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...build up in this fashion, individuals and groups of individuals are likely to break the law. In the movement of Negro protest, quite often such persons then find themselves accused of self-righteous intolerance, of taking the law into their own hands, of being the ones responsible for the breakdown of democratic processes. But how much patience should one ask of those with such grievances? In such situations it seems to me that the fundamental responsibility for the breakdown of law and order rests upon those who determine a society's policies and who benefit from them...
...town's later stages, the corporation is often unresponsive to the population's needs. The bulk of corporation employees are middle-class, while most town residents are working-class. This social gap, highlighted by corporation executives' reluctance to live in the new town, may lead to a breakdown of communications between the two groups. In many towns, residents have had to fight furiously to acquire facilities as elementary as public telephones or street lighting...
...Deeds. Aside from the outright violence, Mao is faced with the breakdown of the collectivization and central authority that he so brutally imposed on his countrymen. Many factory and farm workers alike are deserting their jobs and turning on Mao. Some peasants are flaunting old land deeds and demanding their farms back. Others are enlarging private plots, expanding their own private markets. Still others are disappearing from their farms altogether and fleeing to the cities. The result is that much of this year's grain crop, which should otherwise equal last year's 180 million tons...
...streets, loudspeakers blaring Maoist slogans interspersed with reedy renditions of The East Is Red. From other trucks, troopers toss pamphlets and food packages to the crowds. While there seems plenty of fruit in Canton, meat and vegetables are scarce, despite the richness of the surrounding country, indicating a breakdown in China's system of food distribution. Outside the city, troops with fixed bayonets guard every bridge and railroad switching point...
...provided no statistics, but he said people who use marijuana think everyone is using it, while those who don't think few do. He gave a percentage breakdown on different varities of marijuana users. Of these...