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Utopia
by Thomas More
"I don't see how you can ever get any real justice or prosperity, so long as there's private property..."
Shockingly, one might say, this book is essentially communist propaganda from Saint Thomas More who was born in London during the Middle Ages. I shouldn't have been so surprised by the fact that so many quotes from this are still relevant to modern-day readers. I will share my favorite one here, interlaced with a few comments from yours truly:
"In fact, when I consider any social system that prevails in the modern world, I can't, so help me God, see it as anything but a conspiracy of the rich to advance their own interests under the pretext of organizing society. They think up all sorts of tricks and dodges, first for keeping safe their ill-gotten gains [tax evasion, tax havens, etc.], and then for exploiting the poor by buying their labor as cheaply as possible [poverty wages, exploitation of labor in developing countries, incarcerated workers, etc.]. Once the rich have decided that these tricks and dodges shall be officially rezognized by society - which includes the poor as well as the rich - they acquire the force of law [police]. Thus an unscrupulous minority is led by its insatiable greed to monopolize what would have been enough to supply the needs of the whole population."
Shockingly, one might say, this book is essentially communist propaganda from Saint Thomas More who was born in London during the Middle Ages. I shouldn't have been so surprised by the fact that so many quotes from this are still relevant to modern-day readers. I will share my favorite one here, interlaced with a few comments from yours truly:
"In fact, when I consider any social system that prevails in the modern world, I can't, so help me God, see it as anything but a conspiracy of the rich to advance their own interests under the pretext of organizing society. They think up all sorts of tricks and dodges, first for keeping safe their ill-gotten gains [tax evasion, tax havens, etc.], and then for exploiting the poor by buying their labor as cheaply as possible [poverty wages, exploitation of labor in developing countries, incarcerated workers, etc.]. Once the rich have decided that these tricks and dodges shall be officially rezognized by society - which includes the poor as well as the rich - they acquire the force of law [police]. Thus an unscrupulous minority is led by its insatiable greed to monopolize what would have been enough to supply the needs of the whole population."