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And w hy would it-
Especiall y w ith three ho t m ea ls a day .
Unlike som e.
The bastards sho uld be grate ful fo r all I kn ow.
Indeed.
PAIl..T ISAN IUVIEW
But still. Still , if th ere is a pl ot,
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putsc h , a palace coup . And as a result , they
ove rth row us .
Ah , G ustav, G ustav . "Overth row" applies o nl y to 3n indi vidual. W o rse comes
to
worst th e rulin g cliqu e, th e tsa r, th e tyrant, th e po litbu ro. th e j unta, you name it.
The w ho le charm o f computer, C ustav, li es in th at it 's no t a pe rso n but a ma–
chin e. Yo u can 't put it up aga inst th e wall - we ll , in a mann e r o f speaking - nor
ca n you hang it from a lamppost, w hic h is litera ll y . . Yo u can't even spit in its
(lce. If it's an ev il , it's 3n in animate o nl'. As w ell as if it's a good . And as for
in animate evil , it's easier to tolerate, Custa v. Who kn ows t hat better th an us?
IA llfOlllalically g lallces al IiiI' liear, hilI rcali.:e" I, i.,' IIli,,' ake. 1
Arc yo u trying to say, Bas il Mo destov ich , that it w ill last fo r seve nty -
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fo r seve nty- fo ur mo re ye3rs-
W ell , this, Cecilia, is th e minimum . O ne thing I ca n tell yo u fo r sun:, one can't
ove rthrow it, fo r all o ne's ardo r.
That is, it's like a new
1I01llcllklalllr.
Sort o f.
And o urselves, th en , arc kind o f o ld hat.
Approx imately.
But th en it ca n be destroyed.
Theoreti ca lly.
Whereas we ca n't be.
Practi cally. And theoreti ca lly we are stron g, too.
And after all , wh o wo uld want to destroy it, Petrov ich-
Oh , d o n't yo u worry . T o begin with , it leaves the entire gove rnm ent unem–
pl oyed . The w ho le state apparatu s. T hey ca n 't all go to Uib ec k, ca n they) You
first w ill be up in arlllS . . . So th ere's your w ho.
The new Luddites.
Maybe th en w e should booby-trap it, Bas il Mo destov ich- Eh–
That wo n't sto p the Luddites.
