The poor cried, "We are exposed to the elements. There are no homes for us to live within."
The rich man said, "Not my problem you can't find shelter," as if he and his equity firms did not manipulate markets and buy up affordable homes as an investment.
The poor cried, “We are starving. There is no more bread, and we have nothing to eat.”
The rich man said, “Not my problem you don’t work for your bread,” as if he did not snatch the grain by his own greedy hands and create stuff food in his overflowing mouth.
The poor cried, “We are dying. There is no more medicine, and we are ill.”
The rich man said, “Not my problem you don’t take care of yourselves,” as if he did not buy all the medicine and raise prices so high the gods themselves would not be able to reach.
Then the poor stopped crying, and the rich man was satisfied…Until they came knocking at his door one night; their faces were sunken, their flesh decaying, their eyes sightless.
They were monsters of the rich man’s own making, and as they devoured his flesh, the rich man cried, “Please, spare me!”
Then the ravenous laughed, “Not our problem you fattened yourself for slaughter.”
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. —Malcolm X
There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning. — Warren Buffett