THE BOOK OF THE VIP
ADAM
Goodyear looks down from his zeppelinOrganized labor changes things
Chapter 26
As it happens, all these titles won’t go over very well in America,
2nBecause the people who work in factories came to America in the first place to get away from lords and nobles,
3oSince lords and nobles always seem to think they own people,
4And can do with them what they like,
5pBecause they don’t have any rights of their own,
6qUnless you live in America, where everybody has rights,
7And where they don’t allow citizens to have titles,
8Or own people,
9rAt least not anymore,
10Which suggests that maybe there’s something going on that shouldn’t be going on,
11aAnd maybe it’s about time someone demoted the generals and barons,
12So that they’d treat people a little more decently,
13bAnd pay them better,
14cAnd care a little more about safety,
15dAnd cut back a little on the twenty- or thirty-hour workdays,
16And doesn’t that seem reasonable,
17O you generals and barons?
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