Pity the Billionaire by Thomas Frank

Pity the Billionaire by Thomas Frank

Author:Thomas Frank
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780805093698
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Published: 2012-01-05T04:22:46+00:00


CHAPTER 8

Say, Don’t You Remember

“Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” was the so-called anthem of the Depression, a transcendent expression—if such a thing is possible—of the hopeless disillusionment of 1932. It derides patriotism in the voice of a working-class everyman, along with the American dream, and even the promise of the future.

They used to tell me I was building a dream, and so I followed the mob.

When there was earth to plough or guns to bear, I was always there, right on the job.



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