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How'd it get so bad in the first place?
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*Naomi's mouth draws into a resigned line.*

NAOMI: Well, as far as I know, it wasn't so bad back when the folks who had fought in World War III were still alive and in control.  They'd chosen to betray their countries in the name of the Revolution; they knew what they were fighting for and they wouldn't compromise on it.  When they died, no one else had that spirit in them.  Everyone just saw the Cooperative as the new source of power and wealth and whatever.  Now we're here, and a nation that once ate the rich now feeds them.