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Some other details about Adam Smith and co. “EVERYONE BUT AN IDIOT KNOWS THAT THE LOWER CLASSES MUST BE KEPT POOR, OR THEY WILL NEVER BE INDUSTRIOUS”
thenewgreen · 4606 days ago · link ·
“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” -Steinbeck (I think)
“You know how I define the economic and social classes in this country? The upper class keeps all of the money, pays none of the taxes. The middle class pays all of the taxes, does all of the work. The poor are there... just to scare the shit out of the middle class. Keep 'em showing up at those jobs.” -George Carlin (I'm sure)
JakobVirgil · 4606 days ago · link ·
This is what I was saying earlier about the invention of capitalism.