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To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels of Paul Theroux

Book by Paul Theroux · 4 quotes · Travel, Airline Food, Airplane

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“I said I didn't think it would be a collectivist state so much as a wilderness in which most people lived hand to mouth, and the rich would live like princes - better than the rich had ever lived, except that their lives would constantly be in danger from the hungry predatory poor. All the technology would serve the rich, but they would need it for their own protection and to assure their continued prosperity.”