John Updike Quote

... If you could ever get the poor to vote in this country, you'd have socialism. But people want to think rich. That's the genius of the capitalist system: either you're rich, or you want to be, or you think you ought to be.


Rabbit at Rest (1990)


If you could ever get the poor to vote in this country, you'd have socialism. But people want to think rich. That's the genius of the capitalist...

If you could ever get the poor to vote in this country, you'd have socialism. But people want to think rich. That's the genius of the capitalist...

If you could ever get the poor to vote in this country, you'd have socialism. But people want to think rich. That's the genius of the capitalist...

If you could ever get the poor to vote in this country, you'd have socialism. But people want to think rich. That's the genius of the capitalist...