In prosperous times, the marginal workers get by. But in tough times, they get the shaft.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Working gets in the way of living.
When only a minority consisting of capitalists can enjoy the good life, while the majority of workers must endure hardship, they will naturally not be able to live together in peace and harmony.
We live in the kind of society where, in almost all cases, hard work is rewarded.
A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict.
In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.
When the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century brought a rapid increase in wealth, the demand of workers for a fair share of the wealth they were creating was conceded only after riots and strikes.
We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ.
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.
The rich stick together; the poor and the marginalised are thrown together.