Dispossessing the Rich

Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.

~ C. Northcote Parkinson (1909-07-30 1993-03-09 age:83)

This sounds logical, but if you look at what actually happens, he should have said, Make the people sovereign and the rich will use the machinery of government to dispossess the poor. Northcode underestimated the power of money to persuade people to vote against their own interests.