2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum"The pitchforks ARE coming" - A billionaire warns his fellow Oligarchs what is coming down the pipe
And what do I see in our future now?
I see pitchforks.
At the same time that people like you and me are thriving beyond the dreams of any plutocrats in history, the rest of the countrythe 99.99 percentis lagging far behind. The divide between the haves and have-nots is getting worse really, really fast. In 1980, the top 1 percent controlled about 8 percent of U.S. national income. The bottom 50 percent shared about 18 percent. Today the top 1 percent share about 20 percent; the bottom 50 percent, just 12 percent.
But the problem isnt that we have inequality. Some inequality is intrinsic to any high-functioning capitalist economy. The problem is that inequality is at historically high levels and getting worse every day. Our country is rapidly becoming less a capitalist society and more a feudal society. Unless our policies change dramatically, the middle class will disappear, and we will be back to late 18th-century France. Before the revolution.
And so I have a message for my fellow filthy rich, for all of us who live in our gated bubble worlds: Wake up, people. It wont last.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/27/1309994/--The-pitchforks-ARE-coming-A-billionaire-warns-his-fellow-Oligarchs-what-is-coming-down-the-pipe
Really, its going to get worse as Republicans Block Jobs and any kind help to fix the 8 years of Bush and GOP rule, the backlash could get horrendous. Wall Street is hiding the fact they are now starting to see how things can get really bad, Soon. Blaming The president for everything is getting very old!
Xipe Totec
(43,888 posts)Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)He'd pour a little oil into a big bucket of sand and then plunge the spades, shovels, pitch forks, etc., down into the oily sand. Not only would it protect the items from rusting, but it sharpened them and made them shiny.
Only go first class. The 1% deserves shiny!
Off to find some sand.
Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)Senate in the 2014 elections the revolution starts.
Cosmocat
(14,558 posts)This country is asleep at the wheel ...
Alex P Notkeaton
(309 posts)K&R anyway