tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post5174374787574899219..comments2024-03-28T14:16:42.371+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Successful Leftism is a product of status, wealth and freedomBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-69692500777216914062015-06-25T14:57:23.756+01:002015-06-25T14:57:23.756+01:00@WB - Well the North East English miners were ofte...@WB - Well the North East English miners were often poor later on, during the 1920s and 30s (both of my parents were NE miners' children in that era), and the underground face work in our local mines was horrendous because the seams were so narrow (although it was *relatively* well paid compared with non-face workers: the face workers were an elite, because very few men were capable of doing the work) - but even in the depression, miners weren't as poor as farm workers, and had better houses. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-61794515011451982022015-06-25T11:51:22.775+01:002015-06-25T11:51:22.775+01:00But the miners just look so oppresed - dirty, swea...But the miners just look so oppresed - dirty, sweaty, tattered clothes emerging form the mines. They make a great media and popular novel icon. The perfect image to further an agenda. And for the left it's all about image. Reality is just not that important.bbrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02679936591494267078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-25126416511768686272015-06-23T17:50:33.170+01:002015-06-23T17:50:33.170+01:00I’ve read that in the U.S. the southern slaves wer...I’ve read that in the U.S. the southern slaves were materially better off (better nutrition, more surviving offspring, etc.) than the European peasant class of the time and were also better off than the Northern U.S. industrial workers of the time.Bruce B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-49695356022263551982015-06-23T12:29:58.603+01:002015-06-23T12:29:58.603+01:00If you're oppressing people and they are stron...If you're oppressing people and they are strong enough to fight you, <i>you're doing it wrong</i>.JPnoreply@blogger.com