Babbitt Society and Class Quotes

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Quote #10

One evening a number of young men raided the Zenith Socialist Headquarters, burned its records, beat the office staff, and agreeably dumped desks out of the window." (34.1.6)

The upper classes of Zenith aren't very big fans of socialism, and they'll do pretty much whatever they can to discourage people from ever speaking their socialist views in public. That includes breaking into offices and beating people up. And when it comes time for the newspapers to report on this stuff, the rich also have a very strong voice in deciding how the news gets presented.