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           Theydoanythingtoavoidhavingtotakenoticeofusandrespectus.Theygocrawlingafterthegreatonesamonguswhenthey’redead.TheypaythousandsandthousandsfortheVanGoghsandModiglianisthey’dhavespatonatthetimetheywerepainted.Guffawedat.Madecoarsejokesabout.

           Ihatethem.

           Ihatetheuneducatedandtheignorant.Ihatethepompousandthephoney.Ihatethejealousandtheresentful.Ihatethecrabbedandthemeanandthepetty.Ihateallordinarydulllittlepeoplewhoaren’tashamedofbeingdullandlittle.IhatewhatG.P.callstheNewPeople,thenew-classpeoplewiththeircarsandtheirmoneyandtheirtelliesandtheirstupidvulgaritiesandtheirstupidcrawlingimitationofthebourgeoisie.

           Ilovehonestyandfreedomandgiving.Ilovemaking,Ilovedoing.Ilovebeingtothefull,Iloveeverythingwhichisnotsittingandwatchingandcopyinganddeadatheart.

           G.P.waslaughingatmybeingLabouroneday(earlyon).Irememberhesaid,youaresupportingthepartywhichbroughttheNewPeopleintoexistence—doyourealizethat?

           Isaid(Iwasshocked,becausefromwhathehadsaidaboutotherthings,IthoughthemustbeLabour,IknewhehadbeenaCommunistonce),I’dratherwehadtheNewPeoplethanpoorpeople.

           Hesaid,theNewPeoplearestillthepoorpeople.Theirsisthenewformofpoverty.Theothershadn’tanymoneyandthesehaven’tanysoul.