“Oh, the poor folks hate the rich folks,
And the rich folks hate the poor folks.
All of my folks hate all of your folks,
It's American as apple pie.”

— Tom Lehrer

"National Brotherhood Week"
That Was the Year That Was (1965)

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American singer-songwriter and mathematician 1928

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