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Harold J. Laski: There is cake for some before there is bread for all.

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There is cake for some before there is bread for all.
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Harold J. Laski

Editor's note · Context

Laski uses a metaphor to illustrate the disparity in resource distribution, highlighting the inequality in societal priorities.

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