Those of us who are well fed, well garmented and well ordered, ought not to forget that necessity makes frequently the root of crime. It is well for us to recollect that even in our own law-abiding, not to say virtuous cases, the only barrier between us and anarchy is the last nine meals we’ve had. It may be taken as axiomatic that a starving man is never a good citizen.
If this happens it's going to be interesting to see how the american people react. And unfortunately either way it swings works out to the favour of the republican party.
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swemg@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 315d
Wonder how it goes when you start messing with food and water of the plebs
0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 315d
They'll likely blame the Russians and then Chinese than their own failures.
RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 315d
If Trump thinks it looks bad, he will say Obama somehow did it.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 315d
Can't stop feeding those starving billionaires tho
scholar@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 315d
Or giving $40 billion to Argentina to prop up their government
obre@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 315d
Alfred Henry Lewis, 1896
rozodru@pie.andmc.ca · 1 pts · 315d
If this happens it's going to be interesting to see how the american people react. And unfortunately either way it swings works out to the favour of the republican party.