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Old 25-06-10, 12:09 AM
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What us commoners can use to defeat the rich elete....... team work.
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What us commoners can use to defeat the rich elete....... team work.
And spelling correction. But does Hillaire Belloc's analysis still apply?
Lord Finchley tried to mend the electric light.
It struck him dead and serve him right.
It is the duty of the titled man
To create employment for the artisan.
It seems that in recent times the duty has been rather more to create employment for millionaire investment bankers.
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Old 25-06-10, 03:19 PM
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There's an assumption that one should have ambitions to "defeat" the rich. People are always looking to find fights they can win. Mostly as a way to get laid, I think.
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Old 25-06-10, 03:25 PM
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Well, seeing as they're a parasitic caste who live off the sweat and labour of others, yeah I think we should.
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Old 25-06-10, 03:30 PM
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Well, seeing as they're a parasitic caste who live off the sweat and labour of others, yeah I think we should.
Or if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
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Old 25-06-10, 03:41 PM
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Or if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Oh they can be beaten all right.
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Well okay, then, join 'em and then if they ever get beaten change sides. Which was my plan all along.
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pipe dream, there will always be rich and poor.
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Why should that be the case? Magic? Divine will? Hasn't always been true, no reason it should always be. Just dogma.
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Old 25-06-10, 04:29 PM
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when was it not true, some always had more than others even in hunter gather days.
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