The gap between rich and poor is, in fact, widening enormously. This idea of building up the powers … - Robert Wyatt

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I wasn't just pro-choice, I was pro-everything, until I started taking everything off the table and began looking at things and asking if this view was consistent with that view.

Robert Wyatt

The gap between rich and poor is, in fact, widening enormously. This idea of building up the powers of people who are already powerful and keeping everyone else back is a recipe for endless misery and conflict.

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