Человек в высоком замке

           "Thoseoldrottenmoney-runempires,BritainandFranceandU.S.A.,althoughthelatteractuallyasortofbastardsideshoot,notstrictlyempire,butmoney-orientedevenso.Theyhadnosoul,sonaturallynofuture.Nogrowth.Nazisabunchofstreetthugs;Iagree.Youagree?Right?"

           Shehadtosmile;hisItalianmannerismshadoverpoweredhiminhisattempttodriveandmakehisspeechsimultaneously.

           "Abendsentalkslikeit’sbigissueastowhetherU.S.orBritainultimatelywinsout.Bull!Hasnomerit,nohistorytoit.Sixofone,dozenofother.YoueverreadwhattheDucewrote?Inspired.Beautifulman.Beautifulwriting.Explainstheunderlyingactualityofeveryevent.Realissueinwarwas:oldversusnew.Money—that’swhyNazisdraggedJewishquestionmistakenlyintoit—versuscommunalmassspirit,whatNaziscallGemeinschaft–folkness.LikeSoviet.Commune.Right?Only,CommunistssneakedinPan-SlavicPetertheGreatempireambitionsalongwithit,madesocialreformmeansforimperialambitions."

           Julianathought,LikeMussolinidid.Exactly.

           "Nazithuggeryatragedy,"Joestutteredawayashepassedaslow-movingtruck."Butchange’salwaysharshontheloser.Nothingnew.LookatpreviousrevolutionssuchasFrench.OrCromwellagainstIrish.ToomuchphilosophyinGermanictemperament;toomuchtheater,too.Allthoserallies.YouneverfindtrueFascisttalking,onlydoing—likeme.Right?"

           Laughing,shesaid,"God,you’vebeentalkingamileaminute."