re: #158 Pie-onist Overlord

ARE THERE NO WORKHOUSES? ARE THERE NO PRISONS?

Dickens’ works were one of the main reasons for the establishment of better protection for the poor, for debtors and for orphans. They were serialized, and he was so good at pacing his plots that people were as hooked by them as people now are by Game of Thrones or Agents of SHIELD. So, he took advantage of his bully pulpit, as it were.

Black Beauty served a similar purpose for creation of laws protecting horses and other animals from cruelty and abuse.

So, what we need today is a writer who can vividly show the rest of America what life is like for the bottom 1%, or 10%.