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Don't be deceived when our Revolution has been finally stamped out and they tell you things are better now Even if there's no poverty to be seen because the poverty's been hidden even if you ever got more wages and could afford to buy more of these new and useless goods which these new industries foist on you and even if it seems to you that you never had so much that is only the slogan of those who still have much more than you

Peter Weiss#16

RevolutionPoliticsInequalityJusticeMaterialism

About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker warns against being fooled by superficial economic improvements when inequality persists.
In plain terms
Don't be tricked if goods appear but poverty remains.
What can you take from it?
Material goods don't fix systemic inequality.

Where it applies

  • consumer culture
  • political awareness

Putting it to work

  • critiquing capitalism
  • raising awareness

Questions to consider

  • What does progress look like?
  • Is consumption a solution?

Another view

It assumes wealth is always hidden rather than redistributed.

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