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The last capitalist we hang shall be the one who sold us the rope. Karl Marx, variations
Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself. Mid-17th century proverb
In 1938 a journalist from Bombay published these extraordinary pictures. He claimed they showed the classic rope trick. First the magician tosses a rope into the air. Suddenly it becomes completely rigid. His boy assistant scurries to the top. Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious Universe, ITV 1994-5
Once spinning machines like the water-frame were available, rope-makers could use them to mass-produce their yarns. Ronald Top, More Industrial Revelations: Europe s4e4 – Cotton, Linen and Rope, Discovery 2006
Once you have enough strands – from three to ten or more – these strands are twisted together to make a rope. ibid.