CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@autonomysolidarity Meanwhile, the rich people have made it such that the middle class actually *IS* the poor and just doesn't know it yet.

Meet a politicized Discobolus & Venus de Milo, representing the decadent life of luxury as depicted by socialist artist William Balfour Ker, 1905.A Canadian of Scottish background, he created this image, titled ‘From the Depths’, to illustrate a novel on class struggle called ‘The Silent War’ by John Ames Mitchell (New York, 1906).This image soon became famous, circulating widely as a print to be framed/ hung...CONTINUED IN ALT TEXT#canada #art #history #altText #classwar #socialism

@PhoenixSerenity @GhostOnTheHalfShell I'm atheist. But I do feel that religion's focus on charity and support of the underdog is good. Much of charity in Canada is religious based. Thus the focus is on community support, which is a left wing theme. So, when religion was more prominent back in the days of the CCF, we see that more people were within a community that 1.) Frowns upon selfishness, and 2.) Believes in an afterlife. This made movements for social change a bit easier back then.Now the focus is on individualism. Reagan started this, aligning with and growing a tendency in some religious groups to focus on judgement of individuals. So we see a rightward shift in some religious groups.There are still some leftists. For instance, Cheri DiNovo was a former Ontario NDP MPP, and now is a United Church of Canada minister and endorser of Avi Lewis.