The author uses repetition with mostly every situation given, "Damn kid. ... They're all alike." As of the kid at the end clarifies what that phrase truly means. "You may stop this individual, but you can't stop us all... after all, we're all alike." That phrase makes you think many things, but what's pictured is one kid out of hundreds being held behind bars and the others protesting and planning to rebel. Another way is how he uses informal language to catch the attention of the youth. "You bet your ass we're all alike..." The way that its being used is because the author is going to address something important next. "... we've been spoon-fed baby food at school when we hungered for steak..." It means that since we were born, we were already controlled.
Parents think the same way towards their children. Parents say "Oh! They're just children, let them." Once that gets attached from where they were little, as they grow, they'll think its okay to do anything they want. Parents won't be able to control their own children and become rebels. Reminds me of the British government when they tried controlling the colonies once the colonies were already established. The British lost against them as the colonists were given their freedom but know the people had to be controlled again by a government. What was the point of fighting for freedom when you're going to be under the rule again? It's to be under controlled and people don't go chaotic. But as Will Durant said, "civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos."
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