Democracy is difficult and demanding. So is history. It can crack your voice; it can stir your soul; it can break your heart.

As with the factory, so with the office: in an assembly line, the smaller the piece of work assigned to any single individual, the less skill it requires, and the less likely the possibility that doing it well will lead to doing something more interesting and better paid.

When business became big business - conglomerates employing hundreds and even thousands of people - companies divided themselves into still smaller units.

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