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Every ruling class has wanted only this: all the rewards and none of the burdens. The operational code is: we have a lot; we can get more; we want it all.

Michael Parenti
Class, Political, Want
Michael Parenti (1996). “Dirty Truths”, p.46, City Lights Books
Every ruling class has wanted only this: all the rewards and none of the burdens. The operational code is: we have a lot; we can get more; we want it all.