Kurt Vonnegut Quote

During the war, in hundreds of Iliums over America, managers and engineers learned to get along without their men and women, who went to fight. It was the miracle that won the war — production with almost no manpower. In the patois of the north side of the river, it was the know-how that won the war. Democracy owed its life to know-how.

Chapter 1 (p. 9) - Player Piano (1952)

During the war, in hundreds of Iliums over America, managers and engineers learned to get along without their men and women, who went to fight. It...

During the war, in hundreds of Iliums over America, managers and engineers learned to get along without their men and women, who went to fight. It...

During the war, in hundreds of Iliums over America, managers and engineers learned to get along without their men and women, who went to fight. It...

During the war, in hundreds of Iliums over America, managers and engineers learned to get along without their men and women, who went to fight. It...