reserved only for the occasions when the applicant is dependent on the interlocutor. A wave of the hand and a gruff remark instead of a bow and greetings. A curt reply instead of a polite conversation with somebody who cannot bring one any real profit or benefit. A misunderstanding by a stall, an argument with a street salesman, turns into a terrible violent brawl due to a trifle [. . .] and the ever present threat of denunciation. For we know the saddening reasons for this phenomenon: [. . .] indifference to kindness—the luxury of a free life. But this is also a symptom of mimicry, of adaptation to the surroundings. We are among our kind, among Jews, so we have no reason to [15] exert ourselves. We lack better examples. We assimilate only the worst vices of the nation and we expose [. . .] subhuman instincts.
Another aspect: ruthless exploitation of the pauper’s labour. The parasitic monopolist dictates the price of food products, supported by the Jewish Council’s economic policy. The price is solely a lure for the rich man, and they profit on the exploitation of workers and ridiculously cheap labour. Such a shark fears neither a strike nor trade unions, because these things are forbidden. He is not afraid of losing a worker because there are literally a thousand others to replace him. The shark is followed by wholesalers, retailers, and middlemen—all ruthless extortionists and cunning scammers, who will [make avail of] any disadvantageous political situation, [. . .], in order to—take advantage of fear, panic, rumours, uncertainty, and danger—immediately dictate a price hike and prey upon the general misfortune. Not all profiteers and speculators are smugglers. For smugglers can be excused on the grounds that they turn a profit, even a big one, by putting their lives in terrible danger. By contrast, [profiteers and speculators] do not risk anything. They just use their privileged, monopolistic position achieved through favouritism, deals with Council departments, bribery, cash, tools, machines, and their good relations with Germans. [. . .] child, female, and male porter [. . .] a worker [. . .] the whole day in exchange for half a loaf of bread [. . .] a citizen sells everything to buy products for the price dictated by these sharks. Nothing gets lost in nature, [. . .] were not [. . .] instead, they poured in to [. . .] millionaires.
The competition in retail trade is insane. Those at the top, manufacturers, suppliers, [. . .] are not afraid of competition because they fix the prices. There are thousands of retailers. Every other retailer owns a shop or two, and they have a stand and a stall next to them. The merchant ethic—if it had ever existed at all [. . .] two neighbouring merchants, traders, stall-holders [. . .]
