It could happen. People could be fooled. Memory is short. - Studs Terkel

I am paraphrasing Einstein. I love to do that: nobody dares contradict me.

My mom had always wanted me to better myself. I wanted to better myself because of her. Now when the strikes started, I told her I was going to join the union and the whole movement. I told her I was going to work without pay. She said she was proud of me. (His eyes glisten. A long, long pause.) See, I told her I wanted to be with my people. If I were a company man, nobody would like me any more. I had to belong to somebody and this was it right here. She said, “I pushed you in your early years to try to better yourself and get a social position. But I see that’s not the answer. I know I’ll be proud of you.

The poor are so busy trying to survive from one day to the next, they haven’t the time or energy to keep score.