The bourgeoisie is charitable out of self-interest; it gives nothing outright, but makes a bargain with the poor, saying: ‘If I spend this much upon benevolent institutions, I thereby purchase the right not to be troubled any further, and you are bound thereby to stay in your dusky holes and not to irritate my tender nerves by exposing your misery.’
Joss Whedon
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"I'm well aware when they fired the starting gun I was halfway down the
track, but I still ran as fast as I could for 25 years."
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