Democracy is supposed to be ‘of the people, by the people and for the people’. Capitalism is ‘of the capitalist, for the — Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel
Democracy is supposed to be ‘of the people, by the people and for the people’. Capitalism is ‘of the capitalist, for the — Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel
Democracy is supposed to be ‘of the people, by the people and for the people’. Capitalism is ‘of the capitalist, for the — Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel
Democracy is supposed to be ‘of the people, by the people and for the people’. Capitalism is ‘of the capitalist, for the — Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel
Democracy is supposed to be ‘of the people, by the people and for the people’. Capitalism is ‘of the capitalist, for the — Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel
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Democracy is supposed to be ‘of the people, by the people and for the people’. Capitalism is ‘of the capitalist, for the capitalist’. Period.

— Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel
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