On the record
On the contrary, it is not the Inventor, the Manager, and the Thinker who today are reaping the great rewards of industry, but rather the Gambler and the Highwayman.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois critiques the current economic system, suggesting that those who truly contribute to industry are not the ones benefiting from it.
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