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by jmchuster 1891 days ago
Probably just an abundance of this in humans in general?

A lovely John Steinbeck paraphrase/misquote from another thread:

"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires."

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We live in an age of underappreciated princes with no fiefdoms.