The Invention of Capitalism: How a Self-Sufficient Peasantry was Whipped Into Industrial Wage Slaves

23 Tuesday Jan 2018

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Thoughts

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“…everyone but an idiot knows that the lower classes must be kept poor, or they will never be industrious.” —Arthur Young; 1771

Source: The Invention of Capitalism: How a Self-Sufficient Peasantry was Whipped Into Industrial Wage Slaves

5 thoughts on “The Invention of Capitalism: How a Self-Sufficient Peasantry was Whipped Into Industrial Wage Slaves”

thenaughtybun said:

January 24, 2018 at 09:26

Grrrr…. *sigh* Not much change, is there?

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sarah said:

January 24, 2018 at 23:05

yep. *shakes head sadly/angrily at humankind*

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- Pia said:
  
  February 4, 2018 at 10:43
  
  Gene Roddenberry’s utopia seems as far away as ever.
  
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sarah said:

February 4, 2018 at 10:40

Plus ça change 😔

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- Pia said:
  
  February 4, 2018 at 10:41
  
  iPhones aside, we really haven’t evolved very much…
  
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