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“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” - John Stein
by Delmania 12y ago
“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
- John Steinbeck
- kailuowang 12y agoMy opinion is that the poor see themselves the way the rich want them to.
- zo1 12y agoAnd if they keep spending what little money they do have pretending to be millionaires, instead of spending it on their children's education... Then I'm afraid voting with their majority power to get what they want without necessarily earning it is the only way to go if you believe the state is the only way to fix the problem. Ironically, it's all the individuals that mean well that are constantly planting and reinforcing negative self-fulfilling prophecies into the minds of the poor. We need to stop telling them that they can't do it without help, and that instead they must simply do what they would if they didn't think they're helpless leeches. Because they naturally are not that, at all.