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Chapter 8
Mac,theselittlestrikesareliketheinfection.Somethinghasgotintothemen;alittlefeverhadstartedandthelymphaticglandsareshootinginreinforcements.Iwanttosee,soIgototheseatofthewound."
"Youfigurethestrikeisawound?"
"Yes.Group-menarealwaysgettingsomekindofinfection.Thisseemstobeabadone.Iwanttosee,Mac.Iwanttowatchthesegroup-men,fortheyseemtometobeanewindividual,notatalllikesinglemen.Amaninagroupisn’thimselfatall;he’sacellinanorganismthatisn’tlikehimanymorethanthecellsinyourbodyarelikeyou.Iwanttowatchthegroup,andseewhatit’slike.Peoplehavesaid,’mobsarecrazy,youcan’ttellwhatthey’lldo.’Whydon’tpeoplelookatmobsnotasmen,butasmobs?Amobnearlyalwaysseemstoactreasonably,foramob."
"Well,what’sthisgottodowiththecause?"
"Itmightbelikethis,Mac:Whengroup-manwantstomove,hemakesastandard.’Godwillsthatwere-capturetheHoly-Land’orhesays,‘Wefighttomaketheworldsafefordemocracy’;orhesays,‘wewillwipeoutsocialinjusticewithcommunism.’Butthegroupdoesn’tcareabouttheHolyLand,orDemocracy,orCommunism.Maybethegroupsimplywantstomove,tofight,andusesthesewordssimplytoreassurethebrainsofindividualmen.Isayitmightbelikethat,Mac."
"Notwiththecause,itisn’t,"Maccried.
"Maybenot,it’sjustthewayIthinkofthings."
Macsaid,"Thetroublewithyou,Doc,isyou’retooGoddamnfarlefttobeacommunist.Yougotoofarwithcollectivization.Howdoyouaccountforpeoplelikeme,directingthings,movingthings?Thatputsyourgroup-manout."
