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> Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor, and the affluence of the few suppo
by thow-58d4e8b 5y ago
> Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor, and the affluence of the few supposes the indigence of the many [...] Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all
-- Adam Smith