Hal Draper said, "scum separates by floating upward." This was his metaphor for the lumpen found at the height of society, those lying and cheating members of the elite, and the moral pauperism surrounding the many who got rich not by production but by pocketing the wealth of others. www.guardian.co
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February 1, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Hal Draper said, "scum separates by floating upward." This was his metaphor for the lumpen found at the height of society, those lying and cheating members of the elite, and the moral pauperism surrounding the many who got rich not by production but by pocketing the wealth of others. www.guardian.co
A proper Brexit with extra pauperism and corr guvvna, shine ya iPhone and white dog shit.
January 31, 2026 at 9:09 AM
A proper Brexit with extra pauperism and corr guvvna, shine ya iPhone and white dog shit.
On Sundays Mom invariably ran out of money, which is when she cracked eggs into the skillet over cubes of fried black sourdough bread. It was, I think, the most delicious and eloquent expression of pauperism.
January 27, 2026 at 1:30 PM
On Sundays Mom invariably ran out of money, which is when she cracked eggs into the skillet over cubes of fried black sourdough bread. It was, I think, the most delicious and eloquent expression of pauperism.
On Sundays Mom invariably ran out of money, which is when she cracked eggs into the skillet over cubes of fried black sourdough bread. It was, I think, the most delicious and eloquent expression of pauperism.
January 18, 2026 at 8:46 AM
On Sundays Mom invariably ran out of money, which is when she cracked eggs into the skillet over cubes of fried black sourdough bread. It was, I think, the most delicious and eloquent expression of pauperism.
7/ The potato made very small holdings viable at a level of self-sufficient “poverty,” distinct from pauperism. Even five acres could generate surplus food for labour, fodder, and charity.
January 6, 2026 at 11:04 AM
7/ The potato made very small holdings viable at a level of self-sufficient “poverty,” distinct from pauperism. Even five acres could generate surplus food for labour, fodder, and charity.
the degradation of man through pauperism, the corruption of woman through hunger, the crippling of children through lack of light—are unsolved; so long as social asphyxia is possible in any part of the world;—
January 2, 2026 at 1:41 PM
the degradation of man through pauperism, the corruption of woman through hunger, the crippling of children through lack of light—are unsolved; so long as social asphyxia is possible in any part of the world;—
Fernald notes " a striking awakening of consciousness
of the prevalence of feeblemindedness . . .
as a causative factor in the production of crime, prostitution, pauperism, illegitimacy,
intemperance and other complex social diseases."
of the prevalence of feeblemindedness . . .
as a causative factor in the production of crime, prostitution, pauperism, illegitimacy,
intemperance and other complex social diseases."
December 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Fernald notes " a striking awakening of consciousness
of the prevalence of feeblemindedness . . .
as a causative factor in the production of crime, prostitution, pauperism, illegitimacy,
intemperance and other complex social diseases."
of the prevalence of feeblemindedness . . .
as a causative factor in the production of crime, prostitution, pauperism, illegitimacy,
intemperance and other complex social diseases."
Plutocrats. Nothing elite about them as F.Scott Fitzgerald made clear in The Great Gatsby. Don’t grant qualities to the undeserving. Scum
“Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty. As millionaires increase, pauperism grows. The more millionaires, the more paupers.”
Pres.Rutherford B. Hayes
“Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty. As millionaires increase, pauperism grows. The more millionaires, the more paupers.”
Pres.Rutherford B. Hayes
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December 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Plutocrats. Nothing elite about them as F.Scott Fitzgerald made clear in The Great Gatsby. Don’t grant qualities to the undeserving. Scum
“Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty. As millionaires increase, pauperism grows. The more millionaires, the more paupers.”
Pres.Rutherford B. Hayes
“Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty. As millionaires increase, pauperism grows. The more millionaires, the more paupers.”
Pres.Rutherford B. Hayes
On Sundays Mom invariably ran out of money, which is when she cracked eggs into the skillet over cubes of fried black sourdough bread. It was, I think, the most delicious and eloquent expression of pauperism.
December 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
On Sundays Mom invariably ran out of money, which is when she cracked eggs into the skillet over cubes of fried black sourdough bread. It was, I think, the most delicious and eloquent expression of pauperism.
They still want to undo the New Deal, pauperism the American people, and install corporate fascism.
December 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
They still want to undo the New Deal, pauperism the American people, and install corporate fascism.
