Человек в высоком замке
Chapter 10
TheNewDealunderTugwell;theyraisethelevelofthemasses—listen."ShereadaloudtoJoe:
…WhathadChinabeen?Yearning,oneneedfulcommingledentitylookingtowardtheWest,itsgreatdemocraticPresident,ChiangKai-shek,whohadledtheChinesepeoplethroughtheyearsofwar,nowintotheyearsofpeace,intotheDecadeofRebuilding.ButforChinaitwasnotarebuilding,forthatalmostsupernaturallyvastflatlandhadneverbeenbuilt,laystillslumberingintheancientdream.Arousing;yes,theentity,thegiant,hadtopartakeatlastoffullconsciousness,hadtowakenintothemodernworldwithitsjetairplanesandatomicpower,itsautobahnsandfactoriesandmedicines.Andfromwhencewouldcomethecrackofthunderwhichwouldrousethegiant?Chianghadknownthat,evenduringthestruggletodefeatJapan.ItwouldcomefromtheUnitedStates.And,by1950,Americantechniciansandengineers,teachers,doctors,agronomists,swarminglikesomenewlifeformintoeachprovince,each—
Interrupting,Joesaid,"Youknowwhathe’sdone,don’tyou?He’stakenthebestaboutNazism,thesocialistpart,theTodtOrganizationandtheeconomicadvanceswegotthroughSpeer,andwho’shegivingthecreditto?TheNewDeal.Andhe’sleftoutthebadpart,theSSpart,theracialexterminationandsegregation.
