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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

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)
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