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"The Silent Majority" is a ruse that some politicians have created to create the perception that they have more public support than they actually do.

"You didn't get enough votes in the preliminary polls. How are you going to win the election?"

"Oh, I have the support of the majority. They're just... silent. They like to suffer in silence, and so they don't show up in polls. They are my base though. They are the strong, silent, hard-working people who registered to vote and will vote for me in the election."

This is a lie! In a Democracy, people are empowered to either vote, or abstain from voting, intentionally.

In reality, there is "The Silenced Majority", an underclass of poor people, some of them homeless, who are deliberately kept disenfranchised. There are so many systemic hurdles that prevent them from voting; paperwork to register to vote ( which marginalized people may not have ), or the sheer struggle of daily survival on the street. Being able to vote is a luxury one cannot afford, if one is fatigued from sleeping outside, not getting proper meals, and healthcare, let alone reliable information about the elections, candidates, public issues, and the solutions each platform promises. When a body is tired hungry, sleep deprived, stressed from not having regular showers or healthcare, the mind is not functioning well. Their executive functioning is so impaired, that voting to express one's preferences as a co-equal citizen of a Democracy, is a far cry. A homeless person is looking for their immediate needs, the next meal, a toilet, someplace to rest/sleep safely, medicine / medical care, and sometimes, an angry fix. They could not vote if they wanted to.

These people are kept down, because their suffering serves as a visible example to the middle class. The message to the middle class is - be a good worker, tolerate a toxic workplace, a job that slowly kills you, and don't ask for more. Obey the law, and cooperate with the police. If you fall out of line, you could become homeless like that person on the street you walk past every day. Enjoy your little material comforts, your bread and circuses ( pizza & football ), watch TV and media, and stay entertained. Be grateful to your capitalist masters, and don't unionize.

The upper class throws just enough crumbs from their table to make the middle class into happy slaves with Stockholm Syndrome, loyal to their bosses, anti-union and bourgeois in their political mindset, led around like sheep by mainstream media, supporting military spending and war, from being fed a steady diet of nationalistic propaganda. They often think that the system is fair, media tells the truth, cops protect them, courts deliver Justice, government means them well, and wars are fought for their benefit. They might look on the lower class, the homeless, with contempt, calling them lazy drunks and addicts, ungrateful and unpatriotic. Or they might throw them some pocket change to soothe their own malaise.

"Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizons of their minds. They were easy to control."

~ George Orwell.

This is how even well meaning voters are turned into bourgeoisie bootlickers, pawns of the elite, security guards, soldiers, lawyers, accountants, clerks, janitors, maids, delivery people, burger flippers, or workers filling any number of menial or meaningless roles, for little pay, with the illusion of freedom, sold on the ideals of nationalism, without feeling much solidarity with the homeless, and without a thought of standing up for their rights.

This is a Fake Democracy, a rigged system, political theater put on for the middle class, by the upper class.

This Divide & Rule strategy of the elite is what maintained the hierarchical pyramid of proto-democratic society.

What is the Matrix?

#Freedom #Democracy #Vote #Voting #Politics #Society #EqualRights #Justice #police #law #elite #SocialJustice #VoterSupression #war #peace #TheMatrix #ClassWarfare #homeless

"The Silent Majority" is a ruse that some politicians have created to create the perception that they have more public support than they actually do.

"You didn't get enough votes in the preliminary polls. How are you going to win the election?"

"Oh, I have the support of the majority. They're just... silent. They like to suffer in silence, and so they don't show up in polls. They are my base though. They are the strong, silent, hard-working people who registered to vote and will vote for me in the election."

This is a lie! In a Democracy, people are empowered to either vote, or abstain from voting, intentionally.

In reality, there is "The Silenced Majority", an underclass of poor people, some of them homeless, who are deliberately kept disenfranchised. There are so many systemic hurdles that prevent them from voting; paperwork to register to vote ( which marginalized people may not have ), or the sheer struggle of daily survival on the street. Being able to vote is a luxury one cannot afford, if one is fatigued from sleeping outside, not getting proper meals, and healthcare, let alone reliable information about the elections, candidates, public issues, and the solutions each platform promises. When a body is tired hungry, sleep deprived, stressed from not having regular showers or healthcare, the mind is not functioning well. Their executive functioning is so impaired, that voting to express one's preferences as a co-equal citizen of a Democracy, is a far cry. A homeless person is looking for their immediate needs, the next meal, a toilet, someplace to rest/sleep safely, medicine / medical care, and sometimes, an angry fix. They could not vote if they wanted to.

These people are kept down, because their suffering serves as a visible example to the middle class. The message to the middle class is - be a good worker, tolerate a toxic workplace, a job that slowly kills you, and don't ask for more. Obey the law, and cooperate with the police. If you fall out of line, you could become homeless like that person on the street you walk past every day. Enjoy your little material comforts, your bread and circuses ( pizza & football ), watch TV and media, and stay entertained. Be grateful to your capitalist masters, and don't unionize.

The upper class throws just enough crumbs from their table to make the middle class into happy slaves with Stockholm Syndrome, loyal to their bosses, anti-union and bourgeois in their political mindset, led around like sheep by mainstream media, supporting military spending and war, from being fed a steady diet of nationalistic propaganda. They often think that the system is fair, media tells the truth, cops protect them, courts deliver Justice, government means them well, and wars are fought for their benefit. They might look on the lower class, the homeless, with contempt, calling them lazy drunks and addicts, ungrateful and unpatriotic. Or they might throw them some pocket change to soothe their own malaise.

"Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizons of their minds. They were easy to control."

~ George Orwell.

This is how even well meaning voters are turned into bourgeoisie bootlickers, pawns of the elite, security guards, soldiers, lawyers, accountants, clerks, janitors, maids, delivery people, burger flippers, or workers filling any number of menial or meaningless roles, for little pay, with the illusion of freedom, sold on the ideals of nationalism, without feeling much solidarity with the homeless, and without a thought of standing up for their rights.

