7 aBecause factory workers don't have any brains,
8 bOr why would they put up with so much abuse,
9 For just a few pennies a day?
CHAPTER 131 Actually, there will be people who notice that the factory workers aren't completely happy,
2 And these people will be puzzled and concerned,
3 cBecause why would anyone leave the farm to come to a stinking industrial city and work twenty or thirty hours a day,
4 For pennies,
5 dUnless things weren't really all that great back on the farm either,
6 Which raises the possibility that an awful lot of people aren't ever doing much better than egetting by,
7 If that,
8 fAnd what can this possibly say about society in general?
CHAPTER 141 The more they think about the living conditions of factory workers,
2 The more the gthinkers will think that it must mean something,
3 hBecause everything has to mean something,
4 iEspecially if you're living in an age of reason and science and high technology,
5 Which must be where "survival of the fittest" comes in,
6 Because there will be a new-fangled scientific idea called jevolution that will make it seem like life is just one incredibly long race,
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7 Which is always won by the swiftest,
8 kMeaning the first to grab hold of all the money,
9 Who are therefore the fittest,
10 As opposed to factory workers and their country cousins,
11 lWho aren't very swift at all,
12 In any respect,
13 mAnd therefore have to take what they get,
14 As long as they last,
15 nWhile the swift ones get to drink brandy and smoke fine cigars and have silk waistcoats and huge mansions and beautiful women,
16 oNot to mention more capital than you can shake a pointed stick at.
CHAPTER 151 On the other hand, there will also be pthinkers who will think that capitalism is a tremendous opportunity for poor people,
2 Because where else can you compete with your fellow man on an equal footing,
3 Which is what the market lets you do,
4 Since if you make a product people want, they will buy it even if you aren't a lord or a gentleman or some intellectual highbrow,
5 Or even a Scot,
6 Which means that capitalism gives everybody equal opportunity,
7 To make money, that is,
8 Theoretically anyway,
9 qUnless they don't have any capital to start with,
10 rOr any education,
11 sOr any free time to spend on business deals.
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