<![CDATA["'Left' and 'right' have had the same meaning since the French Revolution.]]>"'Left' and 'right' have had the same meaning since the French Revolution. If you want to know if someone is on the left or the right, ask them, 'What is more important: human rights or property rights?' If they say 'Property rights are a human right,' then they are on the right." -- Steven Brust, quoted by @pluralistic

Or, as more succinctly put it, 'Proper tea is theft'.

https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/08/wilhoitian/#human-rights-v-property-rights

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/cf337138-a0c5-4692-ad1b-119c0a442a2d/left-and-right-have-had-the-same-meaning-since-the-french-revolution.RSS for NodeFri, 24 Jul 2026 09:41:15 GMTThu, 09 Jul 2026 06:51:59 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "'Left' and 'right' have had the same meaning since the French Revolution. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:03:23 GMT]]>@kbm0 I have just 3 pyramid bags of original PG Tips left. I have been rationing the final box out for use only on Really Bad Days and Special Occasions.

@simon_brooke

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/LaChasseuse/statuses/116889918094212252https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/LaChasseuse/statuses/116889918094212252Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:03:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "'Left' and 'right' have had the same meaning since the French Revolution. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:44:21 GMT]]>@LaChasseuse @simon_brooke We buy our tea now for the compostable bags. Got tired of finding webs of soon-to-be microplastic in the raised bed. So we drink Clipper and have got used to it by now. My OH is a Lancastrian and they all seem to have their tea like gravy, whereas I was raised on PG Tips so it's amazing that it has worked out really. πŸ€£β˜•

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kbm0/statuses/116889843247802784https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kbm0/statuses/116889843247802784Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:44:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "'Left' and 'right' have had the same meaning since the French Revolution. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:33:19 GMT]]>@simon_brooke I feel tempted to argue that proper tea is a human right, hahaha. It certainly is something that is no longer available. My normal brand got bought up by equity types and ruined and I've tried about eleventy other brands and they all taste like grass cuttings. 😒 😩

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/LaChasseuse/statuses/116889799833087472https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/LaChasseuse/statuses/116889799833087472Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:33:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "'Left' and 'right' have had the same meaning since the French Revolution. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:05:39 GMT]]>@simon_brooke @pluralistic @Nichol
As in :
quicquid enim florui
felix et beatus,
nunc a summo corrui
gloria privatus.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/OrangeR/statuses/116889691033797083https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/OrangeR/statuses/116889691033797083Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:05:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "'Left' and 'right' have had the same meaning since the French Revolution. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:48:45 GMT]]>@simon_brooke @ernestowg @pluralistic @Nichol
In French the word 'privΓ©' means 'private' or 'prevented of having' according to the use...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/OrangeR/statuses/116889388707188019https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/OrangeR/statuses/116889388707188019Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:48:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "'Left' and 'right' have had the same meaning since the French Revolution. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:15:09 GMT]]>@Nichol @pluralistic Well, of course it does. Because that is what all private property always is.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/simon_brooke/statuses/116889256568468258https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/simon_brooke/statuses/116889256568468258Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:15:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "'Left' and 'right' have had the same meaning since the French Revolution. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:08:22 GMT]]>@aimaz πŸ˜† in a perfect world

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/ernestowg/statuses/116889229868400682https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/ernestowg/statuses/116889229868400682Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:08:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "'Left' and 'right' have had the same meaning since the French Revolution. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:07:25 GMT]]>@ernestowg therefore deprive means give πŸ˜‰

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/aimaz/statuses/116889226169647127https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/aimaz/statuses/116889226169647127Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:07:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "'Left' and 'right' have had the same meaning since the French Revolution. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:59:16 GMT]]>@Nichol @simon_brooke @pluralistic Roman languages still have the verb "privar (Sp.)", meaning to take something away from someone, implying it is something they should have or keep.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/ernestowg/statuses/116889194071861163https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/ernestowg/statuses/116889194071861163Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:59:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "'Left' and 'right' have had the same meaning since the French Revolution. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:13:23 GMT]]>@simon_brooke That's a favourite joke for me and I'd never considered the hidden truth in it so thanks for pointing it out. πŸ‘

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/boggin/statuses/116889013678735993https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/boggin/statuses/116889013678735993Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:13:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "'Left' and 'right' have had the same meaning since the French Revolution. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:46:42 GMT]]>@simon_brooke @pluralistic the Latin word "privatus" means something like "stolen" or "taken".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Nichol/statuses/116888908789668214https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Nichol/statuses/116888908789668214Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:46:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "'Left' and 'right' have had the same meaning since the French Revolution. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:14:01 GMT]]>@simon_brooke @pluralistic shit like this is the reason we live in the neoliberal wasteland that is late stage capitalism.
It keeps people afraid of anything remotely leaning left. Good work perpetuating peoples fear and keeping them on the right.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mavu/statuses/116888780247967990https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mavu/statuses/116888780247967990Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:14:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "'Left' and 'right' have had the same meaning since the French Revolution. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:04:55 GMT]]>@peluchecero @pluralistic It's intentional.

I thought those who knew what I meant would laugh, and those who didn't would think it was a typo and understand Proudhon's meaning.

However, it's also true: Proper tea is grown in huge corporate estates where the labour of poor tea pickers is systematically stolen.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/simon_brooke/statuses/116888744429987482https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/simon_brooke/statuses/116888744429987482Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:04:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "'Left' and 'right' have had the same meaning since the French Revolution. on Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:53:09 GMT]]>@simon_brooke @pluralistic I don't know if the misquote is intencional but it's hilarious

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://xarxa.cloud/users/peluchecero/statuses/116888698195994657https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://xarxa.cloud/users/peluchecero/statuses/116888698195994657Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:53:09 GMT