> he believed that the restoration of Poland would be followed by the "triumph of industrial feudalism, the rule of the Jews, the first cause and foundation of modern pauperism."
December 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
> he believed that the restoration of Poland would be followed by the "triumph of industrial feudalism, the rule of the Jews, the first cause and foundation of modern pauperism."
He liked a progressive death tax, saying that for those with "enormous fortunes" who die, "one half goes to the state."
He said: "The average man who makes a million makes paupers as well. He has taken more than a fair share of the products of labor and wealth, and pauperism is one of the results."
He said: "The average man who makes a million makes paupers as well. He has taken more than a fair share of the products of labor and wealth, and pauperism is one of the results."
December 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
He liked a progressive death tax, saying that for those with "enormous fortunes" who die, "one half goes to the state."
He said: "The average man who makes a million makes paupers as well. He has taken more than a fair share of the products of labor and wealth, and pauperism is one of the results."
He said: "The average man who makes a million makes paupers as well. He has taken more than a fair share of the products of labor and wealth, and pauperism is one of the results."
How about instead I point out Dickens employed an archetype whose place in the class system subscribers would have immediately recognized: the white collar worker whose salary would have been enough to avoid pauperism but not that of a modern equivalent midcareer big name firm corporate lawyer.
December 12, 2025 at 4:46 AM
How about instead I point out Dickens employed an archetype whose place in the class system subscribers would have immediately recognized: the white collar worker whose salary would have been enough to avoid pauperism but not that of a modern equivalent midcareer big name firm corporate lawyer.
For real, music isn't a luxury and 2006 wasn't Dickensian pauperism. You can borrow a guitar, or get one second-hand for a few bucks, and if you're truly that passionate about music that will be enough to get you going. What distinguishes actual musicians isn't money, but the hours of dedication.
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
For real, music isn't a luxury and 2006 wasn't Dickensian pauperism. You can borrow a guitar, or get one second-hand for a few bucks, and if you're truly that passionate about music that will be enough to get you going. What distinguishes actual musicians isn't money, but the hours of dedication.
• Bedingungen mussten schlechter sein als der schlechteste Job
• Trennung von Familien
• Zwangsarbeit, oft Hungerdisziplin
• Ziel: abschrecken statt helfen
Quelle:
– G. Himmelfarb, The Idea of Poverty
– Felix Driver, Power and Pauperism: The Workhouse System
– Text des Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
• Trennung von Familien
• Zwangsarbeit, oft Hungerdisziplin
• Ziel: abschrecken statt helfen
Quelle:
– G. Himmelfarb, The Idea of Poverty
– Felix Driver, Power and Pauperism: The Workhouse System
– Text des Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
November 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
• Bedingungen mussten schlechter sein als der schlechteste Job
• Trennung von Familien
• Zwangsarbeit, oft Hungerdisziplin
• Ziel: abschrecken statt helfen
Quelle:
– G. Himmelfarb, The Idea of Poverty
– Felix Driver, Power and Pauperism: The Workhouse System
– Text des Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
• Trennung von Familien
• Zwangsarbeit, oft Hungerdisziplin
• Ziel: abschrecken statt helfen
Quelle:
– G. Himmelfarb, The Idea of Poverty
– Felix Driver, Power and Pauperism: The Workhouse System
– Text des Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
“The ragpicker fascinated his epoch. the eyes of the first investigators of pauperism were fixed on him with the mute question as to where the limit of human misery lay."
In his book ‘Des classes dangereuses de la population’… FROM WALTER BENJAMIN’S ‘THE PARIS OF THE SECOND EMPIRE IN BAUDELAIRE’
In his book ‘Des classes dangereuses de la population’… FROM WALTER BENJAMIN’S ‘THE PARIS OF THE SECOND EMPIRE IN BAUDELAIRE’
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“The ragpicker fascinated his epoch. the eyes of the first investigators of pauperism were fixed on him with the mute question as to where the limit of human misery lay."
In his book ‘Des classes dangereuses de la population’… FROM WALTER BENJAMIN’S ‘THE PARIS OF THE SECOND EMPIRE IN BAUDELAIRE’
In his book ‘Des classes dangereuses de la population’… FROM WALTER BENJAMIN’S ‘THE PARIS OF THE SECOND EMPIRE IN BAUDELAIRE’
to be fair, it IS a long sentence.
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
to be fair, it IS a long sentence.
