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Chapter 19
Inhalfanhourthesmokeofpaperhouses,ofweed-thatchedhuts,risingtothesky,andthepeopleintheircarsoverthehighways,lookingforanotherHooverville.
AndinKansasandArkansas,inOklahomaandTexasandNewMexico,thetractorsmovedinandpushedthetenantsout.
ThreehundredthousandinCaliforniaandmorecoming.AndinCaliforniatheroadsfulloffranticpeoplerunninglikeantstopull,topush,tolift,towork.Foreverymanloadtolift,fivepairsofarmsextendedtoliftit;foreverystomachfuloffoodavailable,fivemouthsopen.
Andthegreatowners,whomustlosetheirlandinanupheaval,thegreatownerswithaccesstohistory,witheyestoreadhistoryandtoknowthegreatfact:whenpropertyaccumulatesintoofewhandsitistakenaway.Andthatcompanionfact:whenamajorityofthepeoplearehungryandcoldtheywilltakebyforcewhattheyneed.Andthelittlescreamingfactthatsoundsthroughallhistory:repressionworksonlytostrengthenandknittherepressed.Thegreatownersignoredthethreecriesofhistory.Thelandfellintofewerhands,thenumberofthedispossessedincreased,andeveryeffortofthegreatownerswasdirectedatrepression.Themoneywasspentforarms,forgastoprotectthegreatholdings,andspiesweresenttocatchthemurmuringofrevoltsothatitmightbestampedout.Thechangingeconomywasignored,plansforthechangeignored;andonlymeanstodestroyrevoltwereconsidered,whilethecausesofrevoltwenton.
