This country (USA) was built on coerced consent

feel like last time I saw one of these there were also quotes from like, the 17th century, Marcus Aurelius, and like Plato rofl

in case anyone wants the original thread - which appears to have been research conducted by its author - it's here https://twitter.com/paulisci/status/1549527748950892544

that author has also done other similar threads with other snippets of rhetoric, indexed here https://twitter.com/paulisci/status/1573766766723215360 . Twitter is evil bullshit but the threads themselves are well worth a read.

it's almost as if, and this is gonna sound crazy, no-one ever wanted to work

...nahhhh, that can't be it