Everything seemed so clear to him now that he could not stop wondering how it was that everybody did not see it, and that he himself had for such a long while not seen what was so clearly evident. The people were dying out, and had got used to the dying-out process, and had formed habits of life adapted to this process.. And so gradually had the people come to this condition that they did not realize the full horrors of it, and did not complain. Therefore, we consider their condition natural and as it should be. Now it seemed as clear as daylight that the chief cause of the people's great want was one that they themselves knew and always pointed out, i.e., that the land which alone could feed them had been taken from them by the landlords. And how evident it was that the children and the aged died because they had no milk, and they had no milk because there was no pasture land, and no land to grow corn or make hay on.. The land so much needed by men was tilled by these people, who were on the verge of starvation, so that the corn might be sold abroad and the owners of the land might buy themselves hats and canes, and carriages and bronzes, etc. . Leo Tolstoy
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It is very sad to see how quickly our world is changing for the worse. When we were children, it was enough to show up at school or work. If you were there, then you were there. The system was good enough that if you don't show up on time, your job could be reconsidered.

If you don't do your work, they'll simply fire you. No one would care if you had a child or an elder, because children are cheap and elders are cheap. That's how it was when I was growing up in the 80s. Today, on the other hand, everything is different.

There are so many more people competing for fewer jobs, and more people are asking for things that never used to be asked of anyone before. Our world is changing for the worse because of new demands that nobody thought of before. But this quote also shows how great the idea of "rising every time we fall" is. Even if life seems impossible to us, we should know that tomorrow will be better than today because of what we did today!

Source: Resurrection

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