Transcribed this today, in one of my many 1099-inducing projects, from a clip on turn-of-the-century American reform movements:

“We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political, and material ruin.  Our homes are covered with mortgages, labor impoverished, and the land concentrated in the hands of capitalists.” — Ignatius Donnelley, 1892 (calling into order the first meeting of what was to become the Populist Party, an eventually-doomed rare third party in American politics.)

It’s comforting to know that literally a century can go by and these sad, dark statement can still be chillingly applicable today.  Just replace “land” with “wealth.”  Any idea what’s gonna happen next, America?

I do.  As soon as this is all over, we’ll forget again.  Just like every other time.