This is a Fake Democracy, a rigged system, political theater put on for the middle class, by the upper class.

This Divide & Rule strategy of the elite is what maintained the hierarchical pyramid of proto-democratic society.

What is the Matrix?

#Freedom #Democracy #Vote #Voting #Politics #Society #EqualRights #Justice #police #law #elite #SocialJustice #VoterSupression #war #peace #TheMatrix #ClassWarfare #homeless

"The Silent Majority" is a ruse that some politicians have created to create the perception that they have more public support than they actually do.

"You didn't get enough votes in the preliminary polls. How are you going to win the election?"

"Oh, I have the support of the majority. They're just... silent. They like to suffer in silence, and so they don't show up in polls. They are my base though. They are the strong, silent, hard-working people who registered to vote and will vote for me in the election."

This is a lie! In a Democracy, people are empowered to either vote, or abstain from voting, intentionally.

In reality, there is "The Silenced Majority", an underclass of poor people, some of them homeless, who are deliberately kept disenfranchised. There are so many systemic hurdles that prevent them from voting; paperwork to register to vote ( which marginalized people may not have ), or the sheer struggle of daily survival on the street. Being able to vote is a luxury one cannot afford, if one is fatigued from sleeping outside, not getting proper meals, and healthcare, let alone reliable information about the elections, candidates, public issues, and the solutions each platform promises. When a body is tired hungry, sleep deprived, stressed from not having regular showers or healthcare, the mind is not functioning well. Their executive functioning is so impaired, that voting to express one's preferences as a co-equal citizen of a Democracy, is a far cry. A homeless person is looking for their immediate needs, the next meal, a toilet, someplace to rest/sleep safely, medicine / medical care, and sometimes, an angry fix. They could not vote if they wanted to.

These people are kept down, because their suffering serves as a visible example to the middle class. The message to the middle class is - be a good worker, tolerate a toxic workplace, a job that slowly kills you, and don't ask for more. Obey the law, and cooperate with the police. If you fall out of line, you could become homeless like that person on the street you walk past every day. Enjoy your little material comforts, your bread and circuses ( pizza & football ), watch TV and media, and stay entertained. Be grateful to your capitalist masters, and don't unionize.

The upper class throws just enough crumbs from their table to make the middle class into happy slaves with Stockholm Syndrome, loyal to their bosses, anti-union and bourgeois in their political mindset, led around like sheep by mainstream media, supporting military spending and war, from being fed a steady diet of nationalistic propaganda. They often think that the system is fair, media tells the truth, cops protect them, courts deliver Justice, government means them well, and wars are fought for their benefit. They might look on the lower class, the homeless, with contempt, calling them lazy drunks and addicts, ungrateful and unpatriotic. Or they might throw them some pocket change to soothe their own malaise.

"Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizons of their minds. They were easy to control."

~ George Orwell.

This is how even well meaning voters are turned into bourgeoisie bootlickers, pawns of the elite, security guards, soldiers, lawyers, accountants, clerks, janitors, maids, delivery people, burger flippers, or workers filling any number of menial or meaningless roles, for little pay, with the illusion of freedom, sold on the ideals of nationalism, without feeling much solidarity with the homeless, and without a thought of standing up for their rights.

This is a Fake Democracy, a rigged system, political theater put on for the middle class, by the upper class.

This Divide & Rule strategy of the elite is what maintained the hierarchical pyramid of proto-democratic society.

What is the Matrix?

#Freedom #Democracy #Vote #Voting #Politics #Society #EqualRights #Justice #police #law #elite #SocialJustice #VoterSupression #war #peace #TheMatrix #ClassWarfare #homeless

"The Silent Majority" is a ruse that some politicians have created to create the perception that they have more public support than they actually do.

"You didn't get enough votes in the preliminary polls. How are you going to win the election?"

"Oh, I have the support of the majority. They're just... silent. They like to suffer in silence, and so they don't show up in polls. They are my base though. They are the strong, silent, hard-working people who registered to vote and will vote for me in the election."

This is a lie! In a Democracy, people are empowered to either vote, or abstain from voting, intentionally.

In reality, there is "The Silenced Majority", an underclass of poor people, some of them homeless, who are deliberately kept disenfranchised. There are so many systemic hurdles that prevent them from voting; paperwork to register to vote ( which marginalized people may not have ), or the sheer struggle of daily survival on the street. Being able to vote is a luxury one cannot afford, if one is fatigued from sleeping outside, not getting proper meals, and healthcare, let alone reliable information about the elections, candidates, public issues, and the solutions each platform promises. When a body is tired hungry, sleep deprived, stressed from not having regular showers or healthcare, the mind is not functioning well. Their executive functioning is so impaired, that voting to express one's preferences as a co-equal citizen of a Democracy, is a far cry. A homeless person is looking for their immediate needs, the next meal, a toilet, someplace to rest/sleep safely, medicine / medical care, and sometimes, an angry fix. They could not vote if they wanted to.

These people are kept down, because their suffering serves as a visible example to the middle class. The message to the middle class is - be a good worker, tolerate a toxic workplace, a job that slowly kills you, and don't ask for more. Obey the law, and cooperate with the police. If you fall out of line, you could become homeless like that person on the street you walk past every day. Enjoy your little material comforts, your bread and circuses ( pizza & football ), watch TV and media, and stay entertained. Be grateful to your capitalist masters, and don't unionize.

