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“The rich exploit the poor and drive them to become more poverty-stricken, while their own affluence grows.”
— George Orwell
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“The middle class is like a buffer between the capitalist ruling class and the proletariat, often serving the interests of the former while believing they are defending the latter.”
— Karl Marx
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“The upper class keeps all the money, pays none of the taxes. The middle class pays all the taxes, does all the work. The poor are there… just to scare the s**t out of the middle class.”
— George Carlin
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“The problem of the working class is not merely the problem of ‘poverty’; it is the problem of being despised and neglected by the middle classes, who may sometimes ‘help’ them but never truly understand them.”
— George Orwell (from Road to Wigan Pier):
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“The modern Democratic Party is not the party of the poor, but of the professional class — a class that sees itself as a progressive force, but often promotes policies that benefit itself rather than the truly needy.”
— Thomas Frank (from Listen, Liberal)
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“The middle class is being systematically eviscerated… But the large part of the population is suffering from things that have nothing to do with the ‘middle class’.”
— Noam Chomsky
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“It’s not about dividing the country. It’s about bringing together the middle class, the working families of this country, the low-income people who have been ignored for far too long.”
— Bernie Sanders
