Within the last few years there has been a large in&amp;amp;shy;flux of {{w|co&amp;amp;shy;loured|Colored}} and {{w|casual|Contingent_work}} labour and it is thanks to them that much of the child&amp;amp;shy;ish dis&amp;amp;shy;cipline of London Trans&amp;amp;shy;port has had to be aban&amp;amp;shy;doned.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{tab}}The {{popup|pre-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;war|World War II began 1 September 1939}} bus crews were men who loved the lash. Highly paid, and cocks within their own work&amp;amp;shy;ing class areas, they took a per&amp;amp;shy;verse pride in their sub&amp;amp;shy;servi&amp;amp;shy;ence. They were the men who loved to stand to at&amp;amp;shy;ten&amp;amp;shy;tion, wear their gleam&amp;amp;shy;ing white coats on the cor&amp;amp;shy;rect day of the year and who knew their well-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;paid place within their semi-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;mili&amp;amp;shy;tary organ&amp;amp;shy;iza&amp;amp;shy;tion. But un&amp;amp;shy;dis&amp;amp;shy;ciplined labour from over&amp;amp;shy;seas has ade a for&amp;amp;shy;tun&amp;amp;shy;ate havoc of many stu&amp;amp;shy;pid rules. The bare headed men and women, the co&amp;amp;shy;loured scarves, open necked shirts, brown shoes, the oc&amp;amp;shy;ca&amp;amp;shy;sional punch&amp;amp;shy;ing of a pas&amp;amp;shy;sen&amp;amp;shy;ger, skirts of their own choos&amp;amp;shy;ing in&amp;amp;shy;stead of the of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cial uni&amp;amp;shy;form-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;wear, are small com&amp;amp;shy;forts that have been won against the em&amp;amp;shy;ployer and with&amp;amp;shy;out any as&amp;amp;shy;sist&amp;amp;shy;ance from the of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cial {{w|union|Transport_and_General_Workers'_Union}} by the people who are in&amp;amp;shy;dif&amp;amp;shy;fer&amp;amp;shy;ent to the prized hu&amp;amp;shy;mil&amp;amp;shy;ity of the old guard bus&amp;amp;shy;men. For the con&amp;amp;shy;stant break&amp;amp;shy;ing of drear&amp;lt;!-- as printed --&amp;gt; little rules have forced the em&amp;amp;shy;ployer to shrug off with an ill grace their im&amp;amp;shy;pos&amp;amp;shy;sible en&amp;amp;shy;force&amp;amp;shy;ment. That there is a lesson there for the union of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cials to learn is but wasted ef&amp;amp;shy;fort, for though the casu&amp;amp;shy;ally em&amp;amp;shy;ployed co&amp;amp;shy;loured work&amp;amp;shy;men and women have done more to lighten the dis&amp;amp;shy;ciplin&amp;amp;shy;ary bur&amp;amp;shy;den within the last five years than the old time bus-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;men and the of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cial union have achieved within the last fifty years, it would be idle to sug&amp;amp;shy;gest that this debt is ac&amp;amp;shy;know&amp;amp;shy;leged. The old guard is still there, though in smal&amp;amp;shy;ler num&amp;amp;shy;bers every year, for&amp;amp;shy;ever seek&amp;amp;shy;ing an of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cial ear to whine into about the good old days when men knew their place, and when one had to col&amp;amp;shy;lect fares look&amp;amp;shy;ing like a bus&amp;amp;shy;man. And they will tell old nostal&amp;amp;shy;gic tales of how, so many years ago, Old Piss-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;the-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;Bed was sent home for not wear&amp;amp;shy;ing a white shirt or of how they beat a re&amp;amp;shy;port by the quot&amp;amp;shy;ing of an ob&amp;amp;shy;scure regu&amp;amp;shy;la&amp;amp;shy;tion and how the gov&amp;amp;shy;ernor winked at them as they marched smartly out of the office.