The upper class throws just enough crumbs from their table to make the middle class into happy slaves with Stockholm Syndrome, loyal to their bosses, anti-union and bourgeois in their political mindset, led around like sheep by mainstream media, supporting military spending and war, from being fed a steady diet of nationalistic propaganda. They often think that the system is fair, media tells the truth, cops protect them, courts deliver Justice, government means them well, and wars are fought for their benefit. They might look on the lower class, the homeless, with contempt, calling them lazy drunks and addicts, ungrateful and unpatriotic. Or they might throw them some pocket change to soothe their own malaise.

"Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizons of their minds. They were easy to control."

~ George Orwell.

This is how even well meaning voters are turned into bourgeoisie bootlickers, pawns of the elite, security guards, soldiers, lawyers, accountants, clerks, janitors, maids, delivery people, burger flippers, or workers filling any number of menial or meaningless roles, for little pay, with the illusion of freedom, sold on the ideals of nationalism, without feeling much solidarity with the homeless, and without a thought of standing up for their rights.

This is a Fake Democracy, a rigged system, political theater put on for the middle class, by the upper class.

This Divide & Rule strategy of the elite is what maintained the hierarchical pyramid of proto-democratic society.

What is the Matrix?

#Freedom #Democracy #Vote #Voting #Politics #Society #EqualRights #Justice #police #law #elite #SocialJustice #VoterSupression #war #peace #TheMatrix #ClassWarfare #homeless

"The Silent Majority" is a ruse that some politicians have created to create the perception that they have more public support than they actually do.

"You didn't get enough votes in the preliminary polls. How are you going to win the election?"

"Oh, I have the support of the majority. They're just... silent. They like to suffer in silence, and so they don't show up in polls. They are my base though. They are the strong, silent, hard-working people who registered to vote and will vote for me in the election."

This is a lie! In a Democracy, people are empowered to either vote, or abstain from voting, intentionally.

In reality, there is "The Silenced Majority", an underclass of poor people, some of them homeless, who are deliberately kept disenfranchised. There are so many systemic hurdles that prevent them from voting; paperwork to register to vote ( which marginalized people may not have ), or the sheer struggle of daily survival on the street. Being able to vote is a luxury one cannot afford, if one is fatigued from sleeping outside, not getting proper meals, and healthcare, let alone reliable information about the elections, candidates, public issues, and the solutions each platform promises. When a body is tired hungry, sleep deprived, stressed from not having regular showers or healthcare, the mind is not functioning well. Their executive functioning is so impaired, that voting to express one's preferences as a co-equal citizen of a Democracy, is a far cry. A homeless person is looking for their immediate needs, the next meal, a toilet, someplace to rest/sleep safely, medicine / medical care, and sometimes, an angry fix. They could not vote if they wanted to.

These people are kept down, because their suffering serves as a visible example to the middle class. The message to the middle class is - be a good worker, tolerate a toxic workplace, a job that slowly kills you, and don't ask for more. Obey the law, and cooperate with the police. If you fall out of line, you could become homeless like that person on the street you walk past every day. Enjoy your little material comforts, your bread and circuses ( pizza & football ), watch TV and media, and stay entertained. Be grateful to your capitalist masters, and don't unionize.

The upper class throws just enough crumbs from their table to make the middle class into happy slaves with Stockholm Syndrome, loyal to their bosses, anti-union and bourgeois in their political mindset, led around like sheep by mainstream media, supporting military spending and war, from being fed a steady diet of nationalistic propaganda. They often think that the system is fair, media tells the truth, cops protect them, courts deliver Justice, government means them well, and wars are fought for their benefit. They might look on the lower class, the homeless, with contempt, calling them lazy drunks and addicts, ungrateful and unpatriotic. Or they might throw them some pocket change to soothe their own malaise.

"Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizons of their minds. They were easy to control."

~ George Orwell.

This is how even well meaning voters are turned into bourgeoisie bootlickers, pawns of the elite, security guards, soldiers, lawyers, accountants, clerks, janitors, maids, delivery people, burger flippers, or workers filling any number of menial or meaningless roles, for little pay, with the illusion of freedom, sold on the ideals of nationalism, without feeling much solidarity with the homeless, and without a thought of standing up for their rights.

This is a Fake Democracy, a rigged system, political theater put on for the middle class, by the upper class.

This Divide & Rule strategy of the elite is what maintained the hierarchical pyramid of proto-democratic society.

What is the Matrix?

#Freedom #Democracy #Vote #Voting #Politics #Society #EqualRights #Justice #police #law #elite #SocialJustice #VoterSupression #war #peace #TheMatrix #ClassWarfare #homeless

The most dangerous words in world history: "Land Reform"

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2050254/the-most-dangerous-words-in-world-history-land-reform

The most dangerous words in world history: "Land Reform"

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2050254/the-most-dangerous-words-in-world-history-land-reform

The most dangerous words in world history: "Land Reform"

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2050254/the-most-dangerous-words-in-world-history-land-reform

The most dangerous words in world history: "Land Reform"

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2050254/the-most-dangerous-words-in-world-history-land-reform

The most dangerous words in world history: "Land Reform"

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2050254/the-most-dangerous-words-in-world-history-land-reform

The most dangerous words in world history: "Land Reform"

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The most dangerous words in world history: "Land Reform"

The most dangerous words in world history: "Land Reform"

The most dangerous words in world history: "Land Reform"

The most dangerous words in world history: "Land Reform"

https://piefed.social/c/roughromanmemes/p/2050253/the-most-dangerous-words-in-world-history-land-reform

THEY WANT TO MAKE WATER A COMMODITY.
Datacenters are the excuse... #datacenters #water #classwarfare

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A quotation from Victor Hugo

“Their vanity is full of phantoms which move as in a sublime night, armed with helm and cuirass, spurs on their heels and the sceptres in their hands, saying in a grave voice, ‘We are the ancestors!’ The canker-worms eat the roots, and panoplies eat the people. Why not? Are we to change the laws? The peerage is part of the order of society. Do you know that there is a duke in Scotland who can ride ninety miles without leaving his own estate? Do you know that the Archbishop of Canterbury has a revenue of £40,000 a year? Do you know that her Majesty has £700,000 sterling from the civil list, besides castles, forests, domains, fiefs, tenancies, freeholds, prebendaries, tithes, rent, confiscations, and fines, which bring in over a million sterling? Those who are not satisfied are hard to please.”
“Yes,” murmured Gwynplaine sadly, “the paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.”
 
