The more things change...

xoxoxoBruce · 06-20-2014, 05:21 PM

A French proverb, which we totally ripped off and sent them home Sacrebleuing, paraphrases, The more things change, the more they stay the same.
After a 60 or 70 year respite from the 1% beating us with our own limbs, we've allowed them to regain control again.

They had control in 1863 when they tried to draft the beaten down NYC tenement denizens, while the 1% just paid $300 for a substitute. The riot that followed was the biggest insurrection in US history, other than the civil war itself.

In 1890, Jacob A. Riis published a book about it called, "How the Other Half Lives".

A sample.

06-20-2014, 05:21 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The more things change... A French proverb, which we totally ripped off and sent them home Sacrebleuing, paraphrases, The more things change, the more they stay the same. After a 60 or 70 year respite from the 1% beating us with our own limbs, we've allowed them to regain control again. They had control in 1863 when they tried to draft the beaten down NYC tenement denizens, while the 1% just paid $300 for a substitute. The riot that followed was the biggest insurrection in US history, other than the civil war itself. In 1890, Jacob A. Riis published a book about it called, "How the Other Half Lives". A sample. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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