TED. All right. You know how. Suppose you tell me.
KEN. You still think there's something wrong with the world when your troubles are purely personal.
TED. My troubles are ... All right. What about the other millions of unemployed?
KEN. They're incompetents. Common laborers and workmen in industries that died--like soft coal mining. And maybe some technological unemployment. But you're not in any narrow technical field. As a matter of fact in not being specialized you actually have an advantage. All you've got to do is go after things.
TED. Easy to say.
KEN. Easy to do. Part of your trouble is your environment.
TED. My environment?
KEN. Sure. Tippy here is make-shifting--but that's all right. It's something. Martin's radical, living off his wits. That's not your style. Neither of them can help you.
TED. They have helped me.
KEN. They've weakened you. For Christ's sake, Ted, snap out of it. Get away from here. Get away from it all. Make a break. You won't starve. If you can't get a real job, go on relief.