— Leur vanité est pleine de fantômes qui s’y promènent comme dans une nuit sublime, armés, casqués, cuirassés, éperonnés, le bâton d’empire à la main, et disant d’une voix grave: Nous sommes les aïeux ! Les scarabées mangent les racines, et les panoplies mangent le peuple. Pourquoi pas? Allons-nous changer les lois? La seigneurie fait partie de l’ordre. Sais-tu qu’il y a un duc en Écosse qui galope trente lieues sans sortir de chez lui? Sais-tu que le lord archevêque de Canterbury a un million de Francs de revenu? Sais-tu que sa majesté a par an sept cent mille livres sterling de liste civile, sans compter les châteaux, forêts, domaines, fiefs, tenances, alleux, prébendes, dîmes et redevances, confiscations et amendes, qui dépassent un million sterling ? Ceux qui ne sont pas contents sont difficiles.
— Oui, murmura Gwynplaine pensif, c’est de l’enfer des pauvres qu’est fait le paradis des riches.

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
The Man Who Laughs [L’Homme qui rit; The Laughing Man; By Order of the King], Part 2, Book 2, ch. 11 (2.2.11) (1869) [Auth. trans. (1871)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/hugo-victor/82457/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #victorhugo #themanwholaughs #aristocracy #classwarfare #economicinjustice #exploitation #meme #oligarchy #poor #poverty #power #rich #riches #wealth

A quotation from Victor Hugo

“Their vanity is full of phantoms which move as in a sublime night, armed with helm and cuirass, spurs on their heels and the sceptres in their hands, saying in a grave voice, ‘We are the ancestors!’ The canker-worms eat the roots, and panoplies eat the people. Why not? Are we to change the laws? The peerage is part of the order of society. Do you know that there is a duke in Scotland who can ride ninety miles without leaving his own estate? Do you know that the Archbishop of Canterbury has a revenue of £40,000 a year? Do you know that her Majesty has £700,000 sterling from the civil list, besides castles, forests, domains, fiefs, tenancies, freeholds, prebendaries, tithes, rent, confiscations, and fines, which bring in over a million sterling? Those who are not satisfied are hard to please.”
“Yes,” murmured Gwynplaine sadly, “the paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.”
 
— Leur vanité est pleine de fantômes qui s’y promènent comme dans une nuit sublime, armés, casqués, cuirassés, éperonnés, le bâton d’empire à la main, et disant d’une voix grave: Nous sommes les aïeux ! Les scarabées mangent les racines, et les panoplies mangent le peuple. Pourquoi pas? Allons-nous changer les lois? La seigneurie fait partie de l’ordre. Sais-tu qu’il y a un duc en Écosse qui galope trente lieues sans sortir de chez lui? Sais-tu que le lord archevêque de Canterbury a un million de Francs de revenu? Sais-tu que sa majesté a par an sept cent mille livres sterling de liste civile, sans compter les châteaux, forêts, domaines, fiefs, tenances, alleux, prébendes, dîmes et redevances, confiscations et amendes, qui dépassent un million sterling ? Ceux qui ne sont pas contents sont difficiles.
— Oui, murmura Gwynplaine pensif, c’est de l’enfer des pauvres qu’est fait le paradis des riches.

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
The Man Who Laughs [L’Homme qui rit; The Laughing Man; By Order of the King], Part 2, Book 2, ch. 11 (2.2.11) (1869) [Auth. trans. (1871)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/hugo-victor/82457/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #victorhugo #themanwholaughs #aristocracy #classwarfare #economicinjustice #exploitation #meme #oligarchy #poor #poverty #power #rich #riches #wealth

A quotation from Victor Hugo

“Their vanity is full of phantoms which move as in a sublime night, armed with helm and cuirass, spurs on their heels and the sceptres in their hands, saying in a grave voice, ‘We are the ancestors!’ The canker-worms eat the roots, and panoplies eat the people. Why not? Are we to change the laws? The peerage is part of the order of society. Do you know that there is a duke in Scotland who can ride ninety miles without leaving his own estate? Do you know that the Archbishop of Canterbury has a revenue of £40,000 a year? Do you know that her Majesty has £700,000 sterling from the civil list, besides castles, forests, domains, fiefs, tenancies, freeholds, prebendaries, tithes, rent, confiscations, and fines, which bring in over a million sterling? Those who are not satisfied are hard to please.”
“Yes,” murmured Gwynplaine sadly, “the paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.”
 
— Leur vanité est pleine de fantômes qui s’y promènent comme dans une nuit sublime, armés, casqués, cuirassés, éperonnés, le bâton d’empire à la main, et disant d’une voix grave: Nous sommes les aïeux ! Les scarabées mangent les racines, et les panoplies mangent le peuple. Pourquoi pas? Allons-nous changer les lois? La seigneurie fait partie de l’ordre. Sais-tu qu’il y a un duc en Écosse qui galope trente lieues sans sortir de chez lui? Sais-tu que le lord archevêque de Canterbury a un million de Francs de revenu? Sais-tu que sa majesté a par an sept cent mille livres sterling de liste civile, sans compter les châteaux, forêts, domaines, fiefs, tenances, alleux, prébendes, dîmes et redevances, confiscations et amendes, qui dépassent un million sterling ? Ceux qui ne sont pas contents sont difficiles.
— Oui, murmura Gwynplaine pensif, c’est de l’enfer des pauvres qu’est fait le paradis des riches.

