Book 22. (7 results) Dancer of Gor (Context Quote)
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193
Usually, as it is their caste policy, the farmers or villagers seek new land, usually farther away, to start again.
20
194
They seldom attempt to enter the cities, where they might eventually contribute to the formation of a discontented urban proletariat.
20
195
Their caste codes discourage it.
20
196
Also, of course, they would generally not be citizens of the city and in the city there would be little opportunity for them to practice their caste crafts.
20
197
Also, many cities, save those interested, for one reason or another, in increasing their population, for better or for worse, tend not be enthusiastic about accepting influxes of the indigent.
20
198
Such have contributed, through economic hardship, or treachery, to the diminishment, and even fall, of more than one city.
20
199
I think that the cities, on the whole, have mixed feelings about the great farms.
Usually, as it is their caste policy, the farmers or villagers seek new land, usually farther away, to start again.
They seldom attempt to enter the cities, where they might eventually contribute to the formation of a discontented urban proletariat.
Their caste codes discourage it.
Also, of course, they would generally not be citizens of the city and in the city there would be little opportunity for them to practice their caste crafts.
Also, many cities, save those interested, for one reason or another, in increasing their population, for better or for worse, tend not be enthusiastic about accepting influxes of the indigent.
Such have contributed, through economic hardship, or treachery, to the diminishment, and even fall, of more than one city.
I think that the cities, on the whole, have mixed feelings about the great farms.
- (Dancer of Gor, Chapter )