Canter & Cabriole

It makes no difference whether the Tories or Liberals in Britain, the Democrats or Republicans in the U.S., or any party of the old model in any other country, get the upper hand. To ask any such party for women’s rights is like asking a czar for democracy.

Are not the dominant parties managed by the ruling classes, that is, the propertied classes, solely for the profit and privelege of the few? They use us millions to help them into power. They tell us, like so many children, that our safety lies in voting for them. They toss us crumbs of concession to make us believe they are working in our interest. Then they exploit the resources of the nation not for us, but for the interests which they represent and uphold. We, the people, are not free. Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means that we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed, autocrats. We choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee. We elect expensive masters to … work for themselves and for their class.

In our splendid republic, where at election time all are free and equal, a few Americans own the rest. The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land spedculators and for the exploiters of labor.