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
The Man Who Laughs [L’Homme qui rit; The Laughing Man; By Order of the King], Part 2, Book 2, ch. 11 (2.2.11) (1869) [Auth. trans. (1871)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/hugo-victor/82457/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #victorhugo #themanwholaughs #aristocracy #classwarfare #economicinjustice #exploitation #meme #oligarchy #poor #poverty #power #rich #riches #wealth

A quotation from Victor Hugo

“Their vanity is full of phantoms which move as in a sublime night, armed with helm and cuirass, spurs on their heels and the sceptres in their hands, saying in a grave voice, ‘We are the ancestors!’ The canker-worms eat the roots, and panoplies eat the people. Why not? Are we to change the laws? The peerage is part of the order of society. Do you know that there is a duke in Scotland who can ride ninety miles without leaving his own estate? Do you know that the Archbishop of Canterbury has a revenue of £40,000 a year? Do you know that her Majesty has £700,000 sterling from the civil list, besides castles, forests, domains, fiefs, tenancies, freeholds, prebendaries, tithes, rent, confiscations, and fines, which bring in over a million sterling? Those who are not satisfied are hard to please.”
“Yes,” murmured Gwynplaine sadly, “the paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.”
 
— Leur vanité est pleine de fantômes qui s’y promènent comme dans une nuit sublime, armés, casqués, cuirassés, éperonnés, le bâton d’empire à la main, et disant d’une voix grave: Nous sommes les aïeux ! Les scarabées mangent les racines, et les panoplies mangent le peuple. Pourquoi pas? Allons-nous changer les lois? La seigneurie fait partie de l’ordre. Sais-tu qu’il y a un duc en Écosse qui galope trente lieues sans sortir de chez lui? Sais-tu que le lord archevêque de Canterbury a un million de Francs de revenu? Sais-tu que sa majesté a par an sept cent mille livres sterling de liste civile, sans compter les châteaux, forêts, domaines, fiefs, tenances, alleux, prébendes, dîmes et redevances, confiscations et amendes, qui dépassent un million sterling ? Ceux qui ne sont pas contents sont difficiles.
— Oui, murmura Gwynplaine pensif, c’est de l’enfer des pauvres qu’est fait le paradis des riches.

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
The Man Who Laughs [L’Homme qui rit; The Laughing Man; By Order of the King], Part 2, Book 2, ch. 11 (2.2.11) (1869) [Auth. trans. (1871)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/hugo-victor/82457/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #victorhugo #themanwholaughs #aristocracy #classwarfare #economicinjustice #exploitation #meme #oligarchy #poor #poverty #power #rich #riches #wealth

A quotation from Victor Hugo

“Their vanity is full of phantoms which move as in a sublime night, armed with helm and cuirass, spurs on their heels and the sceptres in their hands, saying in a grave voice, ‘We are the ancestors!’ The canker-worms eat the roots, and panoplies eat the people. Why not? Are we to change the laws? The peerage is part of the order of society. Do you know that there is a duke in Scotland who can ride ninety miles without leaving his own estate? Do you know that the Archbishop of Canterbury has a revenue of £40,000 a year? Do you know that her Majesty has £700,000 sterling from the civil list, besides castles, forests, domains, fiefs, tenancies, freeholds, prebendaries, tithes, rent, confiscations, and fines, which bring in over a million sterling? Those who are not satisfied are hard to please.”
“Yes,” murmured Gwynplaine sadly, “the paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.”
 
— Leur vanité est pleine de fantômes qui s’y promènent comme dans une nuit sublime, armés, casqués, cuirassés, éperonnés, le bâton d’empire à la main, et disant d’une voix grave: Nous sommes les aïeux ! Les scarabées mangent les racines, et les panoplies mangent le peuple. Pourquoi pas? Allons-nous changer les lois? La seigneurie fait partie de l’ordre. Sais-tu qu’il y a un duc en Écosse qui galope trente lieues sans sortir de chez lui? Sais-tu que le lord archevêque de Canterbury a un million de Francs de revenu? Sais-tu que sa majesté a par an sept cent mille livres sterling de liste civile, sans compter les châteaux, forêts, domaines, fiefs, tenances, alleux, prébendes, dîmes et redevances, confiscations et amendes, qui dépassent un million sterling ? Ceux qui ne sont pas contents sont difficiles.
— Oui, murmura Gwynplaine pensif, c’est de l’enfer des pauvres qu’est fait le paradis des riches.

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
The Man Who Laughs [L’Homme qui rit; The Laughing Man; By Order of the King], Part 2, Book 2, ch. 11 (2.2.11) (1869) [Auth. trans. (1871)]

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Luigi and Chamel are modern day saints.

https://youtu.be/T7llHDZ4vg4?si=hnIBT8YI_ew3EK0W

#Capitalism #ClassWarfare #Facts

Luigi and Chamel are modern day saints.

https://youtu.be/T7llHDZ4vg4?si=hnIBT8YI_ew3EK0W

#Capitalism #ClassWarfare #Facts

Luigi and Chamel are modern day saints.

https://youtu.be/T7llHDZ4vg4?si=hnIBT8YI_ew3EK0W

#Capitalism #ClassWarfare #Facts

Luigi and Chamel are modern day saints.

https://youtu.be/T7llHDZ4vg4?si=hnIBT8YI_ew3EK0W

#Capitalism #ClassWarfare #Facts

The Modern Worker Trap: How Capitalism Turns Employees Into Efficient ‘Antiseptic Slaves’

Workers produce everything, yet capital captures the rewards. This breakdown exposes the hidden system of “antiseptic slavery” shaping today’s economy and inequality.

The Modern Worker Trap: How Capitalism Turns Employees Into Efficient ‘Antiseptic Slaves’

Workers produce everything, yet capital captures the rewards. This breakdown exposes the hidden system of “antiseptic slavery” shaping today’s economy and inequality.

