I only know that all is lost, and that nothing can help me unless I inherit money, strike oil or go to work.
Will Cuppy
All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!
I only know that all is lost, and that nothing can help me unless I inherit money, strike oil or go to work.
Will Cuppy
Here’s one I think you’ll appreciate, it’s by one of the Dukes of York, from around early 19th century. He campaigned against the development of the railways because: “railways would encourage the poor to travel around needlessly.”
Christopher Chantrill Personal Website
That was an amusing link. Well, a duke is a species of oligarch. They always seem to know better than us us what we should and shouldn’t be doing.