You can’t judge us according to logic. You accountants! You have to understand! You can only judge us according to the laws of religion. Faith! Our faith will make you jealous! What greatness do you have in your life? You have nothing. Just comfort. Anything for a full belly...Those stomachs of yours...Stuff your face and fill your house with tchotchkes. But I...my generation...We built everything you have. The factories, the dams, the electric power stations. What have you ever built? And we were the ones who defeated Hitler.
S. Alexievich, tr. B. Shayevich, Second-hand time (2013), 279-80
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