"We find the upper classes enormously rich, and the lower classes miserably poor. We find those by whose labour the wealth is created, receiving the smallest possible share of it; the remainder being absorbed by the higher ranks in the form either of rent or of profit. And as wealth is, after intellect, the most permanent source of power, it has naturally happened that a great inequality of wealth has been accompanied by a corresponding inequality of social and political power. It is not, therefore, surprising that from the earliest to which our knowledge of India extends, an immense majority of the people, pinched by the most galling poverty, and just living from hand-to-mouth, should always have remained in a state of stupid debasement, broken by incessant misfortune, crouching before their superiors in abject submission, and only fit either to be slaves themselves or to be led to battle to make slaves of others."
I mean...Holy Shit! Is that the whole enchilada or what? Here's a little something something from Wikipedia to put it into perspective:
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_United_States
Gee...I wonder why (1) socialism is such a dirty word in America and (2) so many of the progressive democratic candidates for the 2020 Presidential Campaign are espousing policies which are socialistic. Must be something in the water.
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