““I think we’ve been at war since then—the battles have just been economic. A battle of money against money, and damned be those who fell through the cracks. Life in Darktown wasn’t easy. I felt for all those families who were caught up in one tax law after another, tethered to the government because of their debts. But the men at the top? They never went hungry, they didn’t work sixteen-hour days trying to scratch out a living.” “I guess sometimes you need a revolution, but the price is always going to be steep.””
