“I don't think people realise how the establishment became established. It simply stole the land and property off the poor, surrounded themselves with weak minded sycophants for protection, gave themselves titles and have been wielding power ever since.”
― Tony Benn
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Count Basie died #onthisday in 1984.
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Count Basie Quartet (August 21, 1968)