"Let me just define what logistics is first. It’s originally a term from the military. It’s talking about the deployment of goods to battle sites like weapons, arms, shelter, and food. Well, you know, just like getting the kind of things that you need to fight a war beyond just military strategy. And in this context, it just means the movement of goods around the country, getting things where they need to be in order to be sold.

It used to be a pretty simple industry. If you procured something from a supplier or a vendor, you’d store it in a warehouse for a while. It was a very manual operation.

I think one defining feature of the retail revolution, wherein companies like Walmart and Home Depot and Amazon eventually came to dominance, is that they have really perfected the logistics process. They’ve made it tremendously sophisticated compared to what it was in the postwar period.

I’ve tried to track Amazon’s automation game, its deployment of different robotics technologies, in order to combat a dominant narrative that you hear in the organizing world and in the business world that Amazon and other logistics companies are on the cusp of what they call “dark warehouses,” which is to say warehouses where packages are primarily sorted by robotics technology, and you’ve got like a skeleton crew of maintenance people. But for the most part, human workers are not part of the equation."

https://jacobin.com/2026/04/amazon-labor-movement-organizing-unions

#Amazon #Unions #ClassWarfare #Automation #AI

"Let me just define what logistics is first. It’s originally a term from the military. It’s talking about the deployment of goods to battle sites like weapons, arms, shelter, and food. Well, you know, just like getting the kind of things that you need to fight a war beyond just military strategy. And in this context, it just means the movement of goods around the country, getting things where they need to be in order to be sold.

It used to be a pretty simple industry. If you procured something from a supplier or a vendor, you’d store it in a warehouse for a while. It was a very manual operation.

I think one defining feature of the retail revolution, wherein companies like Walmart and Home Depot and Amazon eventually came to dominance, is that they have really perfected the logistics process. They’ve made it tremendously sophisticated compared to what it was in the postwar period.

I’ve tried to track Amazon’s automation game, its deployment of different robotics technologies, in order to combat a dominant narrative that you hear in the organizing world and in the business world that Amazon and other logistics companies are on the cusp of what they call “dark warehouses,” which is to say warehouses where packages are primarily sorted by robotics technology, and you’ve got like a skeleton crew of maintenance people. But for the most part, human workers are not part of the equation."

https://jacobin.com/2026/04/amazon-labor-movement-organizing-unions

#Amazon #Unions #ClassWarfare #Automation #AI

"Let me just define what logistics is first. It’s originally a term from the military. It’s talking about the deployment of goods to battle sites like weapons, arms, shelter, and food. Well, you know, just like getting the kind of things that you need to fight a war beyond just military strategy. And in this context, it just means the movement of goods around the country, getting things where they need to be in order to be sold.

It used to be a pretty simple industry. If you procured something from a supplier or a vendor, you’d store it in a warehouse for a while. It was a very manual operation.

I think one defining feature of the retail revolution, wherein companies like Walmart and Home Depot and Amazon eventually came to dominance, is that they have really perfected the logistics process. They’ve made it tremendously sophisticated compared to what it was in the postwar period.

I’ve tried to track Amazon’s automation game, its deployment of different robotics technologies, in order to combat a dominant narrative that you hear in the organizing world and in the business world that Amazon and other logistics companies are on the cusp of what they call “dark warehouses,” which is to say warehouses where packages are primarily sorted by robotics technology, and you’ve got like a skeleton crew of maintenance people. But for the most part, human workers are not part of the equation."

https://jacobin.com/2026/04/amazon-labor-movement-organizing-unions

#Amazon #Unions #ClassWarfare #Automation #AI

"Let me just define what logistics is first. It’s originally a term from the military. It’s talking about the deployment of goods to battle sites like weapons, arms, shelter, and food. Well, you know, just like getting the kind of things that you need to fight a war beyond just military strategy. And in this context, it just means the movement of goods around the country, getting things where they need to be in order to be sold.

It used to be a pretty simple industry. If you procured something from a supplier or a vendor, you’d store it in a warehouse for a while. It was a very manual operation.

I think one defining feature of the retail revolution, wherein companies like Walmart and Home Depot and Amazon eventually came to dominance, is that they have really perfected the logistics process. They’ve made it tremendously sophisticated compared to what it was in the postwar period.

I’ve tried to track Amazon’s automation game, its deployment of different robotics technologies, in order to combat a dominant narrative that you hear in the organizing world and in the business world that Amazon and other logistics companies are on the cusp of what they call “dark warehouses,” which is to say warehouses where packages are primarily sorted by robotics technology, and you’ve got like a skeleton crew of maintenance people. But for the most part, human workers are not part of the equation."

https://jacobin.com/2026/04/amazon-labor-movement-organizing-unions

#Amazon #Unions #ClassWarfare #Automation #AI

"Let me just define what logistics is first. It’s originally a term from the military. It’s talking about the deployment of goods to battle sites like weapons, arms, shelter, and food. Well, you know, just like getting the kind of things that you need to fight a war beyond just military strategy. And in this context, it just means the movement of goods around the country, getting things where they need to be in order to be sold.

It used to be a pretty simple industry. If you procured something from a supplier or a vendor, you’d store it in a warehouse for a while. It was a very manual operation.

I think one defining feature of the retail revolution, wherein companies like Walmart and Home Depot and Amazon eventually came to dominance, is that they have really perfected the logistics process. They’ve made it tremendously sophisticated compared to what it was in the postwar period.

I’ve tried to track Amazon’s automation game, its deployment of different robotics technologies, in order to combat a dominant narrative that you hear in the organizing world and in the business world that Amazon and other logistics companies are on the cusp of what they call “dark warehouses,” which is to say warehouses where packages are primarily sorted by robotics technology, and you’ve got like a skeleton crew of maintenance people. But for the most part, human workers are not part of the equation."

https://jacobin.com/2026/04/amazon-labor-movement-organizing-unions

#Amazon #Unions #ClassWarfare #Automation #AI

A quotation from Melville

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.