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{tab}}And they gaze with open con&amp;amp;shy;tempt at their co&amp;amp;shy;loured work&amp;amp;shy;ers and won&amp;amp;shy;der in loud voices when all this riff-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;raff will be kicked off the job, and the job get back to nor&amp;amp;shy;mal, and the of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cial lean&amp;amp;shy;ing through the {{p|292}}cubby hole will nod his head in sage agree&amp;amp;shy;ment and talk of the need for dis&amp;amp;shy;cipline. The London Trans&amp;amp;shy;port sys&amp;amp;shy;tem is always re&amp;amp;shy;ferred to as pub&amp;amp;shy;lic trans&amp;amp;shy;port and by the con&amp;amp;shy;tin&amp;amp;shy;ual use of that simple title people have come to ac&amp;amp;shy;cept it as a pub&amp;amp;shy;lic serv&amp;amp;shy;ice ad to judge its fail&amp;amp;shy;ings ac&amp;amp;shy;cord&amp;amp;shy;ingly. This is one of those abys&amp;amp;shy;mal jokes that even old Unit One stand&amp;amp;shy;ing on a wind&amp;amp;shy;swept, rain&amp;amp;shy;swept street wait&amp;amp;shy;ing for a non-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;run&amp;amp;shy;ning bus can&amp;amp;shy;not drain out of his men&amp;amp;shy;tal back&amp;amp;shy;ground. Yet the London buses are there, as is every other busi&amp;amp;shy;ness big or small, for no other pur&amp;amp;shy;pose than to sell to those who can af&amp;amp;shy;ford to pay, and when there is no pro&amp;amp;shy;fit to be made they do the same as every other busi&amp;amp;shy;ness clique does: they close shop. Like the small shop&amp;amp;shy;keeper they close down their busi&amp;amp;shy;ness when or where the trade is slack and like the mult&amp;amp;shy;iple stores they close bran&amp;amp;shy;ches or routes that are no longer con&amp;amp;shy;sid&amp;amp;shy;ered pro&amp;amp;shy;fit&amp;amp;shy;able. Old Unit One stand&amp;amp;shy;ing at his sub&amp;amp;shy;urban and use&amp;amp;shy;less bus-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;stop will grip his mem&amp;amp;shy;ber&amp;amp;shy;ship card of his local {{w|Con&amp;amp;shy;serv&amp;amp;shy;ative Ass.|Conservative_Association}} and tell the world, in a low and re&amp;amp;shy;spec&amp;amp;shy;table rage, that the London Trans&amp;amp;shy;port Ex&amp;amp;shy;ec&amp;amp;shy;utive have no con&amp;amp;shy;sider&amp;amp;shy;a&amp;amp;shy;tion for the gen&amp;amp;shy;eral pub&amp;amp;shy;lic and Unit One is so right. Yet in a so&amp;amp;shy;ci&amp;amp;shy;ety that ac&amp;amp;shy;cepts the pro&amp;amp;shy;fit motive as its only dyn&amp;amp;shy;amic and cares for its old and suck under duress, bus&amp;amp;shy;less Unit One never asks him&amp;amp;shy;self the obvi&amp;amp;shy;ous ques&amp;amp;shy;tion of why any&amp;amp;shy;one inthe so&amp;amp;shy;cial set-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;up which he ap&amp;amp;shy;proves for others, should waste time and energy run&amp;amp;shy;ning a bus for his pal&amp;amp;shy;try fare.