15 Which is why they will run and run and run, and put in so many hours a day that it wll almost seem like work,
16 Always guessing about what might be the right sounding sort of thing to say,
17 And the most plausible way of shifting the accountability to someone else,
18 Someone who can be sacrificed later,
19 If things go wrong,
20 As they almost always will,
21 In Paradise.
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2 Lots and lots of things will go wrong,
3 More and more all the time,
4 aBut the people who are willing to make a big stink about it will become fewer and fewer,
5 All the time,
6 Because nobody will want to follow anything to its logical conclusion,
7 Anymore.
8 They will complain, of course, when the things they buy don't work,
9 And when service people are rude and late and inept,
10 And when the paperwork is never right,
11 And when they get mugged in broad daylight while everybody just stands around and watches,
12 And they will complain when the Most Chosen Nation starts losing its edge,
13 And when there's nobody left to admire in the whole country,
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14 And when it seems like practically everybody belongs to some fanatical little group with its own special grudge against the world,
15 And they will complain about the way Philadelphia just keeps on falling apart,
16 No matter what anyone says,
17 And no matter what anyone does,
18 And they will never for a moment dare to follow these things to their logical conclusion,
19 And relate them to the things they do,
20 Every day,
21 Or see any kind of connection between the way they are getting by, one day at a time, and they way everyone else is getting by, one day at a time,
22 Because when everything is slowly falling apart,
23 How could just one person possibly make any difference?
24 Because all true Harriers know that it's no use,
25 Whether they work hard or not,
26 Whether they care or not,
27 Whether they are civil or not,
28 Whether they are tolerant or not,
29 Whether they discipline their children or not,
30 Whether they discipline themselves or not,
31 Whether they take any responsibility or not,
32 bBecause things are the way they are,
33 And how can it possibly be their fault?
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