![]() A man doesn't seize an ax in defense of his wallet, but in defense of his dignity, and that, dear sir, is why His Majesty scolded the clerks. ![]() He'll grab an ax, my gracious sir, not because he simply can't sustain this new burden - he could carry it - he will rise because he feels that, in throwing the second burden onto his back suddenly and stealthily, you have tried to cheat him, you have treated him like an unthinking animal, you have trampled what remains of his already strangled dignity, taken him for an idiot who doesn't see, feel, or understand. The peasant will fall face down into the mud - and then spring up and grab an ax. How can they desire what they cannot imagine? The people will rvolt only when, in a single movement, someone tries to throw a second burden, a second heavy bag, onto their backs. They don't know life without exploitation, they don't even know that such a life exists. ![]() Because the people never revolt just because they have to carry a heavy load, or because of exploitation. “His August Majesty chided the bureaucrats for failing to understand a simple principle: the principle of the second bag. ![]()
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