George Fitzhugh was a southern elitist and pro-slavery intellectual who famously wrote this as a rebuttal to Thomas Jefferson’s words that “all men are created equal” in our Declaration of Independence: Men are not born entitled to 'equal rights!' It would be far nearer the truth to say, 'that some were born with saddles on their backs, and others booted and spurred to ride them,'—and the riding does them good. They need the reins, the bit and the spur…
Important post!
Blue collar folks are the Sherpas for the upper classes flights of fancy with phony renewables.