We believe that the inauguration of such a money system would be the beginning of the “leveling down and the leveling up” of the capitalist and the laborer, and that such a thing as practical equality will be impossible under any less radical and comprehensive change from present systems.
Victoria C. Woodhull: “We believe that the inauguration of such a money system would be the beginning of the “leveling down and the leveling…”
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Woodhull discusses the need for a radical change in economic systems to achieve equality between capitalists and laborers.
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