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For ages the rich and their sycophants have written in praise of “honest toil,” have praised the simple life, have professed a religion which teaches that the poor are much more likely to go to heaven than the rich, and in general have tried to make manual workers believe that there is some special nobility about altering the position of matter in ... See more
Bertrand Russell • In Praise of Idleness
@yagadigital look up the concept of the “three estates” (peasantry, clergy, nobility) in the medieval period, I think you’ll find that interesting given what you said!
Byronic Heroinex.comThe wretched inherit what no one wants.
Lynne Tillman • Thrilled to Death: Selected Stories
@KobeissiLetter Loss of confidence
In the west
We have inflated beyond control
Everyone is a Cantillionaire
Or a hyper gambler
Or poor
There is nothing left
This is the last grab at the dinner... See more
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The ritual drove home the fact that the noble was on top and the peasants on the bottom. The Anglo-Saxon word for someone on the crest of a social heap—lord—was a testament to the put-down power of the handout. The word’s literal meaning: “loaf giver.”
Howard Bloom • The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History
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