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No one in official circles questioned the way the fruits of growth were distributed or the extreme corruption and environmental devastation that it generated.
But the overwhelming impression the book leaves is less of devastation per se than of contempt--the contempt the Little Father of the People felt for ordinary workers, the generalized contempt for human intelligence that pervaded his regime.
There are at least a dozen examples of man-made ecological disasters that led to famine and widespread devastation, and at least a couple of major civilizations that collapsed under the weight of ecological mismanagement.
One would expect that a certain amount of common sense be exercised: Palm Drive and Bougainvillea Boulevard would be as out of place in Massachusetts as Yucca Lane; with the devastation wrought by Dutch elm disease, one might consider renaming all the streets in America named Elm Street to describe a hardier species.
With reference to the devastation he witnessed, he said, "Most people would think that with all those firefighters that it was OK, that things were under control.