Tamaya wrote:
Tell that to Nigel Farage.
Not just him, the idea that poor people should be good little worker drones and if they're not it's a personal failure seems to be the norm among a certain ideological bloc. It's at the core of why that bloc hates the idea of a social safety net and typically looks into cutting away at that safety net as often and brutally as they possibly can.
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. —Malcolm X
Just a reminder: under international law, an occupying power has no right of self-defense, and those who are occupied have the right and duty to liberate themselves by any means possible.