“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” IfsHas BeensStillsSeemsPovertyRevolutionIndustryUselessGoodsWagesDeceivedSlogansBetter Now Book:Marat/Sade ; The Investigation ; and The Shadow of the Body of the Coachman Source: Marat/Sade ; The Investigation ; and The Shadow of the Body of the Coachman
“I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims of crime, but perpetuates the idea of retribution, thus maintaining the endless cycle of violence in our culture. It is a cruel and useless substitute for the elimination of those conditions--poverty, unemployment, homelessness, desperation, racism, greed--which are at the root of most punished crime. The crimes of the rich and powerful go mostly unpunished.” WayDoeIdeasProblemCulturePowerfulPovertyRichViolenceConditionsCrimeRacismRootsVictimGreedSolveConvincedEndlessUselessCyclesSubstitutesPretendingUnemploymentDesperationMaintainingHomelessnessRetributionImprisonmentEliminationCycle Of Violence Author:Howard Zinn
“The haggardness of poverty is everywhere seen contrasted with the sleekness of wealth, the exhorted labour of some compensating for the idleness of others, wretched hovels by the side of stately colonnades, the rags of indigence blended with the ensigns of opulence; in a word, the most useless profusion in the midst of the most urgent wants.” WantSidesWealthPovertyUselessLabourMidstWretchedIdlenessUrgentRagsOpulence Author:Jean-Baptiste Say
“When I am in the city I have the impression that I am in a living room with crystal chandeliers, rugs of velvet, and satin cushions. And when I'm in the favela I have the impression that I'm a useless object, destined to be forever in a garbage dump.” RoomsCitiesPovertyForeverObjectsImpressionUselessDestinedGarbageCrystalsLiving RoomDumpVelvetCushionsSatinChandeliersFavelas Book:Beyond All Pity Source: Beyond All Pity
“The Andrians were the first of the islanders to refuse Themistocles' demand for money. He had put it to them that they would be unable to avoid paying, because the Athenians had the support of two powerful deities, one called Persuasion and the other Compulsion.The Andrians had replied that Athens was lucky to have two such useful gods, who were obviously responsible for her wealth and greatness; unfortunately, they themselves, in their small & inadequate land, had two utterly useless deities, who refused to leave the island and insisted on staying; and their names were Poverty and Inability.” FirstsTwoWould BeNamesWealthPowerfulPovertySupportLandGreatnessLuckyDemandResponsibleRefuseUselessIslandsStayingPersuasionInabilityDeitiesCompulsionInadequateAthensAthenians Author:Herodotus
“We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.” TwoPovertyUselessIslandsHelplessness Author:Herodotus
“And, conversely, she went on to herself, sneering at the Grand Duke's palace, poverty is wasted on the poor, who never know how to make the best of things, are only the rich without money, are just as useless at looking after themselves, can't handle their cash just like the rich can't, always squandering it on bright, pretty, useless things in just the same way.” KnowsWayPoorPovertyKnow HowRichHandleUselessCashPalacesDukesSquanderingUseless Things Author:Angela Carter
“The American mirror, said the voice, the sad American mirror of wealth and poverty and constant useless metamorphosis, the mirror that sails and whose sails are pain.” SaidPainVoiceWealthPovertyMirrorsConstantUselessSailMetamorphosisWealth And Poverty Author:Roberto Bolano