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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
23 Tuesday Jan 2018
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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
Grrrr…. *sigh* Not much change, is there?
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yep. *shakes head sadly/angrily at humankind*
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Gene Roddenberry’s utopia seems as far away as ever.
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Plus ça change 😔
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iPhones aside, we really haven’t evolved very much…
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