proles

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This level of self-regard in a writer and thinker as justifiably exalted as Smith may explain why our nation is turning on reading: aristocracies breed resentment among the proles.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

In the Roman Empire, the games at the Circus Maximus were an amusement and a distraction, a token to the proles as a substitute for being able to exercise any political power.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2025

In George Orwell’s “1984,” the proles are spared a life of constant surveillance, while higher-ranking members of society are exposed to Big Brother’s watchful eye.

From New York Times • May 9, 2017

All of the winners, and some of the losers, cycle through – mingling with the proles as much as they have to.

From The Guardian • Feb. 29, 2016

The great majority of proles did not even have telescreens in their homes.

From "1984" by George Orwell