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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://fosstodon.org/users/AkaSci/statuses/113466592175487371">AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 09:52:24 JST</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci" title="akasci@fosstodon.org"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/20805-48-20221219024513.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="AkaSci 🛰️" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">AkaSci 🛰️</a></section><article><p>Happy Birthday Kurt Vonnegut (Nov 11, 1922 – Apr 11, 2007).</p><p>Some insightful words from one of the greatest writers and thinkers of our time -</p><p>“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous ... No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut</a><br>1/n</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3982854#notice-7781257">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-11-12T09:52:24+09:00" title="Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 09:52:24 JST">about 11 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/113466592175487371" rel="external" title="Sent from fosstodon.org via ActivityPub">fosstodon.org</a></span></span><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/113466592175487371">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3466920">1. Pic of Kurt Vonnegut
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“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.' It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: 'if you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?' There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand – glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register.Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately ...”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five 
Source: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2778055.Kurt_Vonnegut_Jr_</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/466/556/810/333/915/original/c7cec173cb6964b2.png" rel="external">https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/466/556/810/333/915/original/c7cec173cb6964b2.png</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: upload.wikimedia.org</div><h5><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut">Kurt Vonnegut</a></h5><div></div></header><div>Kurt Vonnegut ( VON-ə-gət; November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American author known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. His published work includes fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works over fifty-plus years; further works have been published since his death.
Born and raised in Indianapolis, Vonnegut attended Cornell University, but withdrew in January 1943 and enlisted in the U.S. Army. As part of his training, he studied mechanical engineering at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the University of Tennessee. He was then deployed to Europe to fight in World War II and was captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. He was interned in Dresden, where he survived the Allied bombing of the city in a meat locker of the slaughterhouse where he was imprisoned. After the war, he married Jane Marie Cox. He and his wife both attended the University of Chicago while he worked as a night reporter for the City News Bureau.
Vonnegut published his first novel, Player Piano, in 1952...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 09:52:24 JST AkaSci 🛰️
Happy Birthday Kurt Vonnegut (Nov 11, 1922 – Apr 11, 2007).
Some insightful words from one of the greatest writers and thinkers of our time -
“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous ... No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters."
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1. 1. Pic of Kurt Vonnegut 2. Quote - “America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.' It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: 'if you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?' There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand – glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register. Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately ...” ― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five Source: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2778055.Kurt_Vonnegut_Jr_
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  Kurt Vonnegut
  Kurt Vonnegut ( VON-ə-gət; November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American author known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. His published work includes fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works over fifty-plus years; further works have been published since his death. Born and raised in Indianapolis, Vonnegut attended Cornell University, but withdrew in January 1943 and enlisted in the U.S. Army. As part of his training, he studied mechanical engineering at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the University of Tennessee. He was then deployed to Europe to fight in World War II and was captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. He was interned in Dresden, where he survived the Allied bombing of the city in a meat locker of the slaughterhouse where he was imprisoned. After the war, he married Jane Marie Cox. He and his wife both attended the University of Chicago while he worked as a night reporter for the City News Bureau. Vonnegut published his first novel, Player Piano, in 1952...

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