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  1. 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

  2. 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…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #melville #hermanmelville #classwarfare #criticism #economicinequality #economicinjustice #perspective #poor #poverty #wealthy #welltodo

  3. @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

  4. @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

  5. @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

  6. @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

  7. @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

  8. 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 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 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 forty thousand pounds a year? Do you know that her majesty has seven hundred thousand pounds sterling from the civil list, besides castles, forests, domains, fiefs, tenancies, feeholds, 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], Part 2, Book 2, ch. 11 (1869) [tr. (1888)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/hugo-victor/82457/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #victorhugo #classwarfare #economicinjustice #exploitation #poor #poverty #power #rich #wealth #meme

  9. Amazing how we have to rely on other Judicial Systems to help us out with this chronic problem
    #andrew #jeffrey #EpsteinFiles #classwarfare

  10. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

       We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace — business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.
       They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.
       Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
    Speech (1936-10-31), Madison Square Garden, New York City

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #fdr #banking #bigbusiness #businessinterests #classwarfare #corporations #defenseindustry #militaryindustrialcomplex #monopoly #oligarchy #plutocracy #profiteering #regulation #stockmarket

  11. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

       We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace — business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.
       They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.
       Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
    Speech (1936-10-31), Madison Square Garden, New York City

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #fdr #banking #bigbusiness #businessinterests #classwarfare #corporations #defenseindustry #militaryindustrialcomplex #monopoly #oligarchy #plutocracy #profiteering #regulation #stockmarket

  12. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

       We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace — business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.
       They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.
       Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
    Speech (1936-10-31), Madison Square Garden, New York City

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #fdr #banking #bigbusiness #businessinterests #classwarfare #corporations #defenseindustry #militaryindustrialcomplex #monopoly #oligarchy #plutocracy #profiteering #regulation #stockmarket

  13. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

       We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace — business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.
       They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.
       Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
    Speech (1936-10-31), Madison Square Garden, New York City

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #fdr #banking #bigbusiness #businessinterests #classwarfare #corporations #defenseindustry #militaryindustrialcomplex #monopoly #oligarchy #plutocracy #profiteering #regulation #stockmarket

  14. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

       We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace — business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.
       They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.
       Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
    Speech (1936-10-31), Madison Square Garden, New York City

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #fdr #banking #bigbusiness #businessinterests #classwarfare #corporations #defenseindustry #militaryindustrialcomplex #monopoly #oligarchy #plutocracy #profiteering #regulation #stockmarket

  15. A quotation from George Orwell

    One ought not to pay any attention to Hitler’s recent line of talk about being the friend of the poor man, the enemy of plutocracy, etc etc. Hitler’s real self is in Mein Kampf, and in his actions. He has never persecuted the rich, except when they were Jews or when they tried actively to oppose him. He stands for a centralised economy which robs the capitalist of most of his power but leaves the structure of society much as before. The State controls industry, but there are still rich and poor, masters and men. Therefore, as against genuine Socialism, the moneyed class have always been on his side. This was crystal clear at the time of the Spanish civil war, and clear again at the time when France surrendered. Hitler’s puppet government are not working men, but a gang of bankers, gaga generals and corrupt right-wing politicians.

    George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1941-02-19), “The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius,” Part 2 “Shopkeepers at War,” sec. 3, The Searchlight Books [ed. Fyvel and Orwell]

    More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/81894/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #autocracy #classwarfare #economicinjustice #economicsystem #nationalsocialism #Nazi #plutocracy #rulingclass #socialism #upperclass

  16. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    It is all-essential to the continuance of our healthy national life that we should recognize this community of interest among our people. The welfare of each of us is dependent fundamentally upon the welfare of all of us, and therefore in public life that man is the best representative of each of us who seeks to do good to each by doing good to all; in other words, whose endeavor it is not to represent any special class and promote merely that class’s selfish interests, but to represent all true and honest men of all sections and all classes and to work for their interests by working for our common country.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
    Speech (1903-09-07), “The Square Deal,” Labor Day, New York State Agricultural Association, New York State Fair, Syracuse

