Человек в высоком замке
Chapter 3
Perhapsifyouknowyouareinsanethenyouarenotinsane.Oryouarebecomingsane,finally.Wakingup.Isupposeonlyafewareawareofallthis.Isolatedpersonshereandthere.Butthebroadmasses…whatdotheythink?Allthesehundredsofthousandsinthiscity,here.Dotheyimaginethattheyliveinasaneworld?Ordotheyguess,glimpse,thetruth…?
But,hethought,whatdoesitmean,insane?Alegaldefinition.WhatdoImean?Ifeelit,seeit,butwhatisit?
Hethought,Itissomethingtheydo,somethingtheyare.Itis—theirunconsciousness.Theirlackofknowledgeaboutothers.Theirnotbeingawareofwhattheydotoothers,thedestructiontheyhavecausedandarecausing.No,hethought.Thatisn’tit,Idon’tknow;Isenseit,intuitit.But—theyarepurposelycruel…isthatit?No.God,hethought.Ican’tfindit,makeitclear.Dotheyignorepartsofreality?Yes.Butitismore.Itistheirplans.Yes,theirplans.Theconqueringoftheplanets.Somethingfrenziedanddemented,aswastheirconqueringofAfrica,andbeforethat,EuropeandAsia.
Theirview;itiscosmic.Notofamanhere,achildthere,butairabstraction:race,land.Volk.Land.Blut.Ehre.NotofhonorablemenbutofEhreitself,honor;theabstractisreal,theactualisinvisibletothem.DieGüte,butnotgoodmen,thisgoodman.Itistheirsenseofspaceandtime.Theyseethroughthehere,thenow,intothevastblackdeepbeyond,theunchanging.Andthatisfataltolife.
