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The assault on the working class has been happening for several decades. Salaries have remained stagnant or declined since the 1970s.47 Manufacturing has been shipped overseas, where workers in countries such as China earn a dollar an
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“History shows that it does not matter who is in power or what revolutionary forces take over the government, those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end than they had in the beginning.”
― The Mis-Education of the Negro
― The Mis-Education of the Negro
“The Rich Against the Poor! Judge Edwards, the tool of the aristocracy, against the people! Mechanics and working men! A deadly blow has been struck at your liberty! . . . They have established the precedent that workingmen have no right to regulate the price of labor, or, in other words, the rich are the only judges of the wants of the poor man.”
― A People's History of the United States
― A People's History of the United States
“For too many of us, the occasional binge becomes habitual. That extra drink at the party turns into substance dependence. Procrastinating on a deadline unfolds into life dreams that are not pursued. Picking fights with the people you love becomes a method for avoiding the intimacy you so desperately crave.”
― A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters
― A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters
“Battle is only one of the ways to destroy an enemy’s will to fight. Massacre can accomplish the same end with less risk, and Mason had determined that massacre would be his objective.”
― A People's History of the United States
― A People's History of the United States
“This interference with learning is one reason why dismantling control by the Dictator Within is so hard: it cannot just be instructed. Suppose we’re given the rule that we must not be so dominated by rules. It would not be that useful because we can become ensnared in trying to confirm to ourselves that we’re following that new rule, and voilà: we are off into our heads once again.”
― A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters
― A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters
Eddie S.’s 2025 Year in Books
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Biography, Business, Ebooks, History, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Non-fiction, Psychology, Self help, and Sports
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