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The Three Classes of People … “An English writer has divided all men into three classes—workers, beggars and thieves. The classification is not complimentary to the “upper classes” and the "better classes," as they are accustomed to esteem themselves, yet it is economically true. There are only three ways by which any individual can get wealth—by work, by gift or by theft. And, clearly, the reason why the workers get so little is that the beggars and thieves get so much. When a man gets wealth that he does not produce, he necessarily gets it at the expense of those who produce it” (Henry George, Social Problems, Chapter IX: First Principles). … “Even in a narrow view there are only three ways by which men may live—by work, by beggary, and by theft; for the man who obtains work without giving work is, economically, only a beggar or a thief. But on a larger view these three come down to one, for beggars and thieves can only live on workers. It is human labor that supplies all the wants of human life — as truly now, in all the complexities of modern civilization, as in the beginning; when the first man and first woman were the only human beings on the globe” (Henry George, Causes of Business Depression). ——— #seethecat #savetheworld #georgism #wearerent #sharetherents #savetheplanet #nature #freedom #justice #peace #love #equality #wealthinequality #poverty #climatechange #environmentalism #politics #economics #philosophy #ethics #morality #art #streetart #graffiti #design #wheatpaste #protest #disobey #land #labor