![]() It represents the mindset of the United States at the outset of the Cold War and, arguably, even today. This is the general's response to Professor Arthur Barnhouse's protestations against using his power for military intimidation. ![]() "Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom." General Honus Barker, "Report on the Barnhouse Effect," pg. ![]() ![]() In this way, Flammer is a mouthpiece for many of the worlds Vonnegut creates, in which individuality has been sacrificed to some pretense of greater comfort or efficiency. But in doing so, he has sacrificed his individuality, instead becoming part of the automated, almost inhuman team of workers at Ilium Works. While David reacts to Flammer's history with admiration, Flammer himself dismisses it, concluding that the only way to survive is to be selfish. Here, he explains to David why he gave up trying to "save the world" in his youth. Lou Flammer, David Potter's new supervisor, personifies the mindset of the automated industrial campus called the Works. So I started looking out for Number One." Lou Flammer, "Deer in the Works," pg. "Took me about six months to find out I was killing myself for peanuts, that a little guy couldn't even save a village three blocks long, and that the world wasn't worth saving anyway.
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