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Robbing the poor

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The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. Luke 16:19-25
 
Take the earth’s resources from the poor.
Rob them. They can’t fight back.
They have wives and children to feed
Yes boss. No boss. Sure will boss.
Let them do all the grinding labour
Stretch hem on the rack of survival. Grind them
down: beat them and terrify them and mistreat
them.
 
The complacent west:  the wrecking ball of the Pharisees.
cheap clothes, cheap food exactly what we need.
Jonathan Swift, the Irish satirist,  in A Modest Proposal suggested
that to avoid famine, and control the population, the Irish poor
should eat their own babies.

The proposal was indeed modest because the famine came
anyway in the 1840s while the warehouses
in Liverpool, Bristol and London were stuffed
with grain.

The poor couldn’t pay.
their story's always the same.
they are gone but not forgotten.
The global poor have nothing except their bodies
to sell. Exploitation that’s what they’re for.
don’t share your wealth with them.Cut foreign aid
Don’t spoil them by being kind.

Avoid paying taxes, count your money
the poor only waste it on luxuries like food and shelter.
A few crumbs to charity? Maybe. Just a few thousand.
might get me noticed while I accumulate more unearned income.
Camels and needles and eyes
in the end there’s no disguise
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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Mon 10th Nov 2025 08:59

Trickle down economics is what we need, John - an effective and well-proven solution.

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