“People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage. Intellectual myopia, often called stupidity, is no doubt a reason. But the privileged also feel that their privileges, however egregious they may seem to others, are a solemn, basic, God-given right. The sensitivity of the poor to injustice is a trivial thing compared with that of the rich. So it was in the Ancien Regime [in 18th century France]. When reform from the top became impossible, revolution from the bottom became inevitable.” --John Kenneth Galbraith, 1977
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 04:42:03 +0000
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