When Years ago… When years ago studying the workings of the Chicago wheat market I suddenly understood how they manage the world’s cereal there And at the same time did not understand it either laid the book down I knew immediately you have got yourself into An evil business. I felt no embitterment and it wasn’t the injustice That shocked me, but the thought What they were doing there is intolerable, filled me entirely. These people, I realized lived by the damage They did to others and not by doing good. This was a situation that could only be upheld By crime, since for most it was too detrimental. And so every achievement Of reason, every invention or discovery Will lead only to yet greater misery These and similar things I thought at that moment Far from rage or lamentation when I laid down the book In which were described the wheat market and the stock exchange.of Chicago. Much effort and trouble Awaited me. --- Bertolt Brecht, 1935 Dennis To leave, manage or join list: https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1