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{tab}}The small child with&amp;amp;shy;out the price of a bus fare will have to walk and the old men and women will drag them&amp;amp;shy;selves on their ach&amp;amp;shy;ing legs for the lux&amp;amp;shy;ury of pub&amp;amp;shy;lic trans&amp;amp;shy;port is not for them, no mat&amp;amp;shy;ter how many buses clog the road. For with&amp;amp;shy;out a hand&amp;amp;shy;ful of cop&amp;amp;shy;per coins the phrase pub&amp;amp;shy;lic trans&amp;amp;shy;port is a dis&amp;amp;shy;mal mock&amp;amp;shy;ery. It is in&amp;amp;shy;deed a mock&amp;amp;shy;ery to label any in&amp;amp;shy;dus&amp;amp;shy;try that oper&amp;amp;shy;ates on a pro&amp;amp;shy;fit basis a pub&amp;amp;shy;lic ser&amp;amp;shy;vice. One can have little sym&amp;amp;shy;pathy with the broader mass of the lower-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;middle-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;class who on one single day of every fifth year pledge their al&amp;amp;shy;le&amp;amp;shy;giance to the prin&amp;amp;shy;ciples of per&amp;amp;shy;sonal pro&amp;amp;shy;fit, cut-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;throat com&amp;amp;shy;peti&amp;amp;shy;tion for others, and the ab&amp;amp;shy;ro&amp;amp;shy;ga&amp;amp;shy;tion of any so&amp;amp;shy;cial ser&amp;amp;shy;vice that does not bene&amp;amp;shy;fit them di&amp;amp;shy;rectly, then spend the in&amp;amp;shy;ter&amp;amp;shy;ven&amp;amp;shy;ing four years and three-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;hundred-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;and-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;sixty-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;four days de&amp;amp;shy;mand&amp;amp;shy;ing that their means of trans&amp;amp;shy;port should oper&amp;amp;shy;ate in their par&amp;amp;shy;tic&amp;amp;shy;u&amp;amp;shy;lar sub&amp;amp;shy;urb as a pub&amp;amp;shy;licly-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;sub&amp;amp;shy;sid&amp;amp;shy;ised so&amp;amp;shy;cial ser&amp;amp;shy;vice along with their pub&amp;amp;shy;lic lava&amp;amp;shy;tory, lib&amp;amp;shy;rary, church and sewer&amp;amp;shy;age sys&amp;amp;shy;tem.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{tab}}One can have little sym&amp;amp;shy;pathy with old Unit One but no mat&amp;amp;shy;ter how much one may dis&amp;amp;shy;like him and all he stands for with his per&amp;amp;shy;sonal greed and anti-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;so&amp;amp;shy;cial at&amp;amp;shy;ti&amp;amp;shy;tudes, ex&amp;amp;shy;cept where his own per&amp;amp;shy;sonal com&amp;amp;shy;forts are in&amp;amp;shy;volved, one can&amp;amp;shy;not plan any so&amp;amp;shy;cial enter&amp;amp;shy;prise on a basis of hate or con&amp;amp;shy;tempt. For no mat&amp;amp;shy;ter how much others may abuse or de&amp;amp;shy;ride what one has at&amp;amp;shy;tempted or achieved on e must still plan for bet&amp;amp;shy;ter so&amp;amp;shy;cial ser&amp;amp;shy;vices not as a single and reach&amp;amp;shy;able goal but as links in a chain that alters with the new so&amp;amp;shy;cial con&amp;amp;shy;di&amp;amp;shy;tions that each new so&amp;amp;shy;cial change will cre&amp;amp;shy;ate. It was a su&amp;amp;shy;preme tra&amp;amp;shy;gedy that the {{w|Labour|Labour_Party_(UK)}} {{w|gov&amp;amp;shy;ern&amp;amp;shy;ment of 1945|Attlee_ministry}} failed to measure up to the task and the op&amp;amp;shy;por&amp;amp;shy;tun&amp;amp;shy;ity that his&amp;amp;shy;tory thrust upon them. It was not be&amp;amp;shy;cause they were the in&amp;amp;shy;com&amp;amp;shy;pet&amp;amp;shy;ents of the {{w|tory|Tory}} press, or the trait&amp;amp;shy;ors of the com&amp;amp;shy;mun&amp;amp;shy;ist press, that they failed; but that the whole of their back&amp;amp;shy;ground and train&amp;amp;shy;ing blinded them to their des&amp;amp;shy;tiny {{p|293}}and these nice middle-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;class {{w|Fabian|Fabian_Society}} in&amp;amp;shy;tel&amp;amp;shy;lec&amp;amp;shy;tu&amp;amp;shy;als threw away a cen&amp;amp;shy;tury of work&amp;amp;shy;ing class ideal&amp;amp;shy;ism in a worth&amp;amp;shy;less ef&amp;amp;shy;fort to prove that they could run a {{w|State-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;capit&amp;amp;shy;al&amp;amp;shy;ist|State_capitalism}} so&amp;amp;shy;ciety as pro&amp;amp;shy;fit&amp;amp;shy;ably as the in&amp;amp;shy;di&amp;amp;shy;vid&amp;amp;shy;ual in&amp;amp;shy;dus&amp;amp;shy;trial&amp;amp;shy;ists whose broken and bank&amp;amp;shy;rupt in&amp;amp;shy;dus&amp;amp;shy;tries they took over.