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I hope you voted
So, I read Utopia. Highly recommended. Also depressing how little has changed over 500 years. Here is the narrator commenting on society (he then goes on to explain how much superior Utopia is):
RAPHAEL: In fact when I consider any social system that prevails in the modern world, I can't, so help me God, see it as anything but a conspiracy of the rich to advance their own interests under the pretext of organizing society. They think up all sorts of tricks and dodges, first for keeping safe their ill-gotten gains, and then for exploiting the poor by buying their labour as cheaply as possible. Once the rich have decided that these tricks and dodges shall be officially recognized by society - which includes the poor as well as the rich - they acquire the force of law. Thus an unscrupulous minority is led by its insatiable greed to monopolize what would have been enough to supply the needs of the whole populations.'
Utopia, Thomas More, 1516
RAPHAEL: In fact when I consider any social system that prevails in the modern world, I can't, so help me God, see it as anything but a conspiracy of the rich to advance their own interests under the pretext of organizing society. They think up all sorts of tricks and dodges, first for keeping safe their ill-gotten gains, and then for exploiting the poor by buying their labour as cheaply as possible. Once the rich have decided that these tricks and dodges shall be officially recognized by society - which includes the poor as well as the rich - they acquire the force of law. Thus an unscrupulous minority is led by its insatiable greed to monopolize what would have been enough to supply the needs of the whole populations.'
Utopia, Thomas More, 1516
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Plus ca change, c'est plus la meme chose.
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And yes, I definitely voted! Been out on the streets the past two weekends encouraging other people to vote as well. :)
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A sad truth. Although to be fair, we don't hang thieves anymore. There has been SOME progress.
And yes, I definitely voted! Been out on the streets the past two weekends encouraging other people to vote as well. :)
Go you! And tbh this is the first time I remember ANY coverage of EU elections, so that too is a good thing.
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*HUGS*
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