SOCIALISM AND TEMPORARILY EMBARRASSED MILLIONAIRES

"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." John Steinbeck (self.politics)


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cephas_rock 106 points 5 hours ago[-]

"Don't forget that most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor." - John Dickinson, "1776" (the musical)