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{tab}}Yet already they held in their hands an in&amp;amp;shy;dus&amp;amp;shy;try that could have been the show piece of pub&amp;amp;shy;lic owner&amp;amp;shy;ship and pub&amp;amp;shy;lic ser&amp;amp;shy;vice and this was the London Trans&amp;amp;shy;port sys&amp;amp;shy;tem. This sys&amp;amp;shy;tem could have been the cor&amp;amp;shy;ner&amp;amp;shy;stone for the whole of pub&amp;amp;shy;lic owner&amp;amp;shy;ship as en&amp;amp;shy;vis&amp;amp;shy;aged by the John-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;the-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;Baptists of the mil&amp;amp;shy;it&amp;amp;shy;ant work&amp;amp;shy;ing class for the Labour Party could have poin&amp;amp;shy;ted to its London trans&amp;amp;shy;port sys&amp;amp;shy;tem and said {{qq|here is the blue print for a new way of living}}. With a {{w|Machia&amp;amp;shy;vel&amp;amp;shy;lian|Machiavellianism}} use of cap&amp;amp;shy;ital in their first year of of&amp;amp;shy;fice they could have abo&amp;amp;shy;lished the fares sys&amp;amp;shy;tem and in&amp;amp;shy;sti&amp;amp;shy;tuted a real&amp;amp;shy;istic scheme of work&amp;amp;shy;ers con&amp;amp;shy;trol and man&amp;amp;shy;age&amp;amp;shy;ment that others would have ac&amp;amp;shy;cepted as the fount of all other so&amp;amp;shy;cial en&amp;amp;shy;deav&amp;amp;shy;ours&lt;br /&gt;
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{{tab}}Here was an in&amp;amp;shy;dus&amp;amp;shy;try free of the dead hand of middle-&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;class con&amp;amp;shy;trol for all con&amp;amp;shy;trol was al&amp;amp;shy;ready in the hands of men with work&amp;amp;shy;ing class back&amp;amp;shy;grounds, and though there is no virtue in this fact it meant that as every of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cial was a minor career man al&amp;amp;shy;ready bro&amp;amp;shy;ken to the ac&amp;amp;shy;cept&amp;amp;shy;ance of work&amp;amp;shy;ing without chal&amp;amp;shy;len&amp;amp;shy;ging those who formu&amp;amp;shy;la&amp;amp;shy;ted policy, the in&amp;amp;shy;dus&amp;amp;shy;try would not hae had to fight the black&amp;amp;shy;mail that the med&amp;amp;shy;ical polit&amp;amp;shy;icoes&amp;lt;!-- as printed --&amp;gt; did not hesit&amp;amp;shy;ate to use in their battle against {{w|Bevan|Aneurin_Bevan}}. A trans&amp;amp;shy;port sys&amp;amp;shy;tem oper&amp;amp;shy;at&amp;amp;shy;ing for need not pro&amp;amp;shy;fit with only the cost of wage/&amp;lt;wbr&amp;gt;main&amp;amp;shy;ten&amp;amp;shy;ance to find.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{tab}}Without its hoards of para&amp;amp;shy;sitic of&amp;amp;shy;fi&amp;amp;shy;cials, as free to use or re&amp;amp;shy;ject as the water in a pub&amp;amp;shy;lic foun&amp;amp;shy;tain. Oper&amp;amp;shy;ated by the men them&amp;amp;shy;selves and an&amp;amp;shy;swer&amp;amp;shy;able to each local coun&amp;amp;shy;cil. Owned and con&amp;amp;shy;trolled by the com&amp;amp;shy;mun&amp;amp;shy;ity it would be re&amp;amp;shy;garded not as the harlot among our pseudo so&amp;amp;shy;cial ser&amp;amp;shy;vices but an ac&amp;amp;shy;cepted and in&amp;amp;shy;dis&amp;amp;shy;pen&amp;amp;shy;sible part of our so&amp;amp;shy;cial fabric.&lt;br /&gt;
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