Something I was reminded of today: "What can we do [about pauperism]? First, we must close up official out-door relief. Second. we must check private and indiscriminate benevolence, or charity, falsely so called. Third, we must get hold of the children."
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November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Something I was reminded of today: "What can we do [about pauperism]? First, we must close up official out-door relief. Second. we must check private and indiscriminate benevolence, or charity, falsely so called. Third, we must get hold of the children."
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aporophilia, slumming it, poor-mouthing, pauperism, all stem from the guilt of harboring white supremacy, which comes from having to, from birth, look past blatant atrocities that happen to everyone else but yourself and write it off as normalcy
chris, get a psychiatrist on the show to explain it
chris, get a psychiatrist on the show to explain it
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
aporophilia, slumming it, poor-mouthing, pauperism, all stem from the guilt of harboring white supremacy, which comes from having to, from birth, look past blatant atrocities that happen to everyone else but yourself and write it off as normalcy
chris, get a psychiatrist on the show to explain it
chris, get a psychiatrist on the show to explain it
GEO Group's attorney suggested that its "voluntary" work program, in which detained immigrants were coerced into providing labor at ICE detention facilities, "reduces idleness, encourages cooperation, and reduces disciplinary incidents."
Where have I heard something like that before? Oh, yeah...
Where have I heard something like that before? Oh, yeah...
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
GEO Group's attorney suggested that its "voluntary" work program, in which detained immigrants were coerced into providing labor at ICE detention facilities, "reduces idleness, encourages cooperation, and reduces disciplinary incidents."
Where have I heard something like that before? Oh, yeah...
Where have I heard something like that before? Oh, yeah...
Back in bad old days of American #eugenics one group of #inferiors (who should be #sterilized or worse) were those afflicted with #Pauperism. Poverty A moral failing. They deserved it said the spoiled #elite like #Trump who never changed a tire or shopped for food but had everything handed to them.
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Back in bad old days of American #eugenics one group of #inferiors (who should be #sterilized or worse) were those afflicted with #Pauperism. Poverty A moral failing. They deserved it said the spoiled #elite like #Trump who never changed a tire or shopped for food but had everything handed to them.
That is correct, but in both cases mass poverty was the catalyst; in Germany it was even industrialization. (pauperism)
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
That is correct, but in both cases mass poverty was the catalyst; in Germany it was even industrialization. (pauperism)
"The main defects observed in the existing stream of
immigrants were four in number, criminality, disease,
pauperism, and Roman Catholicism." (450)
"...the agitation for the literacy test represents, in a very real way, the growing sentiment in favor of the actual restriction
of immigration." (452)
immigrants were four in number, criminality, disease,
pauperism, and Roman Catholicism." (450)
"...the agitation for the literacy test represents, in a very real way, the growing sentiment in favor of the actual restriction
of immigration." (452)
November 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"The main defects observed in the existing stream of
immigrants were four in number, criminality, disease,
pauperism, and Roman Catholicism." (450)
"...the agitation for the literacy test represents, in a very real way, the growing sentiment in favor of the actual restriction
of immigration." (452)
immigrants were four in number, criminality, disease,
pauperism, and Roman Catholicism." (450)
"...the agitation for the literacy test represents, in a very real way, the growing sentiment in favor of the actual restriction
of immigration." (452)
3/9 @pkuligowski.bsky.social (Polish Academy of Sciences|) offers "Discussing Pauperism in mid-Nineteenth Century Poland and Russia: A Study of Conceptual Transfers to the Imperial Heartland and Peripheries", focussing on Henryk Kamieński and Vladimir A. Milyutin www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 31, 2025 at 8:32 AM
3/9 @pkuligowski.bsky.social (Polish Academy of Sciences|) offers "Discussing Pauperism in mid-Nineteenth Century Poland and Russia: A Study of Conceptual Transfers to the Imperial Heartland and Peripheries", focussing on Henryk Kamieński and Vladimir A. Milyutin www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Whole populations are periodically reduced to misery or starvation; the very springs of life are crushed out of millions of men, reduced to city pauperism; the understanding and the feelings of the millions are vitiated by teachings worked out in the interest of the few
October 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Whole populations are periodically reduced to misery or starvation; the very springs of life are crushed out of millions of men, reduced to city pauperism; the understanding and the feelings of the millions are vitiated by teachings worked out in the interest of the few