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/6…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #class #classwarfare #commoninterest #community #government #mutuality #nation #politics #representation #representative #specialinterest #welfare #generalwelfare

  17. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

    These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power. In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
    Speech (1936-06-27), Acceptance, Renomination for President, Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #fdr #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #America #classwarfare #elites #oligarchs #plutocrats #power #privileged #rich #wealth #wealthy

  18. A quotation from Daniel Webster

    In the nature of things, those who have not property, and see their neighbors possess much more than they think they need, cannot be favorable to laws made for the protection of property. When this class becomes numerous, it glows clamorous. It looks on property as its prey and plunder, and is naturally ready, at all times, for violence and revolution.

    Daniel Webster (1782-1852) American statesman, lawyer, orator
    Speech (1820-12-22), “First Settlement of New England,” Plymouth, Massachusetts

    More about this quote: wist.info/webster-daniel/80213…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #danielwebster #classwarfare #economicinjustice #incomeinequality #poverty #property #revolution #wealth #poor #economicinequality

  19. A quotation from Frederick Douglass

    The American people have this lesson to learn: That where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.

    Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) American abolitionist, orator, writer
    Speech (1886-04-16), “Strong to Suffer, and Yet Strong to Strive,” Israel Bethel Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C.

    More info about this quote: wist.info/douglass-frederick/7…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #frederickdouglass #America #classism #economicinjustice #ignorance #impoverishment #injustice #nojusticenopeace #othering #poverty #racism #socialills #socialinjustice #socialunrest #society #unrest #classwarfare #unrest

  20. "If the Assad regime’s management of rent was shaped by a local context, the appropriation of the state by armed gangs is no cultural anomaly. It has emerged both as a condition and a limit of bourgeois revolution in the region. Today it is inscribed in the very restructuring of capitalist relations under the pressure of the global crisis of valorization and the shortage of surplus value.

    In Syria, the profitable sectors from the point of view of capitalist investments can be counted on one hand: construction, extraction, transportation of commodities (and protection), drug trafficking, and the trade of militia loyalties to foreign powers.6 None belong to the “productive” sphere; all have a rentier dimension. These markets are dependent on state-linked positions—not as an instance of regulation, but as a distributor of monopolies. Competition between capitalists in such a configuration is decided by brute force and alliances with other brute forces. Within this structure, the line between proletarian and henchman grows increasingly blurred.

    The fall of the Syrian regime coincided with a global crisis in which the scramble for rent markets has gone hand in hand with the spectacular erosion of the state-form oriented toward regulating inter-capitalist competition. The state “distinct from particular capitalists” (a never achieved ideal) has given way to a state increasingly captured by particular capitalist groups, competing for extractivist, land-based, and speculative markets under the constant threat of armed violence. This “state of barbarism” tends to prevail at the global level—not as an archaic form, but as the paradigm of a crisis of surplus-value seeking salvation in profits structured around rent positions."

    brooklynrail.org/2025/10/field

    #Syria #Assad #Capitalism #ClassWarfare #Proletarians #Marxism

  21. A quotation from Victor Hugo

    Will there be a future? We feel we might almost ask ourselves this question when we see so much terrible darkness. Grim confrontation between the selfish and the wretched. In the selfish, prejudices, the ignorance of a superior education, appetite fed by overindulgence, the insensitivity of an indurating prosperity, fear of suffering that in some extends to an aversion to those who suffer, relentless complacency, an ego so inflated it denies access to the soul. In the wretched, greed, envy, a hatred of seeing others enjoying themselves, the convulsions of the human beast within them seeking satisfaction, hearts befogged, sadness, need, fatalism, ignorance impure and simple.
     