Herman Melville (1819-1891) American writer
Story (1854-06), “Poor Man’s Pudding and Rich Man’s Crumbs,” “Picture First,” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 9

More about this quote: wist.info/melville-herman/8281…

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A quotation from Melville

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.

Herman Melville (1819-1891) American writer
Story (1854-06), “Poor Man’s Pudding and Rich Man’s Crumbs,” “Picture First,” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 9

More about this quote: wist.info/melville-herman/8281…

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A quotation from Melville

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.

Herman Melville (1819-1891) American writer
Story (1854-06), “Poor Man’s Pudding and Rich Man’s Crumbs,” “Picture First,” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 9

More about this quote: wist.info/melville-herman/8281…

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A quotation from Melville

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.

Herman Melville (1819-1891) American writer
Story (1854-06), “Poor Man’s Pudding and Rich Man’s Crumbs,” “Picture First,” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 9

More about this quote: wist.info/melville-herman/8281…

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A quotation from Melville

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.

Herman Melville (1819-1891) American writer
Story (1854-06), “Poor Man’s Pudding and Rich Man’s Crumbs,” “Picture First,” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 9

More about this quote: wist.info/melville-herman/8281…

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@wdlindsy

The rule of law's continued failure

Had Bennie been removed for his corruption we wouldn't be here, at world wars edge
Fast forward
Had Donnie been held accountable for his corruption the world wouldn't be here

This has always been Powers plan.

Law & Order for us, the taxpayer paying for all of this, and do whatever the f~ck you want for them

#classwarfare #EatTheBillionaires #endcitizensunited

@wdlindsy

The rule of law's continued failure

Had Bennie been removed for his corruption we wouldn't be here, at world wars edge
Fast forward
Had Donnie been held accountable for his corruption the world wouldn't be here

This has always been Powers plan.

Law & Order for us, the taxpayer paying for all of this, and do whatever the f~ck you want for them

#classwarfare #EatTheBillionaires #endcitizensunited

@wdlindsy

The rule of law's continued failure

Had Bennie been removed for his corruption we wouldn't be here, at world wars edge
Fast forward
Had Donnie been held accountable for his corruption the world wouldn't be here

This has always been Powers plan.

Law & Order for us, the taxpayer paying for all of this, and do whatever the f~ck you want for them

#classwarfare #EatTheBillionaires #endcitizensunited

@wdlindsy

The rule of law's continued failure

Had Bennie been removed for his corruption we wouldn't be here, at world wars edge
Fast forward
Had Donnie been held accountable for his corruption the world wouldn't be here

This has always been Powers plan.

Law & Order for us, the taxpayer paying for all of this, and do whatever the f~ck you want for them

#classwarfare #EatTheBillionaires #endcitizensunited

@wdlindsy

The rule of law's continued failure

Had Bennie been removed for his corruption we wouldn't be here, at world wars edge
Fast forward
Had Donnie been held accountable for his corruption the world wouldn't be here

This has always been Powers plan.

Law & Order for us, the taxpayer paying for all of this, and do whatever the f~ck you want for them

#classwarfare #EatTheBillionaires #endcitizensunited

"It is not always clear to management, staff, clients, and customers what the proper level of staffing should be. And it is not always clear why a business is understaffed: Can the firm not find enough qualified workers, or is management deliberately trying to cut costs by heaping more work on fewer people? But in recent years, both the extent and impact of understaffing have emerged, and it is not just disgruntled workers making the case.

A 2024 Kennedy School survey of 14,000 workers found 53 percent believe their workplace is “always” or “often” understaffed. Surely, workers will often agitate for adequate staffing, while bosses will push employees to do more with less. But researchers looked into public-health agencies and found many need to hire 80 percent more workers to be fully staffed. Mt. Sinai Health System in New York was ordered to pay $2 million in 2024 due to critical understaffing in emergency departments, labor and delivery units, and oncology. A Journal of the American Medical Directors Association article correlated low levels of staffing at nursing homes (especially in poor neighborhoods) with increased use of antipsychotic medications.

The Department of Transportation’s inspector general determined that 77 percent of “critical facilities” for air traffic controllers are staffed below the required 85 percent threshold, with New York and Miami at 54 percent and 66 percent, respectively. State officials in Texas reduced the capacity of the county jail serving the Houston area due to chronic understaffing. In countless news reports of unionization campaigns and strike threats, from Starbucks to major hospitals to railroad workers, you will see “understaffing” mentioned as a key concern. The trend affects white-collar workers, too; 83 percent of millennials report that they take on up to six tasks beyond their job description due to turnover."

https://prospect.org/2026/03/19/understaff-workplace-business-covid-cvs-pharmacies-hotels-grocery-stores/

#USA #Understaffing #ClassWarfare #Capitalism #WageSlavery

"It is not always clear to management, staff, clients, and customers what the proper level of staffing should be. And it is not always clear why a business is understaffed: Can the firm not find enough qualified workers, or is management deliberately trying to cut costs by heaping more work on fewer people? But in recent years, both the extent and impact of understaffing have emerged, and it is not just disgruntled workers making the case.

A 2024 Kennedy School survey of 14,000 workers found 53 percent believe their workplace is “always” or “often” understaffed. Surely, workers will often agitate for adequate staffing, while bosses will push employees to do more with less. But researchers looked into public-health agencies and found many need to hire 80 percent more workers to be fully staffed. Mt. Sinai Health System in New York was ordered to pay $2 million in 2024 due to critical understaffing in emergency departments, labor and delivery units, and oncology. A Journal of the American Medical Directors Association article correlated low levels of staffing at nursing homes (especially in poor neighborhoods) with increased use of antipsychotic medications.

