I said that although the customers of these shops are directly involved, ultimately it concerns everybody, and so it does. For it epitomises two tendencies in our world, and both of them are nasty.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I said that although the customers of these shops are directly involved, ultimately it concerns everybody, and so it does. For it epitomises two tendencies in our world, and both of them are nasty." in the context of ""Invariably Upwards", The Times (20 November 1989)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.