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Depression: Great Depression of 1930’s:
"In 1929 people wanted a leader. but politics are not essential. You don’t have to have a government. It’s like the crew of a ship: everyone knows exactly what to do in spontaneous coordination. Ships rescue each other but people pass you up on the street. If there is anything anathema to the sailor it is a sea-going politician.
“It’s been the money-makers vs. labor. Look at the way the McDonald’s hamburger stands exploit the young people who work for them. But in England people still love their jobs. Our businessmen are too hard and it takes all the joy out of work. And so we just disconnect. Once we get out of the clutches of the money-makers people are going to want to work. It can be very informative to wait on tables. Now we have all these big office buildings half-empty. In the 1930’s the churches paid no attention.”
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- RBF in videotaping session Philadelphia, Pa., 1 Feb’75