The Department of Transportation’s inspector general determined that 77 percent of “critical facilities” for air traffic controllers are staffed below the required 85 percent threshold, with New York and Miami at 54 percent and 66 percent, respectively. State officials in Texas reduced the capacity of the county jail serving the Houston area due to chronic understaffing. In countless news reports of unionization campaigns and strike threats, from Starbucks to major hospitals to railroad workers, you will see “understaffing” mentioned as a key concern. The trend affects white-collar workers, too; 83 percent of millennials report that they take on up to six tasks beyond their job description due to turnover."

https://prospect.org/2026/03/19/understaff-workplace-business-covid-cvs-pharmacies-hotels-grocery-stores/

#USA #Understaffing #ClassWarfare #Capitalism #WageSlavery

"It is not always clear to management, staff, clients, and customers what the proper level of staffing should be. And it is not always clear why a business is understaffed: Can the firm not find enough qualified workers, or is management deliberately trying to cut costs by heaping more work on fewer people? But in recent years, both the extent and impact of understaffing have emerged, and it is not just disgruntled workers making the case.

A 2024 Kennedy School survey of 14,000 workers found 53 percent believe their workplace is “always” or “often” understaffed. Surely, workers will often agitate for adequate staffing, while bosses will push employees to do more with less. But researchers looked into public-health agencies and found many need to hire 80 percent more workers to be fully staffed. Mt. Sinai Health System in New York was ordered to pay $2 million in 2024 due to critical understaffing in emergency departments, labor and delivery units, and oncology. A Journal of the American Medical Directors Association article correlated low levels of staffing at nursing homes (especially in poor neighborhoods) with increased use of antipsychotic medications.

The Department of Transportation’s inspector general determined that 77 percent of “critical facilities” for air traffic controllers are staffed below the required 85 percent threshold, with New York and Miami at 54 percent and 66 percent, respectively. State officials in Texas reduced the capacity of the county jail serving the Houston area due to chronic understaffing. In countless news reports of unionization campaigns and strike threats, from Starbucks to major hospitals to railroad workers, you will see “understaffing” mentioned as a key concern. The trend affects white-collar workers, too; 83 percent of millennials report that they take on up to six tasks beyond their job description due to turnover."

https://prospect.org/2026/03/19/understaff-workplace-business-covid-cvs-pharmacies-hotels-grocery-stores/

#USA #Understaffing #ClassWarfare #Capitalism #WageSlavery

"It is not always clear to management, staff, clients, and customers what the proper level of staffing should be. And it is not always clear why a business is understaffed: Can the firm not find enough qualified workers, or is management deliberately trying to cut costs by heaping more work on fewer people? But in recent years, both the extent and impact of understaffing have emerged, and it is not just disgruntled workers making the case.

A 2024 Kennedy School survey of 14,000 workers found 53 percent believe their workplace is “always” or “often” understaffed. Surely, workers will often agitate for adequate staffing, while bosses will push employees to do more with less. But researchers looked into public-health agencies and found many need to hire 80 percent more workers to be fully staffed. Mt. Sinai Health System in New York was ordered to pay $2 million in 2024 due to critical understaffing in emergency departments, labor and delivery units, and oncology. A Journal of the American Medical Directors Association article correlated low levels of staffing at nursing homes (especially in poor neighborhoods) with increased use of antipsychotic medications.

The Department of Transportation’s inspector general determined that 77 percent of “critical facilities” for air traffic controllers are staffed below the required 85 percent threshold, with New York and Miami at 54 percent and 66 percent, respectively. State officials in Texas reduced the capacity of the county jail serving the Houston area due to chronic understaffing. In countless news reports of unionization campaigns and strike threats, from Starbucks to major hospitals to railroad workers, you will see “understaffing” mentioned as a key concern. The trend affects white-collar workers, too; 83 percent of millennials report that they take on up to six tasks beyond their job description due to turnover."

https://prospect.org/2026/03/19/understaff-workplace-business-covid-cvs-pharmacies-hotels-grocery-stores/

#USA #Understaffing #ClassWarfare #Capitalism #WageSlavery

"It is not always clear to management, staff, clients, and customers what the proper level of staffing should be. And it is not always clear why a business is understaffed: Can the firm not find enough qualified workers, or is management deliberately trying to cut costs by heaping more work on fewer people? But in recent years, both the extent and impact of understaffing have emerged, and it is not just disgruntled workers making the case.

A 2024 Kennedy School survey of 14,000 workers found 53 percent believe their workplace is “always” or “often” understaffed. Surely, workers will often agitate for adequate staffing, while bosses will push employees to do more with less. But researchers looked into public-health agencies and found many need to hire 80 percent more workers to be fully staffed. Mt. Sinai Health System in New York was ordered to pay $2 million in 2024 due to critical understaffing in emergency departments, labor and delivery units, and oncology. A Journal of the American Medical Directors Association article correlated low levels of staffing at nursing homes (especially in poor neighborhoods) with increased use of antipsychotic medications.

The Department of Transportation’s inspector general determined that 77 percent of “critical facilities” for air traffic controllers are staffed below the required 85 percent threshold, with New York and Miami at 54 percent and 66 percent, respectively. State officials in Texas reduced the capacity of the county jail serving the Houston area due to chronic understaffing. In countless news reports of unionization campaigns and strike threats, from Starbucks to major hospitals to railroad workers, you will see “understaffing” mentioned as a key concern. The trend affects white-collar workers, too; 83 percent of millennials report that they take on up to six tasks beyond their job description due to turnover."

https://prospect.org/2026/03/19/understaff-workplace-business-covid-cvs-pharmacies-hotels-grocery-stores/

#USA #Understaffing #ClassWarfare #Capitalism #WageSlavery