A large duck (burger_eater) wrote,
A large duck
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Quote of the day

“I can’t find the quote but one of the historians of the French Revolution of 1789 wrote that it was not the product of poor people but of poor lawyers. You can have political/economic setups that disappoint the poor for generations – but if lawyers, teachers and doctors are sitting in their garrets freezing and starving you get revolution. Now, in their garrets, they have a laptop and broadband connection.” (emphasis in the original)

– Paul Mason, writing about the revolutionary movements in the Middle East.

Mirrored from Twenty Palaces. You can comment here or there.

Tags: people, politics
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