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  • To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, ‘It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but might as well be.’ It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: ‘if you’re so smart why ain’t you rich?’ There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register.

    Kurt Vonnegut, in "Slaughterhouse 5’






  • Dagwood222@lemm.eetoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldSo embarrassing
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    3 days ago

    It started with Monica’s dress.

    The idea that people were shocked by Bill Clinton was nonsensical. LBJ and Kennedy did far worse, and the ‘gentleman’s agreement’ kept it all quiet. The GOP knew that they were going to give the children of America a back door* sex education, and they didn’t care.

    *I knew it was going to sound awful but I decided why not?