Nazi criminals interviewed about their motives have given the same sort of replies: “Just following orders.” Hearts and consciences can be deadened and robotized in the same way.

Religious faith is stronger in rural areas, she said, as she recalled how her grandparents in the Zhe Jiang Province, one of the richest in China, made their own bean curd by hand with a mill and cooked on a medieval stove.

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Jeremiah jumped aside and just cleared the biting point.