But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get to your burdens.” And Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many and you make them rest from their burdens!” The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen, “You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves. But the number of bricks which they made heretofore you shall lay upon them, you shall by no means lessen it; for they are idle; therefore they cry, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.’ Let heavier work be laid upon the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words.”
So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw. Go yourselves, get your straw wherever you can find it; but your work will not be lessened in the least.’ ” So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw. The taskmasters were urgent, saying, “Complete your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.” And the foremen of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today, as before.”
Then the foremen of the sons of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, “Why do you deal thus with your servants? No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.” But he said, “You are idle, you are idle; therefore you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’ Go now, and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks.” The foremen of the sons of Israel saw that they were in evil plight, when they said, “You shall by no means lessen your daily number of bricks.” (Ex 5:4–19)
This…
used to be Common Sense–before the Dark Times. Before the Trumpire.
Now the entire goal of the MAGA leadership is to tell the MAGA rank-and-file that abolishing this civilized arrangement and imposing wage slavery on themselves to enrich their MAGA leaders will really hurt brown and poor people badly, as well as own the libs and make those uppity women cry, so it will all be worth it.
There has never been a movement more eager to cut off their noses to spite their faces like the MAGA rank-and-file. Peasant Revolts in the Middle Ages may have been brutal, but at least the peasants weren’t dumb enough to imagine that the lords working them to death and horsewhipping them were Good Guys protecting them from That Poor Guy Over There. MAGA still, at this late date, swoon for the crooks fleecing them, raping their daughters, sending their children to die as a distraction from it, and forcing them to work two jobs for the privilege–all because their MAGA leaders make life a living hell for brown people they hate more than they love their own children. That’s why they are stupid enough to gloat when Trump posts this about Juneteenth…
because they are too dumb to realize that he also means Labor Day and every other holiday. It is the dumbest Cult in history, made exceptionally stupid by the sin of white pride.
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