Mark Twain on economic issues

[Carl Remick]

>From: / dave / <arouet at winternet.com>
>
>J Cullen wrote:
>
> > Does anybody have a favorite passage from Mark Twain on imperialism
> > and/or economic depradations and/or the like?
>
>Norman Solomon's Media Beat column this week (attached) included a good 
>one:
>
>"Who are the oppressors? The few: the king, the capitalist and a handful
>of other overseers and superintendents. Who are the oppressed? The many:
>the nations of the earth; the valuable personages; the workers; they
>that make the bread that the soft-handed and idle eat."

Seems I underrated Twain's targeting of capitalism.  He certainly enjoyed 
speculating though -- but then again, didn't Marx on occasion?

Carl

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