    [L’avenir arrivera-t-il ? il semble qu’on peut presque se faire cette question quand on voit tant d’ombre terrible. Sombre face-à-face des égoïstes et des misérables. Chez les égoïstes, les préjugés, les ténèbres de l’éducation riche, l’appétit croissant par l’enivrement, un étourdissement de prospérité qui assourdit, la crainte de souffrir qui, dans quelques-uns, va jusqu’à l’aversion des souffrants, une satisfaction implacable, le moi si enflé qu’il ferme l’âme ; chez les misérables, la convoitise, l’envie, la haine de voir les autres jouir, les profondes secousses de la bête humaine vers les assouvissements, les cœurs pleins de brume, la tristesse, le besoin, la fatalité, l’ignorance impure et simple.]

    Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
    Les Misérables, Part 4 “St. Denis,” Book 7 “Argot,” ch. 4 (4.7.4) (1862) [tr. Donougher (2013)]

    More info about this quote: wist.info/hugo-victor/79202/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #victorhugo #lesmiserables #lesmiz #classwarfare #conflict #confrontation #economicinjustice #future #misery #pessimism #poor #poverty #selfishness #wealthy

  22. A quotation from Orwell

    In each great revolutionary struggle the masses are led on by vague dreams of human brotherhood, and then, when the new ruling class is well established in power, they are thrust back into servitude. This is practically the whole of political history, as Burnham sees it. […] History consists of a series of swindles, in which the masses are first lured into revolt by the promise of Utopia, and then, when they have done their job, enslaved over again by the new masters.

    George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1946-05), “Second Thoughts on James Burnham,” Polemic Magazine

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/orwell-george/14826/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #classwarfare #commonpeople #history #masses #oligarchy #revolution #rulers #rulingclass

  23. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

    No people, least of all a democratic people, will be content to go without work or to accept some standard of living which obviously and woefully falls short of their capacity to produce. No people, least of all a people with our traditions of personal liberty, will endure the slow erosion of opportunity for the common man, the oppressive sense of helplessness under the domination of a few, which are overshadowing our whole economic life.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
    Message (1938-04-29) to Congress, On Curbing Monopolies

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #bigbusiness #classwarfare #economicinjustice #equalopportunity #labor #oligarchy #opportunity #wealthy

  24. "An independent left media will not create the same controlled environment many Democrats and their patrons have come to rely on: paid advertisements, social media posts, and highly selective engagements with professional news. Hopefully, the 2024 election compels Democrats to move beyond these safe spaces. A vibrant left media sphere — with different strains of Democrats and leftists engaging in meaningful debate — would likely cool some of the animosity that festers when some views and communities are kept isolated. It might also counter factionalism and splintering across the left-of-center coalition.

    The reluctance to engage new voices extends far beyond elected Democrats. Many progressives instinctively resist calls for outreach beyond the base. Some radicals cling to the fantasy that simply exposing more people to radical views will inspire a groundswell of support. Some wealthy backers may fear the unpredictable demands that new voices might introduce. Some activists fear that calls for “outreach” are just a coded push for moderation and tacking to the center. Given how often moderation is framed as the only path to grow a coalition, this skepticism is warranted. But building a left media sphere isn’t about compromising — it’s about forging new pathways to the Left."

    #Media #News #Politics #AlternativeMedia #Journalism #WorkingClass #ClassWarfare jacobin.com/2025/03/left-media

  25. I'm loving how #US #liberals are exposing themselves as the #closetfascists they are due to the #USfascist #elected demolishing #USaid , which has been an arm of US #imperialism for decades. Contrary to #propaganda, it hasn't been benign at all. No one in their right mind would label a #pedo as good because they hand out candy. US Aid providing #healthcare is the candy. I do hope claims the #left in the US is rising, due to #classwarfare now being obvious, will materialise... global solidarity!

  26. #DeepSeek, con código abierto, #hardware anticuado, y un #costo y consumo de #RecursosNaturales brutalmente menor, demostraría lo que todos sabíamos: que los héroes #empresarios de #Milei, además de parásitos explotadores, son vulgares infladores de precios. Delincuentes comunes.
    #capitalismo #retrohardware #china #UnitedStatesOfAttrition #MakeAmericaGruesomeAgain #ClassWarfare #Technology #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #SoftwareLibre #economía #nvidia #openai #ai #gai