Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Freedom is fake if people do not have economic security.
- In plain terms
- Political freedom means nothing without money and fairness.
- What can you take from it?
- True freedom needs economic equality.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can you be free if you are poor?
- What makes freedom real?
Another view
Some argue economic policies are separate from personal liberties.
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